Associate Professor Tina Du

Associate Professor UniSA STEM

Mawson Lakes Campus (D3-15)
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About me

I am recruiting a PhD/doctoral student commencing in 2021, see my research supervision page.

Dr. Tina Du is an Associate Professor of Information Studies in the UniSA STEM, University of South Australia. Tina was awarded the Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (ARC DECRA), a highly competitive national research fellowship, and has been a visiting research fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, UK. She received her Ph.D. in Information Science from Queensland University of Technology, Australia.

Her research interests lie in applied, industry and interdisciplinary studies related to information behaviour, interactive information retrieval, marginalised communities, and social... Read more

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About me

I am recruiting a PhD/doctoral student commencing in 2021, see my research supervision page.

Her research interests lie in applied, industry and interdisciplinary studies related to information behaviour, interactive information retrieval, marginalised communities, and social informatics. She is passionate on enhancing the interplay between people, information and technology.

She has published more than 100 papers in top journals and conferences in her field, including 37 SCI/SSCI journal articles. Her research work has been supported by national and international competitive research grants and attracted more than $1M in government and industry research funding.

Since 2011, Tina has served as Guest Editor and Editorial Board Member of international journals, including Online Information Review (OIR), the Aslib Journal of Information Management (Aslib), Information and Learning Sciences, Information Processing & Management (IPM), and Journal of the Association of Information Science & Technology (JASIST). She was awarded the outstanding reviewers award for IPM, Tourism Management, Aslib and OIR. Tina has served as co-chair and PC member for a number of national and international conferences and delivered 26 keynote and invited talks at conferences/workshops and to Australian and overseas universities .

Her teaching has covered a broad range of courses in digital information management and human information behaviour. Currently she is teaching Research Methods course to Honours and Masters students enrolled in 5 different majors and Masters' research project course. Tina has supervised 15 Ph.D. students (with 6 as principal) with 8 completions.

She received a number of awards and recognitions for her contributions to the research field and broad communities; these included Top 50 Australia’s leading researchers in Engineering & Computer Science discipline and the field leader in Library & Information Science by The Australian (2020), South Australian Young Tall Poppy of Science award winner (2019), South Australian Winnovation (Women in Innovation) awards winner in “Maths and Data” category (2018), and Fellow of South Australian Governor’s Leadership Foundation (FGLF 2017). Tina served as Chair of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) Asia-Pacific Chapter in 2019-20.

Awards and Nominees

2020 Top 50 Australia’s leading researchers in Engineering & Computer Science discipline, by The Australian, and as the Field Leader of Library & Information Science.
2020 Mid-Career Researcher of the Year, UniSA STEM
2020 Best Reviewer Award for Information Processing & Management journal, U.S.
2019 South Australian Young Tall Poppy of Science Award Winner for recognising her excellence in academic achievement, research impact, science communication and community engagement
2019 Best Conference Poster Award at the 82nd Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T)
2019 Best Information Behaviour Conference Innovation Award at the 82nd Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T)
2018 Winner of the South Australian Winnovation (Women in Innovation) Awards in “Maths and Data” Category
2018 Best Information Behaviour Conference Poster Award at the 81st Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T)
2018 Strategic Thinkers 2025 Development Program (nominated current and future leaders), UniSA
2017 Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (ARC DECRA)
2017 Fellow of South Australian Governor’s Leadership Foundation (FGLF)
2016 Emerald Awards for Excellence – Outstanding Reviewer for Aslib Journal of Information Management, UK
2016 University Early Career Researcher Networking Award- Collaboration in University of Oxford, UK
2016 Appointed as visiting fellow at the University of Oxford, Oxford Internet Institute
2015 Emerald Awards for Excellence - Outstanding Reviewer for Emerald Journal Online Information Review, UK
2014, 2013, 2012 Nominee, Division of ITEE Early Career Researcher of the Year, UniSA
2014 Nominee, Division of ITEE HDR Supervisor of the Year, UniSA
2012 Nominee, South Australian Young ICT Professional of the Year
2012 Supported Researchers Award, UniSA
2011 UniSA ECR Networking Award- Collaboration in Nanjing University, China
2010 Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Awards: Highly Commended Award Winner in the Information Science Category (only three recipients in this international open competition)
2010 Nominee, University Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award, QUT
2010 ALIA RAILS Best Student Research Paper Award

Research Grants

see my research projects page, listing details of funded projects.

