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refereed journal articles (4) | book chapters (2) | conference proceedings (24) | posters / abstracts (9) | print magazine articles (5) | working papers (20)

REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES (4)

In Progress (1)

  1. Agarwal, N.K. & Poo, D.C.C. (accepted with minor changes on first submission; accepted with major changes on resubmission after revisions; proposed changes being addressed). Towards an Integrated Model of Information Seeking & Information Retrieval. Journal of the American Society for Information Science & Technology (JASIST).

Published (3)

  1. Agarwal, N.K., Xu, Y. (C.), Poo, D.C.C. (2011). A Context-based Investigation into Source Use by Information Seekers. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (JASIST), 62(6), 1087-1104. on publisher website | 2 citations as of June 2012
  2. Agarwal, N.K. & Poo, D.C.C. (2008). Capturing tacit knowledge across different domains: Knowledge Community (K-Comm). In A. Mitra (Ed.) Special Issue on KM, International Journal of Business Information Systems (IJBIS), 3(6), 668-685, on publisher website | 3 citations as of June 2012
  3. Agarwal, N.K. & Poo, D.C.C. (2006). Meeting knowledge management challenges through effective search. Int. Journal of Business Information Systems (IJBIS), 1(3), 292-309, on publisher website | 7 citations as of June 2012

BOOK CHAPTERS (2)

In Progress (1)

  1. Agarwal, N.K. (proposal submitted). Use of touch devices by toddlers and preschoolers: Observations and findings from a single-case study. In Bilal, D. and Spink, A. (Eds.) New Directions in Children’s Information Behaviour Research, Emerald Library and Information Science Book Series.

Published (1)

  1. Agarwal, N.K. & Poo, D.C.C. (2007). Collaborating to search effectively in different searcher modes through Cues & Specialty Search. In D.H. Goh & S. Foo (Eds.) Social Information Retrieval Systems: Emerging Technologies & Applications for Searching the Web Effectively, Idea Group Inc, on publisher website | 2 citations as of June 2012

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS (24)

In Progress (1)

  1. Agarwal, N.K. and Rahim, N.F.A. (abstract submitted). Student Expectations from a cross-cultural virtual collaboration: A qualitative analysis. 5th International Conference on Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries (QQML 2013) (June 4-7 June, Rome Italy).

Published/Accepted (23)

