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University–industry interaction (UII) has grown significantly over the past two decades. Yet, contacting universities to establish collaboration continues to be perceived as challenging by the industry. This paper studies the challenges associated with UII for analysing how metadata, taxonomies and visualizations in research information management systems (RIMS) may support UII for large enterprises. The first step was a systematic literature review conducted to understand the challenges associated with UII. The sec-ond step was interviews with R&D managers from three large enterprises to extend our knowledge about this industry group. The results showed that the primary channel for establishing UII was through personal connections. The informants saw the RIMS as an important tool for browsing research literature and ex-ploring research groups to gain insights into research topics and individual researchers. In terms of metadata, the findings showed that multi-disciplinarity and high-level granularity were important aspects. Furthermore, the visualisation of relationships and description of international collaborations was per-ceived a useful indicator of researchers’ overall quality and impact. Similarly, metadata describing job ti-tles, departments, and citations was central for judging the credibility of experts. An interesting finding was that enterprise managers found it difficult to develop personal relationships with relevant academic experts. Future studies may benefit from interviews with HR management professionals exploring how to support recruitment by using metadata and taxonomies.

Rapport har til formål at belyse erfaringer med brug af digitale teknologier til at facilitere elevers møde med rollemodeller. Rapporten bygger på et litteraturstudie, som har til formål at skabe indsigt i, hvordan tidligere studier og projekter har arbejdet med digitale teknologier i relation til STEM-rollemodeller og erfaringer fra disse.

