Building Trust in Information: Perspectives on the Frontiers of Provnance

By Victoria L. Lemieux
Congratulations to UBC iSchool Associate Professor Victoria Lemieux on the publication of Building Trust in Information: Perspectives on the Frontiers of Provnance.

This book reports on the results of an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary workshop on provenance that brought together researchers and practitioners from different areas such as archival science, law, information science, computing, forensics and visual analytics that work at the frontiers of new knowledge on provenance. Each of these fields understands the meaning and purpose of representing provenance in subtly different ways. The aim of this book is to create cross-disciplinary bridges of understanding with a view to arriving at a deeper and clearer perspective on the different facets of provenance and how traditional definitions and applications may be enriched and expanded via an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary synthesis.

Why Engagement Matters: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives of User Engagement in Digital Media

Edited by Heather O’Brien and Paul Cairns
UBC iSchool Associate Professor Heather O’Brien publishes new book on user engagement.

What do we mean when we say that our goal is to engage users with technology, and what are the benefits of doing so? How we define UE conceptually is indicative of the larger set of values, contexts, and disciplinary perspectives that inform human relationships with technology and how we operationalize, measure, and design for human-computer experiences.

The SAGE Handbook of E-learning Research

Edited by Caroline Haythornthwaite, Richard Andrews, Jude Fransman, and Eric M. Meyers

The new edition of The SAGE Handbook of E-Learning Research retains the original effort of the first edition by focusing on research while capturing the leading edge of e-learning development and practice. Chapters focus on areas of development in e-learning technology, theory, practice, pedagogy and method of analysis.

Measuring User Engagement

By Lalmas, Mounia with Heather O’Brien and Elad Yom-Tov

User engagement refers to the quality of the user experience that emphasizes the positive aspects of interacting with an online application and, in particular, the desire to use that application longer and repeatedly. User engagement is a key concept in the design of online applications (whether for desktop, tablet or mobile), motivated by the observation that successful applications are not just used, but are engaged with.

Financial Analysis and Risk Management: Data Governance, Analytics and Life Cycle Management

By Victoria Lemieux
UBC iSchool Associate Professor Victoria Lemieux’s latest publication takes a look at the Global Financial Crisis and the weakness of financial records.

The Global Financial Crisis and the Eurozone crisis that has followed have drawn attention to weaknesses in financial records, information and data. These weaknesses have led to operational risks in financial institutions, flawed bankruptcy and foreclosure proceedings following the Crisis, and inadequacies in financial supervisors’ access to records and information for the purposes of a prudential response. Research is needed to identify the practices that will provide the records, information and data needed to support more effective financial analysis and risk management.

Managing Records in Global Financial Markets: Ensuring Compliance and Mitigating Risk

Edited by Lynn Coleman, Victoria L. Lemieux, Rod Stone, and Geoffrey Yeo

This timely book fully explores current regulatory, legal, and governance issues associated with managing records in global banking and finance businesses. It offers strategies and examples of best practice to meet the record-keeping challenges in corporate and commercial banking enterprises operating in global capital markets.