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  • 1.
    Pilerot, Ola
    et al.
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    Ögland, Malin
    Fler språk och breddad representation på folkbiblioteken: Om ett projekt för och med nyanlända biblioteksguider2023In: Bibliotekarie Då. Nu. Sen: Papers från konferensen Mötesplats Profession – Forskning, Borås 9-10 november 2022, Stockholm, 2023, p. 67-71Conference paper (Other academic)
    Abstract [sv]

    Den språkliga mångfalden växer i Sverige (Parkvall, 2019). Av Sveriges befolkning är 20 % födda utomlands (SCB, 2022). Av 2017 års SOM-rapport (Höglund, 2017), vilken presenterar en mätning av befolkningens biblioteksvanor, framgår att utrikes födda besöker biblioteken ”i något större utsträckning” (s. 336) än personer födda i Sverige. Folkbibliotekens verksamheter för nyanlända har utökats och blivit mer mångfacetterade under de senaste sju åren, men trots det – eller möjligen på grund därav – finns fortsatt stora behov av fler språk och breddad representation bland folkbibliotekens personal (Pilerot & Hultgren, 2017; Pilerot & Lindberg, 2018).

    Med finansiering från Kulturrådet under rubriken Stöd till stärkta bibliotek i hela landet har folkbiblioteken i Göteborg, Kungsbacka och Alingsås genomfört ett projekt under rubriken Nyanlända biblioteksguider. Syftet med projektet beskrevs i ansökan till Kulturrådet bland annat som att biblioteken skulle stärkas med språklig och kulturell kompetens genom att anställa relativt nyanlända personer som biblioteksguider. I korthet har projektet inneburit att 18 utrikes födda personer har erbjudits en sju månader lång anställning vid biblioteken. Inom ramen för anställningen har de även deltagit i en utbildning benämnd Introduktion till biblioteksarbete vilken omfattade sju halvdagslånga träffar. Projektet inklusive utbildningen grundades i en förstudie som syftade till att ”utveckla de deltagande bibliotekens gemensamma kunskapsbas och beredskap för att med ökad språklig och kulturell kompetens möta de behov och den efterfrågan som uppstått i och med att biblioteken i allt högre grad besöks och används av nyanlända” (Pilerot, 2019, s. 3). Resultaten från förstudien stärkte antagandet om behovet av att utöka personalgrupperna på de ingående biblioteken så att fler och olika kulturella erfarenheter och fler språk bereddes plats på biblioteken. Därigenom kan bibliotekens personal i större utsträckning möta de behov som en heterogen användargrupp i allt högre grad ger uttryck för.

    I det uppdrag som tilldelades Bibliotekshögskolan i Borås ingick dels att utforma och genomföra den utbildning som guiderna deltog i och dels att följa och studera projektet som helhet. I föreliggande bidrag fokuserar vi på resultaten från forskningsstudiedelen i uppdraget. För en detaljerad redovisning av upplägg och genomförande av kursen Introduktion till biblioteksarbete hänvisar vi till vår rapport (Pilerot & Ögland, 2022).

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  • 2.
    Pilerot, Ola
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    Information literacy theorised through institutional ethnography2023In: Information Literacy through Theory / [ed] Hicks, A., Lloyd, A., & Pilerot, O., London: Facet Publishing, 2023Chapter in book (Refereed)
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  • 3.
    Lindberg, Jenny
    et al.
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    Pilerot, Ola
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    Steget före i folkbiblioteket: En studie om omvärldsbevakning på svenska folkbibliotek2023Report (Other academic)
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  • 4.
    Hicks, Alison
    et al.
    University College, London.
    Pilerot, Ola
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    Coelho Bezerra, Arthur
    Brazilian Institute of Information in Science & Technology (IBICT).
    Haider, Jutta
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    Hirvonen, Noora
    University of Oulu, Finland.
    Johansson, Veronica
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    Schneider,, Marco
    Brazilian Institute of Information in Science & Technology (IBICT).
    Theorising Information Literacy: Opportunities and Constraints2023In: Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology / [ed] Doherty, G., Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2023, Vol. 60, p. 789-792Conference paper (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Information literacy research is growing in importance but has been critiqued for remaining focused on practical topics of interest and attainment approaches to practice. Prior attempts to conceptualise information literacy have also often taken place without a comprehensive understanding of the ontological or epistemological foundations of theoretical work. The aim of this panel is to critically examine theory development and use within information literacy research through discussing the ways in which understandings of information literacy, including how it happens and how it shapes social life, are both enabled and constrained through critical, sociomaterial and discursive theoretical approaches. Providing a space to discuss and reflect on the impact of theory on information literacy scholarship, this panel creates a focal point for researchers, practitioners and students interested in the constructionand advancement of conceptually rich information literacy research and practice.