2020-21, Du & Peters, UniSA RTIS seed fund, $40,000
2017-20, Du, Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (ARC DECRA, Category 1 Grant), $360,000
2018-19, Du, Caidi, and Bayley, UniSA Division of ITEE New Adventures Fund, $11,975
2017-19, Du, University of South Australia Fellowship Support to DECRA, $60,000
2017-19, Du, Sigala, Huang, & Ashman. University of South Australia Research Themes Investment Scheme (RTIS) Development Fund, $30,000
2017-18, Sigala, Conduit, Du, Fountain, Gao, Kim, & Haller, Le Cordon Bleu (LCB) Research Grants Scheme (Category 3 Grant), $20,000
2016, Yi, Du, Jamali, & Dolan, Charles Sturt University Faculty of Arts and Education Grant Development Funding, $7044.58
2014-15, Du, The auDA Foundation (Category 3 Grant), $24,952
2014-16, Wood, Scutter, Du, Glenny, Snowden, Tedmanson, Underwood, & Johnson, The Office for Learning and Teaching (OLT) Innovation and Development Grants (Category 1 Grant), $211,000
2013-15, Ashman, Du, & Wahlstrom, The auDA Foundation (Category 3 Grant), $75,000
2013-14, Du, Division of ITEE Early Career Researcher Development Grant, $4000
2012-13, Du, Division of ITEE Early Career Researcher Development Grant, $4000
2010-11, Du, Division of ITEE Early Career Researcher Development Grant, $4000

Bio in Chinese

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In the media

Date	Title
26/07/2012	Tina Du was selected to attend 2012 Australian Academy of Science Theo Murphy High Flyers Think Tank Australia’s population: shaping a vision for our future, Intercontinental Hotel, Adelaide. , http://www.science.org.au/events/thinktank/thinktank2012/index.html
15/08/2011	Tina Du featured in an article in The Advertiser on multi-tasking behaviour for promoting National Science Week. , http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/got-time-for-the-multi-tasking-test/story-e6frea83-1226114785313

Research

Research themes

An age friendly world
Transforming industries
Transforming societies

Research focus

Information Systems
Library and Information Studies
Cognitive Sciences
Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing
Curriculum and Pedagogy

Highlights

Interactive (Cognitive/Collaborative) Information Seeking
Social Impact of Digital Technologies
Socio-technical Design
Community Engagement and Marginalised Communities
Information and Communications Technology for Development (ICT4D)

External Competitive Research Grants (CAT1 grants and CAT3 grants):

Australian Research Council (Category 1 Grant) Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA), Amount: $360,000, "Collaborative information seeking and its application in tourism" (2017–20). Du, J.T. Project detail

Australian Government Office for Learning and Teaching (Category 1 Grant), Amount: $211,000, "Evidenced-based approach to the design and redevelopment of inclusive technology enhanced learning ... Read more

Research

Outputs

Research since 2008 is shown below. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus

Open access indicates that an output is open access.

Books

Year	Output
2014	Du, JT, Zhu, Q & Koronios, A 2014, Library and information science research in Asia-Oceania: theory and practice, IGI Global, US. 6

Chapters

Year	Output
2014	Du, JT, Zhu, Q & Koronios, A 2014, 'Overview of theory and practice in library and information science research in Asia-Oceania', in JT Du, Q Zhu & A Koronios (eds), Library and information science research in Asia-Oceania : theory and practice, Information Science Reference, US, ch. 1, pp. 1-6. Open access
2014	Shovon, MHI, Nandagopal, D, Vijayalakshmi, R, Du, JT & Cocks, B 2014, 'Transfer entropy and information flow patterns in functional brain networks during cognitive activity', in C Loo (ed.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer, Germany, pp. 1-10. 9 1
2014	Zhu, Q, Huang, L, Du, JT & Liu, H 2014, 'Trends and research of wikis' quality and governance based on bibliometric and content analysis', in W Yeoh, JR Talburt & Y Zhou (eds), Information quality and governance for business intelligence, IGI Global, US, ch. 8, pp. 148-166. 1
2012	Zhu, Q, Sun, X, Du, JT, Zhao, Y, Wu, K & Zheng, H 2012, 'Virtual community research in China: a critical review of the LIS literature', in A Spink & D Singh (eds), Library and information science trends and research: Asia-Oceania, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, UK, ch. 10, pp. 231-270. 2

