Making sense of sense making: Information behaviour researchers construct an "author"

Olsson, M

Making sense of sense making: Information behaviour researchers construct an "author"

Olsson, M

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science, 2005, 29 (3), pp. 315 - 334
Issue Date:: 2005-09-01

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dc.contributor.author	Olsson, M https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2814-0876	en_US
dc.date.issued	2005-09-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science, 2005, 29 (3), pp. 315 - 334	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1195-096X	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/9076
dc.description.abstract	This paper reports the findings of a study of how members of a scholarly community (15 information behaviour researchers) constructed the meaning(s) and significance(s) of an author whose work is prominent in their field (Brenda Dervin). Its findings reveal the essentially social nature of participants' constructive processes. In shifting theoretical attention from individual cognition to social processes, the study seeks to address criticisms of prevailing approaches to information behaviour research voiced by critics such as Frohmann (1992), Talja (1997), and Julien (1999). In highlighting the social nature of participants' constructive processes, the paper both builds on and challenges prevailing conceptions of information behaviour. © The Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Information & Library Sciences	en_US
dc.title	Making sense of sense making: Information behaviour researchers construct an "author"	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	3	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	29	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/e-Press
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/IKM and Digital Studies Program
utslib.copyright.status	closed_access
pubs.issue	3	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	29	en_US

Abstract:

This paper reports the findings of a study of how members of a scholarly community (15 information behaviour researchers) constructed the meaning(s) and significance(s) of an author whose work is prominent in their field (Brenda Dervin). Its findings reveal the essentially social nature of participants' constructive processes. In shifting theoretical attention from individual cognition to social processes, the study seeks to address criticisms of prevailing approaches to information behaviour research voiced by critics such as Frohmann (1992), Talja (1997), and Julien (1999). In highlighting the social nature of participants' constructive processes, the paper both builds on and challenges prevailing conceptions of information behaviour. © The Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science.

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