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  • 5.
    Pilerot, Ola
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    Vad tycks om bibliotekariens kunskap?2023In: Biblioteksbladet, ISSN 2000-7329, no 2, p. 42-47Article in journal (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
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  • 6.
    Bolaños, Fernando
    et al.
    ANID-Fondecyt Postdoctoral Researcher at the Center for Mathematical Modeling (CMM), At Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
    Pilerot, Ola
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    Where are digital abilities within Chile’s State technical formation centres? A discourse analysis of public policy2023In: Journal of Vocational Education and Training, ISSN 1363-6820, E-ISSN 1747-5090, p. 1-21Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    There is a sedimented understanding that developing digital abilities is key for today’s knowledge society. Accordingly, governments have invested vastly in formal education aimed at developing them. Policies and directives driving this venture need to be examined. Otherwise, their potential risks being thwarted. By means of a post-foundational discourse analysis, six moments central to the political enablement of Chile’s State Technical Formation Centres underwent a synchronic heuristic discourse analysis as understood under relational-ontology. These Centres are part of Chile’s tertiary Technical and Vocational Education and Training system and were created as a means for the State to regain presence within such a system. Findings show unquestioned facts which lead to the articulation of two prominent myths. Added, two salient discourses are articulated to the myth: education is either articulated with statements that would frame education as a right or with development statements. Furthermore, despite these documents articulating today’s world as being driven by information and technological developments, there is no mention, definition or even acknowledgement of digital abilities. Accordingly, the development of these rhetorically articulated indispensable abilities, within these Centres, is left to chance. Findings shed light on how mythification of discourses can lead to hindering consequences.

  • 7.
    Lindberg, Jenny
    et al.
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    Pilerot, Ola
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    Ögland, Malin
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    Bibliotekshögskolan och bibliotekssektorn: En arbetsam historia2022In: Från analog katalog till digital portal: Bibliotekshögskolan 50 år / [ed] Louise Limberg & Malin Ögland, Borås: Högskolan i Borås, 2022, 1, p. 142-153Chapter in book (Other academic)
  • 8.
    Engström, Lisa
    et al.
    Department of Arts and Cultural Sciences, Lund University, Sweden.
    Hanell, Fredrik
    Department of Cultural Sciences, Linnaeus University, Sweden,.
    Pilerot, Ola
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    Editorial2022In: Nordic Journal of Library and Information Studies, E-ISSN 2597-0593, Vol. 3, no 1, p. i-iiiArticle in journal (Other academic)
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  • 9.
    Pilerot, Ola
    et al.
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    Ögland, Malin
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    Fler språk och breddad representation på folkbiblioteken: Om ett projekt för och med nyanlända biblioteksguider2022Report (Other academic)
    Abstract [sv]

    Frågor om folkbibliotek och nyanlända har diskuterats flitigt inom den svenska bibliotekssektornunder de senaste åren. Nyanlända utgör en betydande kategori besökare på de svenskafolkbiblioteken, men det finns stora behov av fler språk och breddad representation blandfolkbibliotekens personal. Genom det kulturrådsfinansierade projekt som den här rapportenredovisar anställdes 18 så kallade nyanlända biblioteksguider under en sjumånadersperiod vidbibliotek i Göteborg, Kungsbacka och Alingsås. Inom ramen för anställningen deltog guiderna i enkurs som utformats särskilt för projektet av Bibliotekshögskolan i Borås. Kursen med titelnIntroduktion till biblioteksarbete omfattade sju halvdagsträffar jämnt fördelade över den tid guidernavar anställda. Varje guide hade dessutom en mentor som rekryterades ur personalstyrkan på debibliotek som deltog i projektet. Syftet med projektet beskrevs i ansökan till Kulturrådet bland annatsom att biblioteken skulle stärkas med språklig och kulturell kompetens genom att anställa relativtnyanlända personer som biblioteksguider.

    I syfte att belysa vad som har bidragit till att möjliggöra och/eller försvåra projektets genomförandegenomfördes intervjuer med centrala aktörer i projektet. Dessutom genomfördes deltagandeobservationer, framförallt under guidernas kurs men också under styrgruppsmöten.