Journal Articles

Year	Output
2021	Ke, Q, Du, JT & Ji, L 2021, 'Toward a conceptual framework of health crisis information needs: an analysis of COVID-19 questions in a Chinese social Q&A website', Journal of Documentation, online, pp. 1-20. Open access
2021	Qin, Q, Ke, Q, Du, JT & Xie, Y 2021, 'How users' gaze behavior Is related to their quality evaluation of a health website based on HONcode principles?', Data and Information Management, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 75-85. Open access
2020	Caidi, N, Du, J, Li, L, Shend, JM & Sun, Q 2020, 'Immigrating after 60: Information experiences of older Chinese migrants to Australia and Canada', Information Processing and Management, vol. 57, no. 3, article no. 102111. 4 4
2020	Du, JT, Xie, I & Waycott, J 2020, 'Marginalized communities, emerging technologies, and social innovation in the digital age: introduction to the special issue', Information Processing and Management, vol. 57, no. 3, pp. 1-4. 1 1 2
2020	Khoir, S & Du, JT 2020, 'The states of uncertainty and confidence of Asian immigrants during their settlement in South Australia', Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association, online, pp. 1-27. Open access 1 1
2020	Li, L, Zhang, C, He, D & Du, JT 2020, 'Researchers' judgment criteria of high-quality answers on academic social Q&A platforms', Online Information Review, in press. 4 3
2020	Salehi, S, Du, JT & Ashman, H 2020, 'Personalised Web search and user satisfaction: a user-centred evaluation', Information Research, vol. 25, no. 4. Open access
2020	Tang, R, Mehra, B, Du, JT & Zhao, Y 2020, 'Framing a discussion on paradigm shift(s) in the field of information', Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, online, pp. 1-6.
2019	Du, JT, Arif, ASM & Hansen, P 2019, 'Collaborative query reformulation in tourism information search', Online Information Review, online, pp. 1-21. Open access 1 1
2019	Du, JT, Tan, Y & Xu, F 2019, 'The information context of elderly Chinese immigrants in South Australia: a preliminary investigation', Information Research, vol. 24, no. 1, special supplement: Proceedings of ISIC: the information behaviour conference, pp. 1-8. Open access 2
2019	Fardous, J, Du, JT & Hansen, P 2019, 'Collaborative information seeking during leisure travelling: triggers and social media usage', Information Research, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 1-25. Open access 1
2019	Fardous, J, Du, JT, Hansen, P, Choo, K-KR & Huang, S 2019, 'Group trip planning and information seeking behaviours by mobile social media users: a study of tourists in Australia, Bangladesh and China', Journal of Information Science, online, pp. 1-17. Open access 1 1
2019	Mbambo-Thata, B, Du, JT, Lang, U, Lau, J, Mostafa, AW, Mehra, B, Chu, CM & Raju, J 2019, 'Gender inclusivity and equity in academic libraries: Insights from around the globe', College and Research Libraries News, vol. 80, no.8, pp. 438-442. Open access 1 11
2019	Mohammad Arif, AS & Du, JT 2019, 'Understanding collaborative tourism information searching to support online travel planning', Online Information Review, vol. 43, no. 3, pp. 369-386. Open access 3 2
2019	Xu, F & Du, JT 2019, 'Examining differences and similarities between graduate and undergraduate students' user satisfaction with digital libraries', Journal of Academic Librarianship, vol. 45, no. 6, article no. 102072, pp. 1-9. Open access 6 4 2
2018	Haines, J, Du, JT & Trevorrow, E 2018, 'In search of indigenous wisdom and interdisciplinary ways of learning together', Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association, vol. 67, no. 3, pp. 293-306. 1 5
2018	Salehi, S, Du, JT & Ashman, H 2018, 'Use of web search engines and personalisation in information searching for educational purposes', Information Research, vol. 23, no. 2, article no. 788, pp. 1-13. Open access 5 2
2018	Ul Haq, S, Liang, C, Gu, D, Du, JT & Zhao, S 2018, 'Project governance, project performance, and the mediating role of project quality and project management risk: an agency theory perspective', Engineering Management Journal, vol. 30, no. 4, pp. 274-292. Open access 5 6
2018	Xu, F & Du, JT 2018, 'Factors influencing users' satisfaction and loyalty to digital libraries in Chinese universities', Computers in Human Behavior, vol. 83, pp. 64-72. Open access 43 30 3
2017	Du, JT & Haines, J 2017, 'Indigenous Australians' information behaviour and Internet use in everyday life: an exploratory study', Information Research, vol. 22, no. 1, article no. 737, pp. 1-24. Open access 9
2017	Du, JT 2017, 'Research on Indigenous people and the role of information and communications technology in development: a review of the literature', Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association, vol. 66, no. 4, pp. 344-363. Open access 1 1 2
