Coming Out: The Information Needs of Lesbians

Creelman, Janet A.E.; Harris, Roma

doi:10.1108/eb023281

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“…Researchers do not typically declare their epistemic stance so I will use the characteristics discussed above to assess these studies. Creelman and Harris. 1990.…”

Section: Theorymentioning

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Quantitative "Versus" Qualitative Research: The Wrong Question

Olson

2013

CAIS/ACSI

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Avec un étude déconstructif des textes sur des méthodes qualitatives et ses contrastes avec des méthodes quantitatives et avec l'étude des besoins informatiques à l'égard des populations spécifiques de femmes cette document conclut que le focus sur les méthodes utilisées ne devrait pas motiver la recherche. Au lieu, les positions ontologiques et épistemologiques des chercheurs évaluées sur une gamme du subjectif à l'objectif sont plus indicatives des perspectives représentées dans la domaine de la bibliothéconomie et des sciences de l'information. AbstractThrough a deconstructive reading of texts on qualitative method and its contrast with quantitative method and through information needs studies regarding specific populations of women this paper concludes that the focus on method should not drive research. Rather, the ontological and epistemological stances of researchers assessed on a spectrum from subjective to objective are more indicative of the perspectives represented in library and information science research.

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“…Researchers do not typically declare their epistemic stance so I will use the characteristics discussed above to assess these studies. Creelman and Harris. 1990.…”

Section: Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%

Quantitative "Versus" Qualitative Research: The Wrong Question

Olson

2013

CAIS/ACSI

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“…The output of research in librarianship relating to gay and lesbian issues in the profession has also been disappointing, since it has been slanted more towards collections and less towards the sociology of the profession. Research and publication in gay and lesbian librarianship has confined itself to patron needs and access (Whitt, 1990;Creelman & Harris, 1991;Gough & Greenblatt, 1992), bibliographical and literary analysis (Santavicca, 1977;Harsin, 1992), gay and lesbian materials (Alyson, 1984;Gough & Greenblatt, 1990), and librarian attitudes towards selection of gay materials (Pope, 1974) and censorship (Gough & Greenblatt, 1992, p. 61). Even professional discussion of AIDS issues has JOURNAL OF HOMOSEXUALITY 20 been bibliographical in scope and relatively muted in light of the pivotal professional role librarians might have claimed with a more proactive stance in promoting public awareness of information about the disease: to date, only one library (Norman, OK) has installed an HIV testing center within its walls.…”

Section: The Gay Contextmentioning

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The Gay Librarian:

Carmichael

1996

Journal of Homosexuality

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Librarianship is a feminized profession, and like teaching, nursing, and social work with which it shares the occupational traits of a "semi-profession," its low status and prestige have been attributed to a negative feminine image. To date, discussion of a corresponding male librarian image, general male issues, and the broader topic of gender issues has been minimal within the profession, while serious discussion of gay male librarians and their professional identity has been virtually nil. This study compares the responses of straight and self-identified gay males to an exploratory survey of male members of the American Library Association. The topics covered by the survey include reasons for entry into the field, the existence and identity of a male librarian stereotype, and gender issues generally, including gender stratification of work and sexual discrimination and/or harassment. Self-identified gay subjects share many characteristics in common with the straight cohort, including the identification of a gay male stereotype and some denial surrounding gender equity issues. On the other hand, the tentative findings of this exploratory study raise the question of whether both gay and straight male subjects overestimate the number of gay men in librarianship. The report concludes with an update on gay issues within the profession since the survey was completed, and recommendations for further research.

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“…Queer theory does more than make classification and subject access more difficult; it makes us feel uneasy about our very desire for successful subject access. Certainly many LGBTQ users have pressing and specific information needs, particularly around awareness of services, particularly at the stage of coming out (Creelman & Harris ). However, the need to evolve and sustain an identity can sometime be at odds with the very notion of finding answers.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Resistance and possibility: Rethinking the concept of subject access from queer theoretical perspectives

Adler

Campbell

Keilty

2014

Proc of Assoc for Info

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This session will use queer theory to raise important questions about the role of information science in relation to queer communities. Using examples taken from both literary and popular culture, the session will look at the practices of classification in information systems, and how those practices, even when they attempt to facilitate access to resources for LGBTQ communities, ignore disjunctions and distortions that, far from being a barrier to access, form a fundamental aspect of queer expression.

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Coming Out: The Information Needs of Lesbians

Cited by 27 publications

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Quantitative "Versus" Qualitative Research: The Wrong Question

Quantitative "Versus" Qualitative Research: The Wrong Question

The Gay Librarian:

Resistance and possibility: Rethinking the concept of subject access from queer theoretical perspectives

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