    Resultaten visar att syftet med projektet har uppnåtts. Det konstateras att projektet i själva verkethar nått längre än det uttalade syftet. Det är inte bara genom de språk och erfarenheter sombiblioteksguiderna har bidragit med som biblioteken har stärkts med språklig och kulturellkompetens. Projektet har även resulterat i att den ordinarie bibliotekspersonalen i många fall harutvecklat kunskaper om betydelsen av varierade kulturella bakgrunder och erfarenheter i biblioteket.

    Vidare identifieras genom analysen av det empiriska materialet två i projektet övergripande inslag avproblematisk karaktär. Det ena är starkt förknippat med projektformens inherenta ändlighet ikombination med otydlig information och kommunikation under projektets gång. Otydligheten kringvad som eventuellt skulle komma att hända efter projektet relateras till de inslag av bristandesjälvkänsla hos guiderna som materialet vittnar om och till den stress och prestationsångest somflera av guiderna visat utryck för under projektets gång. Det andra inslaget av problematisk karaktärhar att göra med frågan om förtroende, tillit och befogenheter. Biblioteksguiderna uttrycker blandannat att de inte riktigt har fått förtroendet att utföra vissa arbetsuppgifter som de själva bedömeratt de skulle ha klarat av att genomföra. Även detta inslag relateras till bristen på tydlig informationsom i större utsträckning än vad som varit fallet hade behövt nå ut till projektdeltagarna – bådebiblioteksguider men även deras mentorer – vid rätt tillfällen, inslaget relateras även till bristandeeller otydligt beslutsfattande.

    Av resultatkapitlet framgår också att biblioteksguiderna har arbetat med de uppgifter somstipulerades i den annons som användes för att rekrytera dem, men de har också visat prov på storinitiativkraft och genomfört långt fler uppgifter, utöver de som nämndes i annonsen.

    Utifrån studiens resultat identifieras sex faktorer som har bidragit till att möjliggöra projektetsgenomförande, men eftersom vissa av dessa faktorer inte har fungerat tillfredsställande kan desamtidigt sägas ha försvårat projektet. 1) En projektorganisation som inkluderar en styrgrupp medrepresentanter för de partnerorganisationer som har del i projektet, en projektledare samt tillgångtill expertis inom områdena ekonomi och personaladministration är en nödvändig förutsättning förett projekt av det här slaget. 2) En klar strategi för information och kommunikation så att de somarbetar i projektet nås av tydlig, konsekvent och relevant information vid rätt tillfällen är också enförutsättning. 3) Att det under hela projekttiden förs och samlas protokoll och dokumentation frånstyrgruppsmöten och andra potentiellt viktiga sammankomster är även det en viktig faktor. 4)5Introduktion och utbildning av nyckelpersoner såsom projektledare och mentorer är också enväsentlig faktor. För projektet Nyanlända biblioteksguider utgjorde Coronapandemin ett stortproblem eftersom den bidrog till svårförutsedda förseningar och ovälkomna pauser, vilket blandannat resulterade i att introduktioner uteblev eller genomfördes i all hast. 5) I synnerhet för dementorer som engagerades i projektet var det väsentligt att få tillräckligt med tid för sinaarbetsuppgifter med mentorskapet. Mentorsuppgiften kan genomföras på varierande sätt medavseende på disponering av tid men det visade sig att inte alla mentorer hade det utrymme i sinatjänster som krävdes för uppdraget. Öronmärkt tid för arbete i projektet är således en viktig faktor.6) Det är väsentligt att åstadkomma en tydlig koppling mellan å ena sidan det ganska generellt hållnainnehållet i projektets utbildningsinslag – det vill säga kursen Introduktion till biblioteksarbete – och,å andra sidan, biblioteksguidernas lärande i det praktiska biblioteksarbetet. Det är således en viktigfaktor att betona lärande i både teori och praktik.

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  • 10.
    Sundin, Olof
    et al.
    Lund University.
    Hirvonen, Noora
    University of Oulu.
    Imeri, Aylin
    Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf.
    Lewandowski, Dirk
    Hamburg University of Applied Sciences.
    Pilerot, Ola
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    Information behaviour research for what?: The role of information behaviour research in addressing societal challenges2022Conference paper (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    The panel initiates a discussion on the role of information behaviour research in addressing majorchallenges facing our society. These include climate change, political extremism, and health threats –in many of which information plays a crucial role. The panel asks, first, what is the role andresponsibility of information behaviour research in addressing societal challenges, and second, is therea risk of jeopardising the conceptual coherence of the research field if information behaviourresearchers to a greater extent direct their research to address major societal challenges? In the panel,five panelists will present their specific position to the questions after which all attendees are invited toparticipate in the discussion. A broad audience is expected, as the topic should be of interest toeveryone at the conference.