  1. Agarwal, N.K. (accepted). Making sense of sense-making: tracing the history and development of Dervin’s Sense-making methodology. 2012 Pre-Conference on the history of ASIS&T and the history of information science and technology worldwide (Baltimore, MD, Oct 26-31, 2012). author full-text PDF
  2. Agarwal, N.K. (2012). Making the Bhagavad Gita accessible: Enabling sense-making through synthesis and visualization. Second Annual International Conference on Information & Religion. (Kent, OH, May 18-19). [also to be considered for possible publication in ASIR: Advances in the Study of Information and Religion] author full-text PDF
  3. Agarwal, N.K. (2011). Verifying survey items for Construct Validity: A two-stage Sorting Procedure for Questionnaire Design in Information Behavior Research. Proceedings ofASIS&T 2011 Annual Meeting (New Orleans, Louisiana, Oct 9-13). open access on publisher website | publisher full-text PDF | pre-conference podcast
  4. Agarwal, N.K. (2011). Ram’s Search for Sita in the Ramayana: Information Seeking in an Ancient Indian Epic. In Proceedings of the First Annual Conference on Information and Religion(Kent, OH, May 20). open access on publisher website | author full-text PDF | video presentation
  5. Agarwal, N.K. (2011). Information Source and its Relationship with the Context of Information Seeking Behavior. In Proceedings of iConference 2011 (Seattle, WA, Feb 8-11). ACM Digital Library, 48-55, on publisher website | publisher full-text PDF | author full-text PDF
  6. Poo, D.C.C., Lek, H.H. and Agarwal, N.K. (2010). Collaborative Learning in a Knowledge Community. International Conference on Computer Science Education: Innovation & Technology (CSEIT 2010) (Dec 6-7, 2010, Phuket, Thailand).on publisher website | author full-text PDF
  7. Agarwal, N.K., Xu, Y.(C.) and Poo, D.C.C. (2009). Delineating the boundary of ‘Context’ in Information Behavior: Towards a Contextual Identity Framework. ASIS&T 2009 Annual Meeting(Vancouver, B.C., Canada, Nov 6-11) open access on publisher website | author full-text PDF
  8. Agarwal, N.K. (2009). Use of Technology to Assert Identity: Towards a Theory of Expanding Circles of Identity. 10thAssociation of Pacific Rim Universities Doctoral Students Conference (APRU DSC 2009) (Kyoto, Japan, Jul 6-10, 2009). author full-text PDF
  9. Lek, H.H., Poo, D.C.C. and Agarwal, N.K. (2009). Knowledge Community (K-Comm): Towards a Digital Ecosystem with Collective Intelligence. IEEE DEST 2009 – Third IEEE International Conference on Digital EcoSystems and Technologies) (Istanbul, Turkey, Jun 1-3, 2009), on publisher website
  10. Agarwal, N.K. (2008). Information-Seeking Behavior Based on an Integrated Framework of Information Seeking & Information Retrieval. In 9th APRU Doct. Students Conf. (APRU DSC 2008) (Vladivostok, Russia, Jul 14-18, 2008).
  11. Agarwal, N.K., Poo, D.C.C. & Tan, K.H. (2007). Impediments to sharing knowledge outside the school: Lessons learnt from the development of a taxonomic e-learning portal. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2007) (Montreal, Canada, Dec 9-12, 2007), Paper 81, 1-16, on publisher website | publisher full-text PDF | 1 citation as of June 2012
  12. Agarwal, N.K, Poo, D.C.C. & Tan, K.H. (2007). Barriers to sharing knowledge across Singapore schools: Lessons Learnt from the development of the Educational Taxonomy Portal. In 8th APRU Doctoral Students Conf. (APRU DSC 2007) (Tokyo, Japan, Jul 30-Aug 3, 2007), 1-19. | author full-text PDF
  13. Agarwal, N.K. & Poo, D.C.C. (2007). HCI & Information Search: Capturing Task & Searcher Characteristics through ‘User Ability to Specify Information Need’. In Proc. of the 12th Int. Conf. on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII 2007) (Beijing, China, Jul 22-27, 2007), Berlin: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 373-382, on publisher website | publisher full-text PDF | 1 citation as of June 2012
  14. Agarwal, N.K., Wang, Z., Xu, Y. (C.) & Poo, D.C.C. (2007). Factors Affecting 3G Adoption: An Empirical Study. In Proceedings of the 11th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS 2007) (Auckland, New Zealand, Jul 3-6), Paper 3, 256-270, on publisher website | publisher full-text PDF | 9 citations as of June 2012
  15. Agarwal, N.K., Poo, D.C.C. & Leo, D.M.T. (2007). Developing Buddy: Towards greater dependability & maintainability in meta-search. In M. Khosrow-Pour (Ed.) Proc. of the Information Resources Management Asso. Conf. (IRMA 2007) (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, May 19-23), Hershey PA: IGI Global, 458-462, open access on publisher website | publisher full-text PDF | author full-text PDF
  16. Agarwal, N.K., Poo, D.C.C. & Teo, K.Y. (2006). Component-based Development of MILLS: A Case Study in the development of an Inter-Library Loan Software System. In P. Jalote (Ed.) Proc. of the 13th Asia Pacific Software Engineering Conf. (APSEC06) (Bangalore, India, Dec 6-8), Los Alamitos: IEEE Computer Society, 37-44 on publisher website | author full-text PDF | 1 citation as of June 2012
  17. Agarwal, N.K. & Poo, D.C.C. (2006). Making sense of an Electronic Document – Visualization Strategies for Concept Presentation. In Proc. of the 10th IEEE Int. Enterprise Distributed Object Computing Conf. Workshops (EDOCW’06)(Hong Kong, Oct 16-20), Los Alamitos: IEEE Computer Society, 56-59, on publisher website | author full-text PDF
  18. Agarwal, N.K. & Poo, D.C.C. (2006). Information Searcher-Provider Fit through Information Presentation & Visualization Techniques. In V.P. Guerrero-Bote (Ed.) Int. Conf. on Multidisciplinary Information Sciences & Technologies (InSciT2006) (Merida, Spain, Oct 25-28), Merida: Open Institute of Knowledge (Instituto Abierto del Conocimiento), 69-73. author full-text PDF | presentation
  19. Agarwal, N.K. (2006). Effective Information Management through an Information Searcher-Provider Fit Framework. 7th APRU DSC (Singapore, Jul 17-21).
  20. Agarwal, N.K., Poo, D.C.C. & Goh, J.M. (2005). Managing Quality of Information Retrieval for Effective Knowledge Management. In Proc. of the 3rd World Conf. for Software Quality (3WCSQ) (Munich, Germany, Sept. 26-30), I, 205-214.author full-text PDF
  21. Agarwal, N.K., Gupta, A.K., Bin, W. & Barbosa, L.O. (1999). Scaleable Delivery Mechanism for VBR MPEG-2 Video Streams over the Internet. In Proc. of the IEEE Pacific RIM Conf. on Communications, Computers & Signal Processing (PacRim ’99) (Victoria, B.C., Canada, Aug 23-25), 284-287, on publisher website | author full-text PDF | 1 citation as of June 2012
  22. Shaw, V., Wahab, A., Agarwal, N.K. & Chan, G. (1998). Adaptive Traffic Management Model for Internet/electronic Commerce. In Proc. of the 17th IEEE Int. Conf. on Consumer Electronics (ICCE’98) (Los Angeles, CA, Jun 2-4), 24-25, on publisher website | author full-text PDF
  23. Shaw, V.M., Wahab, A., Sung, S. & Agarwal, N.K. (1998). An Intelligent Web Browser for Internet/Electronic Commerce. In Proc. of the 17th IEEE Int. Conf. on Consumer Electronics (ICCE’98) (Los Angeles, CA, Jun 2-4), Digest of Technical Papers, 80-81, on publisher website | author full-text PDF