Denne rapport afrapporterer en brugercentreret evaluering af de besøgendes oplevelse af Universitarium, som er et sommereksperimentarium i Aalborg for børn og unge samt deres familier. Formå- let med Universitarium er at øge børn og unges interesse for videnskab og forskning med fokus på naturvidenskab og teknik. Formålet med evalueringen var at undersøge, hvordan og i hvor høj grad et besøg på Universitarium medvirkede til at øge interessen for naturvidenskab og STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) samt gav de besøgende en god oplevelse og faglig indsigt i STEM-emner. Derudover var målet at afdække, hvordan de forskellige opstillinger og hands-on-aktiviteter i udstillingen funge- rede i forhold til de besøgendes brugeroplevelse – herunder specifikt, hvordan Universitariums fire unikke principper for udstillingsdesign medvirker til brugeroplevelsen: Høj bemanding, Kommunikation i øjenhøjde, At begribe STEM og Lab & Hack. Evalueringen blev gennemført i tre tempi og med anvendelse af flere metoder med det mål at undersøge de tre faser af de besøgendes oplevelse: 1) Den momentane, her-og-nu oplevelse blev undersøgt gennem walk-alongs, 2) Den episodiske, reflekterede oplevelse blev undersøgt gennem op- følgende interviews i forlængelse af walk-alongs samt gennem et spørgeskema ved udgangen, og 3) Den akkumulerede, erindrede og erfarede oplevelse blev undersøgt gennem en kombination af spørgeskema og interview fem måneder efter besøget. Samlet viser undersøgelserne, at de besøgende fandt udstillingen meget interessant. Især udstillin- gens høje grad af brugerrettede aktiviteter og interaktionsmuligheder fangede de besøgendes opmærksomhed. Udstillingens interaktive form var den primære motivation for at besøge udstillingen, og muligheden for interaktion var afgørende for de besøgendes engagement og lyst til at interagere med udstillingens opstillinger og aktiviteter. Det er ligeledes klart, at de dynamisk-interaktive opstil- linger var de mest tiltrækkende og interessante, fordi de besøgendes interaktioner havde betydning og gjorde en forskel i aktiviteten og resultatet. At besøget havde gjort indtryk, blev allerede udtrykt i walk-alongs, men det blev især klart under post-undersøgelserne. Interviewfamilierne kunne i detaljer genfortælle besøget, ligesom de fortalte, hvordan de efter besøget havde prøvet lignende aktiviteter – både i hjemmet samt på andre museer og science centre. Interviewene viste også, at graden af forståelse og læring var forskellig fra familie til familie afhængig af tidligere erfaring, viden og interesse. Ingen fortalte, at de ligefrem havde fået større interesse for STEM-fag, men alle udtrykte glæde ved STEM-aktiviteterne og interesse for nye besøg. Evalueringsundersøgelsen peger på følgende styrker ved Universitariums udstilling: o DYNAMISK-INTERAKTIVEOPSTILLINGERMOTIVEREROGFORMIDLER.Demangehands-on-opstillinger i udstillingen betyder, at gæsterne er meget aktive og nysgerrige under besøget. Specielt op- stillinger, som er dynamisk-interaktive – hvor brugernes interaktion ændrer opstillingen og gør en forskel – formår at engagere gæsterne. Det samme er tilfældet for de immersive, ‘whole-body’ opstillinger, hvor gæsterne skal bruge hele kroppen for at indgå i aktiviteten. De besøgende fremhæver, at det at konstruere og eksperimentere, hjælper dem til at forstå emner og naturvidenskabelige fænomener. o SAMARBEJDE I FÆLLESSKAB. Flere af aktiviteterne i udstillingen giver mulighed for, at familierne kan samarbejde om at eksperimentere, bygge, spille spil osv. Det er vigtigt, fordi det sociale element i at lave aktiviteter sammen med familien er en central motivation for at besøge Universitarium. [1] EVALUERINGSRAPPORT: UNIVERSITARIUM o PILOTERNE ER POPULÆRE. Piloterne spiller en væsentlig formidlingsrolle både til instruktion (how-to) og faglig viden (what-to-learn) i forhold til den konkrete opstilling. Piloterne frem- hæves over de øvrige formidlingsformer, fordi de leverer situationsbestemt instruktion og svarer på spørgsmål. Den mundtlige, personlige formidling medvirker også til, at de besø- gende kan huske udstillingens emner og naturvidenskabelige fænomener. o LET TILGÆNGELIG INFORMATION. Skilte er også en væsentlig formidlingsform og anvendes især til instruktion (how-to), men også til faglig viden (what-to-learn). Udstillingens skilte roses generelt for at være let forståelige og læsevenlige. o LAB&HACKENGAGERER.Universitariumskarakteristiskeudtrykmeduformelkommunikation og “hjemmesnedkererede” opstillinger opleves af gæsterne som værende relevant, nærvæ- rende og autentisk. Mange besøgende fremhæver, at den rå form medvirker til at vise, hvor- dan man selv kan lave aktiviteterne hjemme. De udtrykker også, at det er rart at se, at der står “mennesker” bag. o UDSTILLINGENRELATERERTILHVERDAGENSFÆNOMENEROGOPLEVELSER.Mangegæsterrelaterer udstillingens aktiviteter til fænomener og oplevelser i hverdagen. Dette er positivt, fordi fa- milierne således kan tale om udstillingens tema ud fra deres egen kontekst. o SJOVOGPOSITIVSTEMOPMÆRKSOMHED.Børnenehardettydeligvissjovtunderbesøgeneog er begejstrede for de mange interaktive hands-on muligheder for at afprøve og eksperimen- tere. o BESØGETSKABERERINDRINGEROGERFARINGER.Undersøgelsenviser,atgæsternehuskeroverra- skende meget om deres besøg på Universitarium. Både hvad de lærte, og hvad de oplevede. Gæsterne sammenholder i vid udstrækning erindringer fra besøget på Universitarium med lignende besøg på andre science centre, museer osv. Der sker således en akkumulering af viden og erfaringer om bl.a. STEM gennem disse besøg. Ligeledes peger undersøgelsen også på en række udfordringer i udstillingen: o UKLARFORMIDLINGAFUDSTILLINGENSTEMA.Udstillingenstema (Bigidea) er ikke tydeligt formuleret og kommunikeret i udstillingen. o PILOTERNESKALVÆREMEREOPSØGENDE.Besøgendehenvendersigsjældentuopfordrettilpilo- terne. Også selvom de er i tvivl om aktiviteter og har brug for hjælp til at gennemføre og for- stå aktiviteten. Nogle besøgende foretrækker at klare sig selv, men mange fortæller, at de har været meget glade for den hjælp og forklaring, som piloterne gav. o PILOTERNESKALGIVEMEREFAGLIGVIDEN.Piloternebliveroftebrugttilatgivekonkretinstruktion og fortælle kort om specifikke emner eller opstillinger. Flere besøgende fortæller, at de gerne ville have hørt mere om udstillingens overordnede emne, energi, på tværs af opstillin- ger og om betydningen og konsekvenser af de gennemførte forsøg. Dvs., at piloterne ikke blot skal formidle, hvad der sker ved den enkelte opstilling, men også formidle forståelse for, hvorfor og hvad det kan bruges til i et større perspektiv. o VIDEOERBLIVERANVENDT,MEN DE BLIVER SJÆLDENT SET FÆRDIGE. Flere besøgende forklarer, at videoerne er for lange og/eller kedelige. Nogle siger samtidig, at de havde håbet at få mere detaljeret information via videoer. o TEKNISKE UDFALD. Selvom udstillingen har en Lab & Hack tilgang, så skal formidlingen, og her- under teknologien til formidling, fungere.