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  • 11. Bolanos, Fernando
    et al.
    Salinas, Alvaro
    Pilerot, Ola
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    Instructional techniques and tools reported as being used by teachers within empirical research focusing on in-class digital ability development: a literature review2022In: Journal of Computers in Education, ISSN 2197-9987, E-ISSN 2197-9995Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    - Despite vast amounts of existing research regarding digital ability development, there is a dearth of studies that systematize and evaluate the instructional techniques and tools reported as being used to develop them. The aim of this study is to contribute to the state of knowledge regarding the instructional techniques and tools reported as being used by teachers to develop digital abilities. To such an end, a systematized literature review was conducted. For the extraction of articles, a specific search code was used within the Web of Science All Collections, including SciELO, databases. Without setting a year-limit, and concluding the search on the 24 of April 2021, 613 articles were found. Sixty cleared selection criterion and, ultimately, 17 contributed to the purpose of the review. Findings show that a majority of articles report on classroom interventions and not on classroom observations. Additionally, they also suggest that six instructional techniques were employed by all studies: analyzing multiple perspectives of a same learning assignment, using authentic problems, collaboration, providing feedback, giving progressive autonomy to students and asking them to share their work. Regarding methodology, a preferred approach is the use of pre-post test design with a small number of cases and where non-probabilistic sampling and self-reported questionaries are favored.

  • 12. Graminius, Carin
    et al.
    Haider, Jutta
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    Cardoso, Nathalice
    Fedorowicz-Kruszewska, Małgorzata
    Ekström, Björn
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    Pilerot, Ola
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    LIS and environmental research: what, when, how?2022Conference paper (Refereed)
  • 13.
    Pilerot, Ola
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    Reducing waste - nappies and pads2022In: LIS and environmental research: what, when, how?: Panel & Open Space by C. Graminius, J. Haider, N. Cardoso, M. Fedorowicz-Kruszewska, B. Ekström and O. Pilerot, 2022Conference paper (Refereed)
  • 14.
    Pilerot, Ola
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    Book review: Performing interdisciplinary knowledge: Information work in emerging interdisciplinary research2021In: Nordic Journal of Library and Information Studies, ISSN 2597-0593, Vol. 2, no 2, p. 104-107Article, book review (Other academic)
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  • 15.
    Bolanos, Fernando
    et al.
    Doctorate Program, Faculty of Education, Pontificia Universidad Católica De Chile, Santiago, Chile.
    Pilerot, Ola
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    Digital abilities, between instrumentalization and empowerment: a discourse analysis of Chilean Secondary Technical and Vocational public policy documents2021In: Journal of Vocational Education and Training, ISSN 1363-6820, E-ISSN 1747-5090Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    It is argued that developing digital abilities is key for today's knowledge society. They facilitate engaging with pervasive information communication technologies and manipulating information. Governments have invested vastly in formal education aimed at developing digital abilities. Policies and directives driving this venture need to be examined. Otherwise, their potential risks being thwarted. Grounded in concepts derived from Laclau and Mouffe, five public policy documents central to Chile's Secondary Vocational Education and Traning (S-TVET) system underwent a synchronic heuristic discourse analysis as understood under relational-ontology. Findings indicate that all analysed documents are articulated with a myth of an information society. Additionally, two prominent discourses were identified: an instrumentalization discourse and an empowerment discourse. When referencing S-TVET, however, the most salient discourse is that of instrumentalization. Instrumentalization discourses render digital abilities under a narrow corporate fixed set of decontextualised skills, and risk thwarting their potential.

  • 16.
    Pilerot, Ola
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    Monitoring, browsing and being aware - Keeping abreast and staying updated with professional information in Swedish regional libraries2021In: Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, ISSN 0961-0006, E-ISSN 1741-6477Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    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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  • 17.
    Pilerot, Ola
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    Omvärldsbevakning i regional biblioteksverksamhet2021In: Bildning i en digital tid: Papers från konferensen Mötesplats Profession - Forskning / [ed] Lindberg, J., Nilsson, J., Ringbo, M. & Wisselgren, P, Stockholm, 2021, p. 70-80Conference paper (Other academic)
  • 18.
    Nowé Hedvall, Karen
    et al.
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    Pilerot, Ola
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    Ögland, Malin
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    Stärkta bibliotek: Uppföljning av satsningen Stärkta bibliotek 2018-20202021Report (Other academic)
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  • 19.
    Pilerot, Ola
    et al.
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    Maurin Söderholm, Hanna
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    A conceptual framework for investigating documentary practices in prehospital emergency care2019In: International Conference on Conceptions of Library and Information Science (CoLIS), 2019, Vol. 4, article id colis1931Conference paper (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Introduction. The area of documentary practices in complex, mobile, unpredictable and time critical contexts is understudied. This paper outlines a conceptual framework suitable for empirical studies of the use and production of documents in such contexts. 