2017	Haines, J, Du, JT, Geursen, G, Gao, J & Trevorrow, E 2017, 'Understanding Elders' knowledge creation to strengthen indigenous ethical knowledge sharing', Information Research, vol. 24, no. 4, article no. 1607, pp. 1-15. Open access 1
2017	Khan, A & Du, JT 2017, 'Professional development through social media applications: a study of female librarians in Pakistan', Information and Learning Science, vol. 118, no. 7-8, pp. 342-353. 7 7
2017	Khoir, S, Du, JT, Davison, RM & Koronios, A 2017, 'Contributing to social capital: An investigation of Asian immigrants' use of public library services', Library and Information Science Research, vol. 39, no. 1, pp. 34-45. Open access 14 19 1
2017	Shovon, MHI, Nandagopal, N, Vijayalakshmi, R, Du, JT & Cocks, B 2017, 'Directed connectivity analysis of functional brain networks during cognitive activity using transfer entropy', Neural Processing Letters, vol. 45, no. 3, pp. 807-824. Open access 12 9
2017	Sun, J, Sheng, D, Gu, D, Du, JT & Min, C 2017, 'Understanding link sharing tools continuance behavior in social media', Online Information Review, vol. 41, no. 1, pp. 119-133. Open access 14 14
2017	Wu, P, Shen, S, He, D & Du, JT 2017, 'A belief- desire-intention model for blog users' negative emotional norm compliance Decision-making in crises', The Electronic Library: The International Journal for the Application of Technology in Information Environments, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 798-821. 3
2016	Ma, D, Du, JT, Cen, Y & Wu, P 2016, 'Exploring the adoption of mobile Internet services by socioeconomically disadvantaged people: a qualitative user study', Aslib Journal of Information Management, vol. 68, no. 6, pp. 670-693. 3 3
2016	Wu, H, Du, JT, Sun, H & Fardous, J 2016, 'Identifying core users in social resource recommendation system with K-shell collapse sequences', New Technology of Library and Information Service, vol. 32, no. 9, pp. 58-64. Open access
2015	Huang, L, Zhu, Q, Du, JT & Lee, B 2015, 'Exploring the dynamic contribution behavior of editors in wikis based on time series analysis', Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems, vol. 50, no. 1, pp. 41-57. 4 1 1
2015	Khoir, S, Du, JT & Koronios, A 2015, 'Linking everyday information behaviour and Asian immigrant settlement processes: towards a conceptual framework', Australian Academic and Research Libraries, vol. 46, no. 2, pp. 86-100. 13 13
2015	Khoir, S, Du, JT & Koronios, AP 2015, 'Everyday information behaviour of Asian immigrants in South Australia: a mixed-methods exploration', Information Research, vol. 20, no. 3, paper 687. Open access
2015	Mohammad, AAS, Du, JT & Lee, I 2015, 'Understanding tourists' collaborative information retrieval behavior to inform design', Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, vol. 66, no. 11, pp. 2285-2303. 16 11
2015	Syafar, F, Gao, J & Du, JT 2015, 'The success implementation factors for mobile collaboration technology in asset maintenance', Journal of Mobile Technologies, Knowledge and Society, vol. 2015, article no. 459687, pp. 1-7. Open access
2014	Du, JT 2014, 'Information journey of marketing professionals: incorporating work task-driven information seeking, information judgments, information use, and information sharing', Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, vol. 65, no.9, pp. 1850-1869. 32 24
2014	Sun, X, Zhu, Q, Zhao, Y & Du, JT 2014, 'Research review on social search', Library and Information Service, vol. 58, no. 17, pp. 5-13.
2013	Du, JT, Liu, Y-H, Zhu, Q & Chen, Y 2013, 'Modelling marketing professionals' information behaviour in the workplace: towards a holistic understanding', Information Research, vol. 18, no. 1, article no. 560, pp. 1-14. Open access 17 10
2012	Du, JT 2012, 'Information use and information sharing in marketing: a diary study', American Society for Information Science & Technology. Annual Meeting Proceedings, vol. 49, no. 1, pp. 1-4. Open access 7
2011	Du, JT & Evans, A 2011, 'Academic library services support for research information seeking', Australian Academic and Research Libraries, vol. 42, no. 2, pp. 103-120. Open access 5 5
2011	Du, JT & Evans, N 2011, 'Academic users' information searching on research topics : characteristics of research tasks and search strategies', Journal of Academic Librarianship, vol. 37, no. 4, pp. 299-306. Open access 43 32
2011	Du, JT & Spink, A 2011, 'Toward a web search model: integrating multitasking, cognitive coordination, and cognitive shifts', Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, vol. 62, no. 8, pp. 1446-1472. Open access 21 20
2011	Zhu, Q, Du, JT, Meng, F, WU, K & Sun, X 2011, 'Using a Delphi method and the analytic hierarchy process to evaluate Chinese search engines : a case study on Chinese search engines', Online Information Review, vol. 35, no. 6, pp. 942-956. 15 12