POSTERS / ABSTRACTS (9)

Published / accepted (9)

  1. Agarwal, N.K., Xu, Y.(C.), Lawrence, H. and Agarwal, A. (submitted). Effect of Institutional Factors on Source and Channel Use by Medical Residents. ASIS&T 2012 Annual Meeting (Baltimore, MD, Oct 26-30). submission PDF
  2. Agarwal, N.K. (submitted). Happiness: Exploring Relationship with Information and Place in Information Science Research and Education. ASIS&T 2012 Annual Meeting (Baltimore, MD, Oct 26-30). submission PDF
  3. Turcios, M., Agarwal, N.K. and Watkins, L. (submitted). Library & Information Science Literature: How much of it is research? ASIS&T 2012 Annual Meeting (Baltimore, MD, Oct 26-30).submission PDF
  4. Benoit, G. and Agarwal, N. (submitted) All-visual retrieval: How people search and respond to an affect-driven visual information retrieval system. ASIS&T 2012 Annual Meeting (Baltimore, MD, Oct 26-30). submission PDF
  5. Agarwal, N.K., Xu, Y.(C.), Lawrence, H. and Agarwal, A. (2012). Institutional Factors Affecting Source Use: A study of the Source Choice Behavior of Medical Residents. Selected for the Spring 2012 Faculty Showcase. Center for Applied & Community Research, Simmons College, May 16, 2012.poster PDF | author PDF
  6. Agarwal, N.K. (2011). Happiness as a learning outcome in the digital age. Library 2.011 worldwide virtual conference(Nov 2-4) on publisher page | Blackboard Collaborate session recording (runs in Internet Explorer)
  7. Agarwal, N.K. (2010). Evaluation of Information Services in the Library: Areas identified by Graduate Students. In A. Katsirikou (Ed.) Book of Abstracts: Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries QQML2010 International Conference (Chania, Crete, Greece, May 25-28, 2010), pp.26-27, on publisher website | publisher Book of Abstracts PDF | author abstract PDF | acceptance [full paper submitted for proceedings – submitted full-text PDF].
  8. Agarwal, N.K. (2010). From traditional to futuristic libraries: Will we go a full circle and want to be traditional again? In A. Katsirikou (Ed.) Book of Abstracts: Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries QQML2010 International Conference (Chania, Crete, Greece, May 25-28, 2010), pp.32-33,on publisher website | publisher Book of Abstracts PDF | author abstract PDF | acceptance
  9. Poster on eTaP, an electronic taxonomy portal for schoolteachers and students at National IT Awareness (NITA), School of Computing, NUS, Mar 19, 2005 poster PDF