    Method. The development of the conceptual framework is grounded in a set of empirical observations from previous studies of prehospital emergency care, and conceptually shaped by practice theory and critical document theory. 

    Analysis. By drawing on a set of key concepts from critical document theory and materiality oriented practice theory, three empirical examples from prehospital emergency care, in which documents are in focus, are analysed. 

    Results. The empirical cases illustrate that the use and production of documents must be seen as integral with, and in some cases inseparable from, the overall work of the emergency medical services (EMS) clinicians. 

    Conclusions. By conceptualizing documents as agents and that which is going on in the empirical setting as practices and bundles of practices, the paper demonstrates how documentation is incorporated in context and functions as a mutually shaping part of the arrangement in which it takes place. The prime novelty in the study is the innovative combination of practice theory and critical document theory.

  • 20.
    Pilerot, Ola
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    Arbete i regional biblioteksverksamhet2019Report (Other academic)
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  • 21.
    Pilerot, Ola
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    Nyanlända biblioteksguider: En studie av nyanlända medarbetare på folkbibliotek2019Report (Other academic)
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  • 22.
    Pilerot, Ola
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    Folkbibliotek i en tid av uppbrott och flykt: Om forskningsanvändning i biblioteksarbete för nyanlända2018In: Bibliotekarier i teori och praktik: Utbildningsperspektiv på en unik profession / [ed] Joacim Hansson & Per Wisselgren, Lund: BTJ Förlag , 2018, p. 233-252Chapter in book (Other academic)
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  • 23.
    Pilerot, Ola
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    Högskolebibliotekariers informationsanvändning2018In: Mötesplats Profession – Forskning, Svensk Biblioteksförening/Högskolan i Borås , 2018Conference paper (Other academic)
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  • 24.
    Pilerot, Ola
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    Information literacies in higher education: A Swedish perspective2018In: Éducation comparée / nouvelle série, ISSN 0339-5456, Vol. 19, p. 261-289Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This study aims at a theoretical discussion of what is perceived as a dominating strand in the information literacy narrative. The basis for the theoretical discussion is an empirical investigation of design engineering and nursing students’ information use in connection to Bachelor thesis writing. A critical discourse analysis is performed on student theses together with the directives that the students have followed when writing. The theses are also analysed from a sociocultural perspective, with the notion of community of practice and the concept of cognitive authority as complementary tools. An academic discourse is the most prevalent in the nursing student theses. The design engineering students write in another discourse than the expected academic discourse, which poses problems for them. The analysis based upon a sociocultural perspective indicates that information use and thesis writing are used as mediating tools as students strive to form an identity fitting for the community of practice they gradually become members of. It is, furthermore, concluded that information literacy in this setting is an embedded capacity to understand and be familiar with how information is produced, sought, used, and valued in a certain practice.

  • 25.
    Pilerot, Ola
    et al.
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    Lindberg, Jenny
    Inside the library: Academic librarians' knowing in practice2018In: Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, ISSN 0961-0006, E-ISSN 1741-6477, Vol. 50, no 3, p. 254-263Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    There is a dearth of studies on librarians’ information practices, in particular their information use. At the same time the professional field of librarianship is infused with an imperative dictating that the work of librarians should be evidence based. This paper presents an ethnographic study of academic librarians’ information use in professional practice. On the basis of the analysis, which is rooted in practice theory, it is concluded that in the academic library under investigation, information use is an ongoing practice shaped in and by the specific areas in which the work is carried out. Rather than primarily relying on evidence in terms of formal research results, the librarians in the study relate to and make use of a multitude of both formal and informal information sources.

