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A longitudinal study of changes in learners' cognitive states during and following an information literacy teaching intervention

Walton, Geoff; Hepworth, Mark - In: Journal of Documentation 67 (2011) 3, pp. 449-479

Purpose – This paper seeks to identify the changes in cognition associated with becoming information‐literate, specifically, in relation to the evaluation of information. Additionally, it puts forward a model for a teaching and learning intervention that engages the learner and leads to...

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The bright side of information: ways of mitigating information overload

Koltay, Tibor - In: Journal of Documentation 73 (2017) 4, pp. 767-775

Purpose The complex phenomenon of information overload (IO) is one of the pathologies in our present information environment, thus symbolically it signalizes the existence of a dark side of information. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the approaches on mitigating IO. Hence, it is an...

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The development of self‐assessment tool‐kits for the library and information sector

Jones, Kathryn; Kinnell, Margaret; Usherwood, Bob - In: Journal of Documentation 56 (2000) 2, pp. 119-135

The article considers methodological issues which arose in undertaking a two‐year British Library funded research project – Assessment Tools for Quality Management in Public Libraries – jointly managed by the Department of Information Science, Loughborough University and the Department of...

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Research and practice

Hepworth, Mark; Grunewald, Philipp; Walton, Geoff - In: Journal of Documentation 70 (2014) 6, pp. 1039-1053

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a critical discussion on the nature of research into people's information behaviour, and in particular the contribution of the phenomenological approach for the development of information solutions. Design/methodology/approach – The approach...

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Information creation and the notion of membership

Trace, Ciaran B. - In: Journal of Documentation 63 (2007) 1, pp. 142-164

Purpose – This article aims to examine a particular sub‐set of human information behavior that has been largely overlooked in the library and information science (LIS) literature; how people are socialized to create and use information. Design/methodology/approach – Naturalism and...

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Ambiguity and legitimate peripheral participation in the creation of scientific documents

Shankar, Kalpana - In: Journal of Documentation 65 (2009) 1, pp. 151-165

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report on a qualitative study of data management and recordkeeping in the research sciences and their roles in information creation and professional identity formation. Design/methodology/approach – The study uses ethnographic fieldwork data in an...

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Managing documents at home for serious leisure: a case study of the hobby of gourmet cooking

Hartel, Jenna - In: Journal of Documentation 66 (2010) 6, pp. 847-874

into three areas: scientific ethnography as a methodology; a theory of documents in the hobby; and the changing role of …

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A memo of qualitative research for information science: toward theory construction

Cibangu, Sylvain K. - In: Journal of Documentation 69 (2013) 2, pp. 194-213

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to advocate for a clearer and less fragmentary use of qualitative research in the increasingly interdisciplinary research setting of information science. Design/methodology/approach – The paper performs a textual analysis of more than 500...

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Interpreting reference work with contemporary practice theory

Cavanagh, Mary F. - In: Journal of Documentation 69 (2013) 2, pp. 214-242

Purpose – In an increasingly competitive field of socially mediated information and knowledge available online, the public library's traditional services are increasingly questioned for relevancy. Drawing on the core premises of contemporary practice theory to ground the methodological and...

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Grounded theory and ethnography combined

Bamkin, Marianne; Maynard, Sally; Goulding, Anne - In: Journal of Documentation 72 (2016) 2, pp. 214-231

of combining ethnography and grounded theory is explored and questioned. Findings – It is found that grounded theory and … ethnography were the optimum combination to form a powerful research tool that allows children to be active participants in … grounded theory and ethnography to be combined in order to study learning in a non-pedagogic, library environment. This paper …

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