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18 works· latest 2026· 2 institutionscluster: provisionalORCID 0000-0003-4780-2505

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Understanding the information and communication technology needs of the e‐humanist2008 · 83 citations
Information world mapping: A participatory arts-based elicitation method for information behavior interviews2017 · 64 citations
Beyond clicks and downloads: a call for a more comprehensive approach to measuring mobile-health app engagement2020 · 57 citations
The information behaviors and preferences of undergraduate students2005 · 41 citations
“Nothing's available”: Young fathers’ experiences with unmet information needs and barriers to resolving them2019 · 29 citations

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Empowering Quality of Life Monitoring and Self‐Management in Bipolar Disorder: Pilot Evaluation of the PolarUs App

Bipolar Disorders·2026·6 authors·Open access

1citations

What influences engagement with a bipolar disorder self-management app? A qualitative investigation of use of the PolarUs app

PLOS Digital Health·2025·6 authors·Open access

3citations

TikTok as information space: A scoping review of information behavior on TikTok

Library & Information Science Research·2025·2 authors·Open access

11citations

The experience of self-monitoring using the PolarUs bipolar disorder self-management app: a qualitative report of impacts and unmet needs

Journal of Affective Disorders·2025·6 authors·Open access

8citations

User Engagement in an Online Digital Health Intervention to Promote Problem Solving

Interacting with Computers·2024·4 authors·Open access

9citations

Questioning the role of information poverty in immigrant employment acquisition: empirical evidence from African immigrants in Canada

Journal of Documentation·2022·3 authors

16citations

Supporting Self-management and Quality of Life in Bipolar Disorder With the PolarUs App (Alpha): Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study

JMIR Research Protocols·2022·7 authors·Open access

9citations

Use of smartphone apps in bipolar disorder: An international web-based survey of feature preferences and privacy concerns

Journal of Affective Disorders·2021·7 authors

22citations

Beyond clicks and downloads: a call for a more comprehensive approach to measuring mobile-health app engagement

BJPsych Open·2020·5 authors·Open access

57citations

“Nothing's available”: Young fathers’ experiences with unmet information needs and barriers to resolving them

Information Processing & Management·2019·4 authors

29citations

Building infrastructures for university-community knowledge exchange: The Role of Information Professionals and Literacy Educators

Proceedings of the Annual Conference of CAIS / Actes du congrès annuel de l ACSI·2019·5 authors·other·Open access

2citations

Information world mapping: A participatory arts-based elicitation method for information behavior interviews

Library & Information Science Research·2017·3 authors·Open access

64citations

Constructing knowledge and ignorance in the social information worlds of young mothers

Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology·2017·3 authors·Open access

12citations

Making an impact through experiential learning

Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology·2015·4 authors·Open access

7citations

Chapter 4 Weaving the Threads of Experience into Human Information Interaction (HII): Probing User Experience (UX) for New Directions in Information Behaviour

Library and information science·2011·1 author·chapter

15citations

Exploring technology through the design lens

iConference·2011·3 authors·other

4citations

Understanding the information and communication technology needs of the e‐humanist

Journal of Documentation·2008·2 authors

83citations

The information behaviors and preferences of undergraduate students

Research Strategies·2005·2 authors

41citations