  • 26.
    Pilerot, Ola
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    Putting theory to work in practice: Unpacking information literacy with a conceptual toolbox from library and information science2018In: Librarians' Information Literacy Annual Conference (LILAC), Liverpool 2018 / [ed] CILIP's Information Literacy Group, London: CILIP, The Library and Information Association, Information Litearcy Group , 2018, p. 1-2Conference paper (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    The overarching issue for this keynote concerns the relationship between information literacy (IL) practice and research. My basic assumption is that different actors such as librarians and researchers in the IL field, have much to gain from being well-versed in each other’s interests and activities.

    The presentation will be somewhat retrospective and personal in nature. I will begin with some reflections on my previous experiences as an academic librarian working with IL. I will then move on towards my present interest and activities in library and information science (LIS), which includes research on IL. This intellectual journey from practice to research spans 20 years. When I was working as a librarian, I began to come across LIS research of the sort that I now quite systematically monitor in my capacity as a researcher. I strongly believe that research contributed to inform and improve my teaching practice as a librarian. I aim to promote what I would like to term a ‘research-use’ approach to teaching IL and to do this, I will present an overview of selected LIS research that I think relevant to people who are engaged in IL issues.

    As a librarian I was primarily engaged in IL as a goal for my educational activities. What was most important to me then was to enable my students to become information literate. As a researcher my goal is somewhat different. Now I am more inclined to conceive of IL as a study object, as something that can be observed through the study of what people do with, and through information. However, in line with my suggested research-use approach to IL teaching, I can see a clear connection between these two interests. From my current researcher-perspective, I will elaborate on this connection between teaching IL and research into how people learn through information. I will conclude with a suggestion for an empirically based understanding of IL, which I believe has the potential to serve as an important basis for IL teaching. In this way, IL be seen as an embedded capacity to understand and be familiar with how information is produced, sought, used, and valued in a certain practice.

  • 27.
    Pilerot, Ola
    et al.
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    Lindberg, Jenny
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    “Sen går jag hem när det stänger”: En studie av nyanländas biblioteksanvändning2018Report (Other academic)
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    Pilerot, Ola
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    The practice of public library-work for newly arrived immigrants2018In: Proceedings of ISIC, The Information Behaviour Conference, Part 1, Information Research , 2018Conference paper (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Introduction. In 2015, as a result of the global humanitarian crisis, Sweden experienced a sudden influx of asylum seeking refugees. This put pressure on Swedish authorities including its public libraries. This paper explores the practice of library work for refugees and newly arrived immigrants.

    Method. Data was produced together with library staff from 23 public libraries in a two-step process including a questionnaire followed up by focus group interviews and visits to selected libraries.

    Analysis. The empirical data was categorised in accordance with three themes derived in synergy from practice theory and the data.

    Findings. Compared to before 2015, the work for newly arrived immigrants is characterised by new features such as confusion of languages, inexperienced library users with new needs and demands, emotional stress and an increasing need for acquiring of media in foreign languages. The notion of a widened mission focusing on what the library can do rather than what it should do has emerged.

    Conclusion. The dynamic and dispersed practice of library work for newly arrived immigrants is embedded in material and economical arrangements, which risks to contribute to a situation where decisions affecting what can be done in the library are taken in places beyond the reach of the library staff.

  • 29.
    Pilerot, Ola
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    Vad vi talar om när vi talar om MIK och informationskompetens2018In: Medie- och informationskunnighet i den digitala tidsåldern – en demokratifråga: Kartläggning, analyser, reflektioner / [ed] Ulla Carlsson, Göteborg: Nordicom, Göteborgs universitet , 2018, p. 81-83Chapter in book (Other academic)
  • 30.
    Pilerot, Ola
    et al.
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    Hultgren, Frances
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    Folkbibliotekens arbete för och med nyanlända2017Book (Other academic)
    Abstract [sv]

    Enbart under 2015 sökte över 160 000 människor asyl i Sverige. Folkbiblioteken ställde snabbt om och anpassade sitt arbete för att svara upp mot nya och utökade behov. Hur såg förutsättningarna för det här arbetet ut ute på biblioteken? Hur kom arbetet i praktiken att gestalta sig? Vilka förändringar, utmaningar och svårigheter upplevde bibliotekspersonalen? I den här rapporten diskuteras dessa frågor närmare, utifrån enkäter och fokusgruppsintervjuer med biblioteksmedarbetare och chefer i ett antal kommuner i Dalarnas och Uppsala län. Rapportens två delar (slutrapport och delrapport) är skrivna av Frances Hultgren och Ola Pilerot, båda verksamma vid sektionen för biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap vid Högskolan i Borås. För uppdrag och finansiering står Länsbibliotek Dalarna och Länsbibliotek Uppsala.