Conferences

Year	Output
2020	Du, JT & Xu, F 2020, 'Late-life immigration, transition process, and information behavior among older Chinese individuals in Australia', 83rd Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science & Technology, Wiley Online, vol. 57, article no. e228, pp. 1-6.
2020	Jia, RM, Du, JT, Zhao, Y & Velasquez, D 2020, 'LGBTQ+ individuals seeking information and support from online communities to navigate unpleasant emotions', 83rd Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science & Technology October, Wiley Online, vol. 57, no. 1, article no. e375, pp. 1-3.
2020	Ma, D, Li, S, Du, JT, Lu, C & Sun, J 2020, 'Does hierarchical badges system affect users' efforts and opinions? A preliminary study', 83rd Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science & Technology, Wiley Online, vol. 57, no. 1, article no. e345, pp. 1-3.
2019	Fardous, J & Du, JT 2019, 'Characteristics of collaborative information seeking activities during group trip planning: a preliminary study', 82nd Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 56, no. 1, pp. 648-650.
2019	Fardous, J & Du, JT 2019, 'Tourists' social interactions on social media during group trip planning', 82nd Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 56, no. 1, pp. 642-644. 2
2019	Haines, J, Du, JT, Geursen, G & Trevorrow, E 2019, 'Understanding the information landscape of Indigenous Elders knowledge and cultural practices', 82nd Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 56, no. 1, pp. 661-663. 1 1
2019	Khoir, S, Du, JT & Davison, RM 2019, 'Applying photovoice to the study of Asian immigrants' information needs', International Conference on Information, Springer, pp. 222-227. 2
2019	Tang, R, Mehra, B, Du, JT & Zhao, Y 2019, 'Paradigm shift in information research', 82nd Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology, ASIS&T, vol. 56, no. 1, pp. 578-581. Open access 2
2019	Ye, EM, Du, JT, Ashman, H, Hansen, P, Huang, S & Sigala, M 2019, '"Active followers": an emerging role of information behaviour among group holiday makers', 82nd Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 56, no. 1, pp. 829-831.
2019	Ye, EM, Du, JT, Hansen, P, Ashman, H, Sigala, M & Huang, S 2019, 'Young Chinese tourists' motivations to engage in collaborative information behaviour for group holidays', 23rd Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS), PACIS, pp. 1-8. Open access
2019	Ye, EM, Du, JT, Hansen, P, Ashman, H, Sigala, M & Huang, S 2019, 'Young Chinese tourists' motivations to engage in collaborative information behaviour for group holidays', 23rd Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems: Secure ICT Platform for the 4th Industrial Revolution, PACIS 2019, Association for Information Systems, pp. 1-8.
2018	Du, JT & Haines, J 2018, 'Working with Indigenous communities: reflections on ethical information research with Ngarrindjeri people in South Australia', in LS Middleton (ed.), 81st Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science & Technology: Building & Sustaining an Ethical Future with Emerging Technology (ASIS&T), John Wiley & Sons, pp. 794-796. Open access 3 2
2018	Haines, J, Du, JT & Trevorrow, E 2018, 'Video ethnographic documentation of stories and cultural practices with Indigenous Elders', in L Freund (ed.), 81th Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T), Wiley-Blackwell, vol. 55, no. 1, pp. 821-824. 1 2
2018	Zhang, J, Du, JT & Xu, F 2018, 'Application of data mining in MOOCs for developing vocational education: A review and future research directions', 9th International Conference on Education Technology and Computers (ICETC 2017), International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology, vol. 8, no. 6, pp. 411-417. Open access
2017	Du, JT, Xie, I, Narayan, B, Abdi, ES, Wu, H, Liu, Y-H & Westbrook, L 2017, 'Vulnerable communities in the digital age: Advancing research and exploring collaborations', iConference 2017, iSchools Organization, vol1, pp. 911-914. Open access
2017	Fardous, J, Du, JT, Choo, K-KR & Huang, S 2017, 'Investigating mobile social media users' behaviors in tourism collaborative information seeking', 2nd ACM SIGIR Conference on Information Interaction and Retrieval, CHIIR 2017, ACM, pp. 395-397. Open access 4
2017	Fardous, J, Du, JT, Choo, K-KR, Huang, S & Hansen, P 2017, 'Exploring collaborative information search behavior of mobile social media users in trip planning', iConference 2017, University of Illinois, pp. 435-444. Open access 2
2017	Haines, J, Du, JT, Geursen, G, Gao, J & Trevorrow, E 2017, 'A visual ethnographic exploration of knowledge creation in the context of indigenous elders: a dialogic inquiry', iConference, iSchools Organization, pp. 480-490. Open access 1
2016	Ma, D, Du, JT, Cen, Y & Wu, P 2016, 'Factors enabling the use of mobile Internet services by information disadvantaged people', IEEE International Conference on Computer Communication and the Internet (ICCCI 2016), IEEE, pp. 28-31.
2015	Du, JT, Haines, J, Sun, VQ, Partridge, H & Ma, D 2015, 'Understanding indigenous people's information practices and internet use: a Ngarrindjeri perspective', 19th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS 2015), PACIS, paper no. 183. Open access
2015	Khoir, S, Du, JT & Koronios, A 2015, 'Information sharing in community associations: Asian immigrants' experiences', in Grove, Andrew (editor), ASIS&T 2015 : Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Association for Information Science and Technology, vol. 51, pp. 1-4. Open access 5
2015	Salehi, S, Du, JT & Ashman, HL 2015, 'Examining personalization in academic Web search', 26th ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media (ACM Hypertext 2015), Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 103-111. 4
2015	Sheng, D, Sun, J, Gu, D, Du, TJ & Liu, H 2015, 'A cross-gender study of link sharing tools' continuance in social media context', in Y Shanlin (ed.), 9th China Summer Workshop on Information Management (CSWIM 2015), Hefei University of Technology, pp. 1-6.
