Situating relevance: Exploring individual relevance assessments in context

Anderson, TD

Situating relevance: Exploring individual relevance assessments in context

Anderson, TD

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Information Research, 2001, 6 (2)
Issue Date:: 2001-01-01

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Anderson, TD	en_US
dc.date.issued	2001-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Information Research, 2001, 6 (2)	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1368-1613	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/4144
dc.description.abstract	This paper discusses some of the challenges encountered whilst researching and writing a thesis that explores individual understandings of "relevance" and "topic." It is based upon a discussion paper and presentation prepared as part of the Doctoral Workshop held during the ISIC 2000 Conference in Borås, Sweden. The focus of this paper is the doing of qualitative research. To provide a framework for this discussion, the key assumptions that have shaped the author's thesis are presented in the first section of this paper. The paper then focuses on some of the dilemmas of qualitative research encountered during the research and writing of this thesis, giving particular attention to the notion of "context" and the writing of qualitative research. Forthcoming results from the thesis are mentioned in the closing section. A Thesis Summary is also provided at the end of this paper.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Information Research	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Information & Library Sciences	en_US
dc.title	Situating relevance: Exploring individual relevance assessments in context	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	2	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	6	en_US
utslib.for	160104 Social and Cultural Anthropology	en_US
utslib.for	080707 Organisation of Information and Knowledge Resources	en_US
utslib.for	0806 Information Systems	en_US
utslib.for	0807 Library and Information Studies	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Transdisciplinary Innovation
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CPCE - Centre for Creative Practices and the Cultural Economy
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.issue	2	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	6	en_US

Abstract:

This paper discusses some of the challenges encountered whilst researching and writing a thesis that explores individual understandings of "relevance" and "topic." It is based upon a discussion paper and presentation prepared as part of the Doctoral Workshop held during the ISIC 2000 Conference in Borås, Sweden. The focus of this paper is the doing of qualitative research. To provide a framework for this discussion, the key assumptions that have shaped the author's thesis are presented in the first section of this paper. The paper then focuses on some of the dilemmas of qualitative research encountered during the research and writing of this thesis, giving particular attention to the notion of "context" and the writing of qualitative research. Forthcoming results from the thesis are mentioned in the closing section. A Thesis Summary is also provided at the end of this paper.

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