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  • 31.
    Pilerot, Ola
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    Review of: Forster, Marc (Ed.). Information literacy in the workplace. London: Facet Publishing, 20172017In: Information research, E-ISSN 1368-1613, Vol. 22, no 3Article, book review (Other academic)
  • 32.
    Pilerot, Ola
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    Review of: Johannsen, Carl Gustav. Staff-less libraries: innovative staff design Oxford: Chandos Publishing, 20172017In: Information research, E-ISSN 1368-1613, Vol. 22, no 3Article, book review (Other academic)
  • 33.
    Pilerot, Ola
    et al.
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    Hammarfelt, Björn
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    Moring, Camilla
    University of Copenhagen, Royal School of Library and Information Science.
    The many faces of practice theory in library and information studies2017In: Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Conceptions of Library and Information Science, Uppsala, Sweden, June 27-29, 2016, 2017, Vol. 22, article id colis1602Conference paper (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Introduction. This paper presents an exploration of how the notion of ”practice” is theorized and applied in library and information studies. Method. To highlight how “practice” is conceptualized and to discern what methodological approaches are taken, a qualitative analysis was conducted of a selection of practice-oriented contributions to the library and information studies literature. A bibliometric study of publications relating to “practice theory” provided a complementary quantitative overview of the influence of “the practice turn” in library and information studies. Analysis. Through reading a number of introductions to practice theories, a selection of prominent characteristics were identified. These characteristics provided guidance for the close-reading of the sample of practice-oriented library and information studies literature. As well as indicating direction for the qualitative analysis, the outcomes of the bibliometric study were recontexualized by the qualitative study. Results. The practice-oriented library and information studies literature can be divided into four different areas based on disciplinary influences. Authors are highlighting different key tenets when adhering to practice theory. It is possible to identify at least four different methodological approaches to empirical studies in the discipline.Conclusions. There is not one “practice-based approach” in library and information studies, but rather a multifaceted strand, which exhibits many different characteristics.

  • 34.
    Lloyd, Annemaree
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    Hultgren, Frances
    The remaking of fractured landscapes: Supporting refugees in transition(SpiRiT)2017In: Information research, E-ISSN 1368-1613, Vol. 22, no 2, article id 764Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Introduction. How refugees learn to reshape their fractured information landscape and re-establish ways of knowing to support their resettlement into a host society is explored. Of particular interest is how refugees access, use and share information to support information needs which emerge during the resettlement process.

    Method. Face-to-face interviews were conducted in the language selected by the participant. Photo-voice technique was also employed and culminated in a focus group in which participants discussed the photos. The first phase of the qualitative analysis is reported in this paper.

    Analysis. Data from interviews, focus groups and images captured by photo-voice technique were coded thematically, focusing on the similarities and differences in perspective.

    Results.In the resettlement process refugees strive to regain a sense of place. Information is a critical resource for resettlement, but access to information and trust in that information pose challenges in moving from the liminal zone of marginality towards social integration. The digital environment threads through refugees’ information experiences and represents a significant social ground.

    Conclusions. Findings from the first phase of this study have provided us with new concepts and ways of describing the impacts of resettlement from an information perspective. It also affords an opportunity to consider how information resilience is shaped and emerges.

  • 35.
    Lloyd, Annemaree
    et al.
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    Pilerot, Ola
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    Hultgren, Frances
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    The remaking of fractured landscapes: Supporting refugees in transition (SpiRiT)2017In: Information research, E-ISSN 1368-1613, ISSN 1368-1613, Vol. 22, no 3Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Introduction.How refugees learn to reshape their fractured information landscape and re-establish ways of knowing to support their resettlement into a host society is explored. Of particular interest is how refugees access, use and share information to support information needs which emerge during the resettlement process. Method. Face-to-face interviews were conducted in the language selected by the participant. Photo-voice technique was also employed and culminated in a focus group in which participants discussed the photos. The first phase of the qualitative analysis is reported in this paper. Analysis. Data from interviews, focus groups and images captured by photo-voice technique were coded thematically, focusing on the similarities and differences in perspective. Results.In the resettlement process refugees strive to regain a sense of place. Information is a critical resource for resettlement, but access to information and trust in that information pose challenges in moving from the liminal zone of marginality towards social integration. The digital environment threads through refugees’ information experiences and represents a significant social ground. Conclusions. Findings from the first phase of this study have provided us with new concepts and ways of describing the impacts of resettlement from an information perspective. It also affords an opportunity to consider how information resilience is shaped and emerges.