2015	Shovon, HIM, Nandagopal, D, Vijayalakshmi, R, Du, JT & Cocks, B 2015, 'Cognitive load driven directed information flow in functional brain networks', in S Arik et al. (eds), the 22nd International Conference on Neural Information Processing (ICONIP 2015), Springer, pp. 332-340. 1 1
2015	Shovon, MHI, Nandagopal, D, Du, JT, Vijayalakshmi, R & Cocks, B 2015, 'Cognitive Activity during Web Search', Proceedings of the 38th International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval, ACM Digital Library, pp. 967-970. 1
2015	Syafar, F, Gao, J & Du, JT 2015, 'Mobile collaboration technology to support maintenance enterprise systems in large industry', 21st Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2015), Americas Conference on Information Systems, pp. 1-11.
2014	Faisal, S, Gao, J & Du, JT 2014, 'Mobile-enabled collaborative maintenance', International Workshop of Information Technology and Internet Finance, PACIS, paper no. 134, pp. 1-15. Open access 5
2014	Fernando, AT, Du, JT & Ashman, HL 2014, 'Personalisation of web search: exploring search query parameters and user information privacy implications: the case of google', International ACM SIGIR conference on Research & development in information retrieval, ACM - Association for Computing Machinery Inc, vol. 1225, pp. 31-36. 2
2014	Khoir, S, Du, JT & Koronios, A 2014, 'Investigating information behaviour of Asian immigrants in South Australia and making recommendations for public library services support', 23rd International Business Information Management Association Conference, IBIMA 2014, International Business Information Management Association, pp. 162-169.
2014	Khoir, S, Du, JT & Koronios, A 2014, 'Study of Asian immigrants' information behaviour in South Australia: Preliminary Results', in M Kindling & E Greifender, iConference 2014, iSchools Organization, pp. 682-689. Open access 3
2014	Mohammad Arif, AS, Du, JT & Lee, I 2014, 'Examining collaborative query reformulation: a case of travel information searching', in S Geva (ed.), 37th International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval, SIGIR 2014, ACM - Association for Computing Machinery Inc, pp. 875-878. 5 5
2014	Sayfar, F, Gao, J & Du, T 2014, 'Current mobile technology roles to support collaborative maintenance', International business information management association conference, IBIMA - International Busines Information Management Association, pp. 2216-2224. 5
2014	Shovon, MHI, Nandagopal, D, Vijayalakshmi, R, Du, JT & Cocks, B 2014, 'Towards a cognitive metric using normalized transfer entropy', ASE BigData/SocialInformatics/PASSAT/BioMedCom, Academy of Science and Engineering (ASE), pp. 1-9. Open access
2013	Faisal., Gao, J & Du, JT 2013, 'Applying the international Delphi technique in a study of mobile collaborative maintenance requirements', Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS) 2013, Association for Information Systems, paper no. 221, pp. 1-10.
2013	Mohammad Arif, AS, Du, JT & Lee, I 2013, 'Exploring tourists' collaborative web search : implications for system design', in H Ashman, QZ Sheng & A Trotman (eds), First Australasian Web Conference (AWC 2013), Australian Computer Society, pp. 49-58. Open access
2013	Syafar, F, Gao, J & Du, JT 2013, 'Requirements for the successful implementation of mobile collaborative maintenance: an international Delphi study', in KS Soliman (ed.), 22nd International business information management association (IBIMA) conference, International Business Information Management Association, vol. 3, pp. 104-110.
2012	Chen, Y & Du, JT 2012, 'Stabilized capacity analysis for steel tube confined concrete columns', in S Anderson (ed.), Australian Earthquake Engineering Society 2012 Conference, Australian Earthquake Engineering Society, paper no. 5, pp. 1-5. Open access
2012	Mohammad, A, Du, JT & Lee, I 2012, 'Towards a model of collaborative information retrieval in tourism', Fourth Information Interaction in Context Symposium (IIiX 2012), Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 258-261. 8
2012	Mohammad, AAS & Du, JT 2012, 'Tourists' collaborative information retrieval on the web: an exploratory study', in Z Yan & D Zhang (eds), Sixth China Summer Workshop on Information Management (CSWIM 2012), China Summer Workshop on Information Management, pp. 106-111. Open access
2011	Du, JT & Mohammad, AAS 2011, 'Judgment of information quality during information seeking and use in the workplace: a case study of marketing professional', in A Koronios & J Gao (eds), 16th International Conference on Information Quality (ICIQ), Curan Associates, pp. 591-598. Open access 3
2011	Du, JT 2011, 'Cognitive coordinating behaviors in multitasking web search', 34th Annual ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development on Information Retrieval, ACM, pp. 1117-1118. 1
2011	Du, JT 2011, 'Study of multitasking, cognitive coordination and cognitive shifts in web search: preliminary findings', Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIST 2011), American Society for Information Science and Technology, vol. 48, no. 1, pp. 1-6. 1
2010	Du, JT 2010, 'Integration of e-government services delivery in Australia: implications for China', 2010 International Conference on Computer and Information Application, IEEE, article no. 6141571, pp. 203-205. Open access
2009	Du, JT & Spink, A 2009, 'Modeling web search: preliminary results', 2009 72nd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, American Society for Information Science and Technology, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 1-7. Open access 2
2009	Du, JT & Spink, A 2009, 'Web searching model: integrating multitasking, cognitive coordination and cognitive shifts', 9th Conference of the Australasian Society for Cognitive Science, Wiley, vol. 45, pp. 1-3. 3
2008	Spink, A, Alvarado-Albertorio, F & Du, JT 2008, 'Beyond relevance judgments: Cognitive shifts and gratification', 31st Annual International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval, ACM Press.