Linked Data (LD) as a web-based technology enables in principle the seamless, machine-supported integration, interplay and augmention of all kinds of knowledge, into what has been labeled a huge knowledge graph. Despite decades of web technology and, more recently, the Linked Data approach, the task to fully exploit these new technologies in the public domain is only commencing. One specific challenge is to transfer techniques developed pre-web to order our knowledge into the realm of Linked (Open) Data. This paper illustrates two different models in which a general analytico-synthetic classification can be published and made available as linked data. In both cases, a linked data solution deals with the intricacies of a pre-coordinated indexing language: the Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) and the Basic Concepts Classification (BCC).

Experiences are seminal for human well-being. But experiencing is a complex phenomenon challenging standard methods of data collection. Firstly, experiencing is an inner process, which cannot be observed neither precisely nor in its totality from an external position. Observation studies therefore do not sufficiently account for this inner process. Secondly, experiences are dual: on the one hand, experiencing is bound to a stream of moments of sensing and perceptions, on the other hand experience is a recollection of such experiencing. Memory is a retrospective, but fallible representation of these moments. Interviews draw on and activate memory, but they fail to grasp the actual moments of experiencing. This paper presents the walk-along method as a way to deal with the complexity of experiencing. This method combines aspects of participatory observation and of interviewing as the researcher moves through space with the informants while they are moved by their surroundings., Akademisk kvarter | Academic Quarter, Gå | Walk, Vol. 18

In this chapter, we work from the assumption that university engagement can be fostered by addressing the dissemination of scientific knowledge as a communication process, and we explore how university engagement can be encouraged through the communication of scientific knowledge to SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises). First, a literature review allows for the identification of well-known barriers to the dissemination of scientific knowledge to SMEs. Second, an empirical study of the ‘situation’ of eight Danish SMEs provides insights into their situation (circumstances, barriers and potentials) in relation to scientific knowledge, which must be taken into account in attempts to communicate scientific knowledge to SMEs. Based on this analysis, we discuss solutions and outline some communicative principles that can contribute with a solution-oriented perspective on how communicating scientific knowledge to SMEs can foster university engagement.

Denne rapport præsenterer den model og metodologi, der er udviklet og afprøvet i DEFF Co-creation projektet til udvikling af digitale læringsdesign.Overordnet handler DEFF Co-creation projektet om at udvikle og undersøge bruger-involverende metoder til design og udvikling af digitale læringsprodukter til udvikling af universitetsstuderendes informationskompetence. Projektet bygger på erfaringer fra et tidligere DEFF projekt, der viste, at brugerinvolvering i designprocessen er essentiel for at sikre produkternes relevans og brugbarhed. En vigtig del af DEFF Co-creation er derfor at udvikle og undersøge metoder og værktøjer til co-design af læringsprodukter. E-Learning Lab, Institut for Kommunikation, AAU andel i projektet bestod i at udvikle og implementere en metodologi, designproces, metoder og værktøjer til analyse og design af læringsdesigns. Udviklingsarbejdet er foretaget i tæt samarbejde med DEFF partnerne. Metodologien er udviklet og afprøvet gennem afholdelse af to design workshops. Hensigten med projektet var at udvikle og afprøve en model og metoder for udvikling af læringsdesigns til styrkelse af informationskompetence. DEFF partnere består af 8 cases ved forskningsbibliotekerne AAU, CBS, DTU, KEA, KU, RU, SDU og VIA.

