Information behaviour and information practices of academic librarians: a scoping review to guide studies on their learning in practice

Nel, Marguerite

doi:10.47989/irisic2020

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“…Upon further exploration into how scoping studies have been conducted in LIS (e.g. Martzoukou and Sayyad Abdi, 2017; Nel, 2020; O'Brien et al. , 2017) the scoping review was determined to be the best fit.…”

Section: Methodology: a Scoping Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Advocating for a more active role for the user in LIS participatory research: a scoping literature review

Nesset,

Vanderschantz,

Stewart-Robertson

et al. 2023

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PurposeThrough a review of the literature, this article seeks to outline and understand the evolution and extent of user–participant involvement in the existing library and information science (LIS) research to identify gaps and existing research approaches that might inform further methodological development in participant-oriented and design-based LIS research.Design/methodology/approachA scoping literature review of LIS research, from the 1960s onward, was conducted, assessing the themes and trends in understanding the user/participant within the LIS field. It traces LIS research from its early focus on information and relevancy to the “user turn”, to the rise of participatory research, especially design-based, as well as the recent inclusion of Indigenous and decolonial methodologies.FindingsThe literature review indicates that despite the reported “user turn”, LIS research often does not include the user as an active and equal participant within research projects.Originality/valueThe findings from this review support the development of alternative design research methodologies in LIS that fully include and involve research participants as full partners – from planning through dissemination of results – and suggests avenues for continuing the development of such design-based research. To that end, it lays the foundations for the introduction of a novel methodology, Action Partnership Research Design (APRD).

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Section: Methodology: a Scoping Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Upon further exploration into how scoping studies have been conducted in LIS (e.g. Martzoukou and Sayyad Abdi, 2017;Nel, 2020;O'Brien et al, 2017) the scoping review was determined to be the best fit. One hundred and fifty-two works published within the LIS discipline from 1971 to 2021 were selected for more in-depth review.…”

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Advocating for a more active role for the user in LIS participatory research: a scoping literature review

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Vanderschantz,

Stewart-Robertson

et al. 2023

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“…Studies that concentrate on the information practices of librarians are thus far scarce even though there are exceptions in the form of a few studies on academic librarians (e.g. Lindberg, 2015; Nel, 2020). How librarians’ knowledge and competencies are developed, shaped and maintained in the workplace, is not clear (e.g.…”

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Monitoring, browsing and being aware – Keeping abreast and staying updated with professional information in Swedish regional libraries

Pilerot

2021

Journal of Librarianship and Information Science

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A substantial part of the work conducted by librarians at Swedish regional libraries concerns staying alert and informed in ways that allow for continuous development of the kind of knowledge and abilities that are required for doing a qualified job, but this part of the work is elusive and hard to identify. This paper presents an empirical study that elucidates this specific kind of work of keeping abreast and updated with professional information. Empirical data were produced through interviews and logbooks with 10 members of staff at 4 regional libraries in Sweden. The data were analysed by employing Marcia Bates’ model of different information-seeking modes. The results of the study show that the activity in focus is seamlessly intertwined with other work activities and enacted in a variety of ways that are adapted after other work tasks (than the information seeking in itself) and dependent on individual preferences and routines. Since there is a certain conception of this activity as something that should be carried out in a certain systematic way and since it is something that one as a librarian ought to be good at, it is furthermore often associated with a normative dimension that provokes a sense of guilt among the study participants.

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Information behaviour and information practices of academic librarians: a scoping review to guide studies on their learning in practice

Cited by 2 publications

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Advocating for a more active role for the user in LIS participatory research: a scoping literature review

Advocating for a more active role for the user in LIS participatory research: a scoping literature review

Monitoring, browsing and being aware – Keeping abreast and staying updated with professional information in Swedish regional libraries

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