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Collaborations

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2021 Program Committee of the ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL) (CORE A* - top 7%)
2020 Top 50 Australia’s leading researchers in Engineering & Computer Science discipline, by The Australian, and as the Field Leader of Library & Information Science
2020 Conference Co-chair, ASIS&T Asia Pacific Regional Conference
2020 Program Committee Paper Co-chair, the 83rd ASIS&T Annual Conference
2019-20 Chair, ASIS&T Asia-Pacific Chapter
2019-20 Guest Editor for the Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology (JASIST, CORE A* - top 6%) special issue on "Paradigm Shift in the Field of Information"
2019 South Australian Young Tall Poppy of Science Award
2018-19 Guest Editor for Information Processing & Management (IPM, CORE A - top 10%) special issue on "Marginalised Communities, Emerging Technologies and Social Innovation"
2018 Winner of the South Australian Winnovation (Women in Innovation) Awards for “Maths and Data” Category
2017- onwards, Research Advisory Committee, Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA)
2011- onwards, Editorial Advisory Board for International journals Aslib Journal of Information Management, Online Information Review, Libri, and Information Processing & Management

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Collaborations

Organisation	Country
African Library & Information Associations & Institutions	SOUTH AFRICA
Australian National University	AUSTRALIA
Beijing Normal University	CHINA
Cairo University	EGYPT
Camp Coorong	AUSTRALIA
Charles Sturt University	AUSTRALIA
City University of Hong Kong	HONG KONG
Edith Cowan University	AUSTRALIA
Fudan University	CHINA
Gadjah Mada University	INDONESIA
Heifei University of Technology	CHINA
Hohai University	CHINA
Jiangsu Jianzhu Institute	CHINA
Jiangsu University of Science and Technology	CHINA
Khulna University	BANGLADESH
Loughborough University	UNITED KINGDOM
Media Access Australia	AUSTRALIA
Nanjing University	CHINA
Nanjing University of Finance and Economics	CHINA
Nanjing University of Science and Technology	CHINA
Ngarrindjeri Land & Progress Associations	AUSTRALIA
Northeast Dianli University	CHINA
Pakistan Academy for Rural Development	PAKISTAN
Private Individual	AUSTRALIA
Psg College of Technology	INDIA
Queensland University of Technology	AUSTRALIA
Shanxi Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering	CHINA
Simmons University	UNITED STATES
Soochow University	CHINA
State and University Library	GERMANY
Stockholm University	SWEDEN
Stockholms universitet	SWEDEN
Sun Yat-Sen University	CHINA
Universidad Veracruzana	COLOMBIA
Universitas Gadjah Mada	INDONESIA
University of Adelaide	AUSTRALIA
University of Alabama	UNITED STATES
University of Cape Town	SOUTH AFRICA
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	UNITED STATES
University of Melbourne	AUSTRALIA
University of Pittsburgh	UNITED STATES
University of South Australia	AUSTRALIA
University of Southern Queensland	AUSTRALIA
University of State Makassar	INDONESIA
University of Technology Sydney	AUSTRALIA
University of Texas at Austin	UNITED STATES
University of Texas at San Antonio	UNITED STATES
University of Toronto	CANADA
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	UNITED STATES