PRINT MAGAZINE ARTICLES (5)

  1. Agarwal, N.K. (Oct 2012). How to prevent suicides in Sikkim. Life is Precious, Talk Sikkim, Monthly news magazine, Sikkim, India, 5(2), 52-53. publisher full-text PDF
  2. Agarwal, N.K. (July 2011). Never compare with those around you. Life Lessons, Talk Sikkim, Monthly news magazine, Sikkim, India, 4(7), 49. publisher full-text PDF
  3. Agarwal, N.K. (June 2011). Deciding on a career? Look inwards first. Special Focus on Education,Talk Sikkim, Sikkim, India, 4(6), 28-29. publisher full-text PDF
  4. Agarwal, N.K. (May 2011). Expect only from yourself! Life Lessons, Talk Sikkim, 4(5), 58. publisher full-text PDF
  5. Agarwal, N.K. (April 2011). Be happy always, no matter what! Life Lessons, Talk Sikkim, 4(4), 44-45.publisher full-text PDF

WORKING PAPERS (20)

In advanced stages (5)

  1. Koeniger-Donahue, R., Agarwal, N.K., Hawkins, J. and Stowell, S. (manuscript being finalized) The time is now: Role of Nurse Practitioners in encouraging use of PHRs. To be submitted to the American Journal of Nurse Practitioners.
  2. Rahim, N.F.A. and Agarwal, N.K. (being finalized). Facilitating and researching student peer reviewing on Facebook: triumphs and challenges in cross-culture collaboration. To be submitted to Action Research.
  3. Agarwal, N.K. and Rahim, N.F.A. (data analysis stage). Student satisfaction in cross-culture collaboration: Use of Facebook groups for reciprocal peer-review by Singapore and US students. To be submitted to Journal of Education for Library and Information Science.
  4. Agarwal, N.K. (manuscript being finalized). Modelling Serendipity in Information Behaviour: Conceptual Space and Relationship with Context. Information Research.
  5. Towards a Theoretical Framework of Context based on the Contextual Identity Framework. To be submitted to JASIST.

In earlier stages (15)

  1. Context in Information Behavior. Proposal to be submitted to Marchionini, G. (Ed.) Synthesis Lectures on Information Concepts, Retrieval, and Services. Morgan & Claypool publishers.
  2. Choosing between interpersonal, physical, digital and mobile: The role of institutional legitimacy in the source choice behavior of medical residents (study based on the President’s Fund for Faculty Excellence. Questionnaire and study protocol approved by IRB. To be submitted to JASIST or a medical journal)
  3. Information Seeking Behavior and Context: Theoretical Frameworks and a Survey Study of Source Use. Proposal based on Ph.D. dissertation to be submitted to the ASIS&T Monograph Series, Information Today, Inc. (ITI).
  4. Assessing individual contribution in student teamwork: Findings from the use of a simple method. To be submitted to the Journal of Education in Library and Information Science.
  5. Use of Facebook for online discussion in a course: Pre-and-post use reactions of students. To be submitted to the Journal of Education in Library and Information Science.
  6. Towards a theoretical causal model of happiness. To be submitted to Psychological Science.
  7. Happiness as a Learning Outcome: Place of Happiness in LIS Education. To be submitted to JASIST.
  8. Hate information seeking behavior: Content analysis of comments in India-Pakistan online forums, YouTube videos and Facebook groups. To be submitted to JASIST.
  9. Information behavior for disaster relief: Content analysis of Facebook groups formed in the aftermath of the 2011 Sikkim earthquake. To be submitted to JASIST.
  10. Visuals to simplify words versus words to explain visuals: Takeaways from a Panel Discussion on Visualization. To be submitted to Information & Management
  11. Successful grant writing: Takeaways from a Panel Discussion (on March 25, 2010).
  12. Using blog to take on the Media: A Content Analysis. To be submitted to the Journal of Management Information Systems.
  13. Role of Evaluation in LIS curriculum. To be submitted to the Journal of Education in Library and Information Science.
  14. Adding structure to the art of literature review: An excel template. To be submitted to Library and Information Science Research.
  15. Reconsidering Poole’s Principle of Least Effort: A brief history of the healthy eating movement.

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