Exchanging knowledge between university and industry is generally known to be problematic. In this paper we address the situation of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in order to understand their use of knowledge: in particular scientific knowledge.The paper will present data from a qualitative study of the situations of eight SMEs. The data consists of ‘walk-alongs’, situational maps, and thirty-seven semi-structured interviews. The goal is to provide an in- depth understanding of the numerous circumstances that influence SMEs’ interactions with universities and scientific knowledge.The paper presents new understandings related to industry’s ways of perceiving, accessing and imple- menting scientific knowledge; these include insights into the primary ways in which SMEs appropriate new knowledge; the barriers to acquiring new knowledge; how SMEs understand the university setting; the ways in which SMEs access and utilise scientific knowledge; and the barriers to acquiring and utilis- ing scientific knowledge. On the whole, the paper points out a need for universities to change their presentation and communication of scientific knowledge to SMEs; it also discusses the criteria for these new ways of communicating.

CHAOS (Cultural Heritage Archive Open System) provides streaming access to more than 500.000 broad-casts by the Danish Broadcast Corporation from 1931 and onwards. The archive is part of the LARM project with the purpose of enabling researchers to search, annotate, and interact with recordings. To optimally sup-port the researchers a user-centred approach was taken to develop the platform and related metadata scheme. Based on the requirements a three level metadata scheme was developed: (1) core archival metadata, (2) LARM metadata, and (3) project-specific metadata. The paper analyses how researchers apply the metadata scheme in their research work. The study consists of two studies, a) a qualitative study of subjects and vo-cabulary of the applied metadata and annotations, and 5 semi-structured interviews about goals for tagging. The findings clearly show that the primary role of LARM.fm is to provide access to broadcasts and provide tools to segment and manage concrete segments of radio broadcasts. Although the assigned metadata are project-specific, they serve as invaluable access points for fellow researchers due to their factual and neutral nature. The researchers particularly stress LARM.fm’s strength in providing streaming access to a large, shared corpus of broadcasts.

CHAOS (Cultural Heritage Archive Open System) provides streaming access to more than 500.000 broad-casts by the Danish Broadcast Corporation from 1931 and onwards. The archive is part of the LARM project with the purpose of enabling researchers to search, annotate, and interact with recordings. To optimally sup-port the researchers a user-centred approach was taken to develop the platform and related metadata scheme. Based on the requirements a three level metadata scheme was developed: (1) core archival metadata, (2) LARM metadata, and (3) project-specific metadata. The paper analyses how researchers apply the metadata scheme in their research work. The study consists of two studies, a) a qualitative study of subjects and vo-cabulary of the applied metadata and annotations, and 5 semi-structured interviews about goals for tagging. The findings clearly show that the primary role of LARM.fm is to provide access to broadcasts and provide tools to segment and manage concrete segments of radio broadcasts. Although the assigned metadata are project-specific, they serve as invaluable access points for fellow researchers due to their factual and neutral nature. The researchers particularly stress LARM.fm’s strength in providing streaming access to a large, shared corpus of broadcasts.

The present paper is concerned with professional e-government seeking behavior. With the digitalization of governments, expectations have been raised with regard to changes in the composition of employee work tasks. The purpose of our study is to determine whether these changes affect seeking behavior and if so how they change it. We focus on the status of current seeking behavior in a Danish government administration. The results showed that information needs are commonly verificative and consciously topical and that information seeking most often takes the form of mere “look-ups.” Employees experience many search problems, such as the lack of specificity, differences in the interpretation of the topics of documents, and unwieldy and irrelevant search results. These problems can be solved by a combination of improved indexing practices and search features.

CHAOS (Cultural Heritage Archive Open System) is a digital platform for Danish radio broadcasts. Radio broadcasts are an important and vibrant part of our cultural heritage, but providing efficient and effective access to such archives is challenging for lack of a solid digital infrastructure. The Danish LARM project aims to meet this challenge by making one million hours of radio programs available to humanities researchers through the digital platform CHAOS. CHAOS is being built in close cooperation with the researchers involved in LARM. In this paper, we present the user-driven development of the multi-tiered metadata scheme used in CHAOS.

Workplace searching is often context-specific and targets a ‘right answer’ within some domain-specific aspect of the search topic. We have developed the semantic component (SC) model that allows searchers to specify a search within context-specific aspects of the main topic of documents. The goal of our study was to gain insight into how family practice physicians at sundhed.dk, a national healthcare portal in Denmark, applied the SC model to formulate queries to solve work-related search tasks. The results showed that doctors used the model purposively when choosing search facets and search concepts. They were relatively consistent in their use. The findings provide promising evidence of the model’s potential usefulness.