External engagement & recognition

Engagement/recognition	Year
2020 Top 50 AustraliaÃ•s leading researchers in Engineering & Computer Science discipline and as the Field Leader of Library & Information Science The Australian	2020
Conference Co-chair Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) Asia Pacific Regional Conference	2020
Program Committee Co-chair The 83rd Annual Conference of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Pittsburgh, USA	2020
Co-Chair Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) Regional Conference, Cambodia	2019
Editorial Board Member Information Processing and Management	2019
Young Tall Poppy Science Award Australian Institute of Policy and Science	2019
Chair Asia-Pacific Chapter, Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T)	2018
Editorial Advisory Board member Aslib Journal of Information Management and Online Information Review Journal, Emerald	2018
Invited Speaker International Federation for IT and Travel and Tourism (IFITT) Workshop on Digital Marketing and Innovation in Tourism	2018
Secretary, Asia-Pacific Chapter Committee Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T)	2018
Winner, Winnovation Award (Math & Data) Women in Innovation SA	2018
ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award Australian Research Council (ARC)	2017
Editorial board member Aslib Journal of Information Management and Online Information Review Journal, Emerald	2017
Invited Speaker Oxford Internet Institute, Division of Social Science, University of Oxford, United Kingdom	2017
Keynote speaker 1st Workshop on Human Information Behaviour and User Studies. Nanjing University, China	2017
Lead Organiser, Workshop Vulnerable Communities in the Digital Age: Advancing Research and Exploring Collaborations International iConference	2017
Member Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA)	2017
Member Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIST), USA	2017
Member ASIST SIG/USE (Information Needs, Seeking and Use), USA	2017
Member National Center for Information Resource Management, Nanjing (NACIRMN), China	2017
Program Committee Member Australasian Web Conference, Australasian Computer Science Week (ACSW)	2017
Program Committee Member ACM SIGIR Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval (CHIIR)	2017
Secretary, Asia-Pacific Chapter Committee Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T)	2017
Editorial board member Aslib Journal of Information Management and Online Information Review Journal, Emerald	2016
Program Committee Member Australasian Web Conference, Australasian Computer Science Week (ACSW)	2016
Program Committee Member The Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIST) Conference	2016
Program Committee Member Asia-Pacific Conference on Library and Information Education and Practice (A-LIEP)	2016
Award Emerald Group Publishing	2015
Co-Chair Doctoral Consortium of Australasian Conference on Information Systems	2015
Editorial board member Aslib Journal of Information Management and Online Information Review Journal, Emerald	2015
Invited Session Chair Indigenous Content in Education Symposium	2015
Invited Speaker Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China	2015
Program Committee Member Australasian Web Conference, Australasian Computer Science Week (ACSW)	2015
Program Committee Member The Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIST) Conference	2015
Program Committee Member Australasian Document Computing Symposium (ADCS)	2015
Chair, Organising Committee Public Seminar on Indigenous Research Projects	2014
Editorial board member Aslib Journal of Information Management and Online Information Review Journal, Emerald	2014
Program Committee Member Australasian Web Conference, Australasian Computer Science Week (ACSW)	2014
Editorial board member Aslib Journal of Information Management and Online Information Review Journal, Emerald	2013
Invited Panel Presentation 76th Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T), Montreal, Canada	2013
Invited Speaker School of Information Management, Nanjing University, China	2013
Invited Speaker School of Information Studies, Charles Sturt University, Wagga, Wagga, NSW	2013
Program Committee Member Australasian Web Conference, Australasian Computer Science Week (ACSW)	2013
Editorial board member Aslib Journal of Information Management and Online Information Review Journal, Emerald	2012
Editorial board member Aslib Journal of Information Management and Online Information Review Journal, Emerald	2011
Program Committee Member International Conference of Information Quality	2011
Outstanding Doctoral Research Awards-Highly Commended Award Winner Emerald Group Publishing	2010

Other

Invited Paper Reviewer for JASIST, Information Processing and Management, Tourism Management, IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, Journal of Librarianship and Information Science; Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS), ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, ASIST.

Teaching & student supervision

Highlights

Information and User Behaviour
Information Management
Human-Information Interaction
Digital Environments
Research Methodology in Library and Information Science

Teaching & student supervision

Research degree supervision

Supervisions from 2010 shown

Thesis title	Student status
Advanced analytics in enterprise information asset management	Current
Collaborative information seeking in tourism: a study of young Chinese leisure tourists visitng Australia	Current
Defence against the dark arts: guarding the public discourse from propaganda and fake news, and promoting truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth in the media and social media	Current
Designing and implementing blockchain-based secured and trustworthy integrated system	Current
LGBTQ+ youth’s information behaviour in the coping process during their identity development: A mixed-methods study	Current
Manipulation detection in social media combining text and rich structural features	Current
Researching the knowledge journey practices of Indigenous Elders and the younger generation: A community-based participatory study	Current
The representaton of knowledge in Australian adult non-fiction collections: Epistemic factors influencing selection and evaulation	Current
The role of customer engagement behaviour on social media in the co-creation process for destination brand personality: the case study of WeChat	Current
An information behaviour perspective into Asian immigrants' settlement in urban South Australia: investigating their everyday life information seeking and the value of public library services	Completed
Collaborative information retrieval in tourism: a study of user behaviour, user interface and system evaluation	Completed
Designing privacy affordances for data release when searching	Completed
Examining personalised web search in higher education: scope, students' satisfaction and information opportunity	Completed
Identification of cognitive activity in EEG during cognitive tasks including web search	Completed
Investigating social media users' collaborative information seeking behaviours during group trip planning and the execution of travelling	Completed
Mobile collaboration technology implementation framework in engineering asset organisations	Completed

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