  • 36.
    Pilerot, Ola
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    A practice-based exploration of the enactment of information literacy among PhD students in an interdisciplinary research field2016In: Journal of Documentation, ISSN 0022-0418, E-ISSN 1758-7379, Vol. 72, no 3, p. 414-434Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Purpose – The study aims to explore the interaction between the students, the material objects surrounding them, and their social site. The purpose of this paper is to identify and elucidate information literacy as it is being enacted within a complex and heterogeneous community of PhD students. Design/methodology/approach – The study is conducted from a practice-based perspective, according to which information literacy is conceived as learnt through interaction within the socio-material practice where the learner is active. In order to produce empirical material, semi-structured interviews were conducted with ten doctoral students in an interdisciplinary research network, and their workplaces were visited. Findings – The PhD students in this interdisciplinary network are more or less constantly engaged in the enactment of information literacy. It takes place in dialogue with others who can be both co-located and distantly located, and occurs through discussions about work in progress, through processes of evaluation and assessment of texts and authors, and through mundane everyday activities such as participating in meetings, which offer insights into how to navigate, in the broadest sense, the world of academia. A crucial part of the enactment of information literacy, which in practice is inseparable from interaction with others, is to pay attention to physical surroundings and material objects. Practical implications – The findings have implications for prospective PhD students in interdisciplinary fields, for their supervisors, and potentially also for librarians who are supposed to serve these groups. Originality/value – Research on the information literacies of PhD students in interdisciplinary fields is scarce. The practice-based approach applied in this study offers an extended and deepened understanding of the enactment of information literacy among PhD students in one interdisciplinary research practice.

  • 37.
    Pilerot, Ola
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    A toolbox approach to researching, understanding, and teaching for information literacy2016In: Information Literacy in the Inclusive Society / [ed] Sonja Špiranec, Serap Kurbanoğlu, Hana Landová, Esther Grassian, Diane Mizrachi, Loriene Roy, Denis Kos, 2016, p. 6-6Conference paper (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    The elusive phenomenon of information literacy (IL) is traced, narrowed down, and conceptualized in three differentways: as a “label” for a field of research, as an empirical entity; and as a theoretical notion. From a perspectivegrounded in over twenty years of teaching and research in the area, a toolbox approach to information literacy ispresented. Such an approach comprises a set of sensitizing concepts which will be introduced and discussed inrelation to various aspects of IL. Accordingly, IL will be considered from the perspectives of e.g. situatedness,discourse, genre, materiality, and distributed agency. The overall ambition is to present and discuss these aspects in amanner that make them relevant to both research and educational practices focusing on IL.

  • 38.
    Pilerot, Ola
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    Critical literacy: two traditions2016In: Radical, Critical? Exploring discourse around information literacy: Panel by S. Webber, B. Johnston, A. Lloyd & O. Pilerot, 2016Conference paper (Other academic)
  • 39.
    Pilerot, Ola
    et al.
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    Göbel, Hannes
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    Designing a digital service platform: What matters?2016In: Building a culture for quality, innovation and sustainability, 2016Conference paper (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Purpose: The purpose of this study is to elucidate social and material factors that contribute to shape the design and use of a digital (i.e. web-based) service platform, which is aimed at facilitating service innovation in a collaborative setting of service providers and customers.

    Design/methodology/approach: Empirical data was produced in connection to interventions including one of the authors collaborating with service providers and customers using the platform. Two sessions taking place in workplaces were filmed, photographed, and recorded. Participants in these sessions were also responding to questions from the researcher who took field notes. A practice-theoretical approach was applied in order to capture and analyze practices around the design, implementation, and use of the platform.

    Findings: Three prominent themes were discerned in the empirical material: material objects; workplace routines including “distant others”; and sociality. Material objects function as intervening actors and thereby contribute to shape practice. Workplace routines as well as physically absent colleagues and contacts become present through conversations around the platform. Sociality refers to the observation that participants are engaged in interactive practices that contribute to shape how the digital service platform is designed, implemented and used.

    Originality/value: The practice-based approach offers a deepened understanding of how sociomaterial context matters for the design and implementation of a digital service platform. On the basis of a sophisticated explication of the notion of context and by employing the notion of absent presence, this study sheds light on factors that often tend to be neglected.

  • 40.
    Pilerot, Ola
    et al.
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    Francke, Helena
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    Söderlind, Åsa
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    Elf, Gullvor
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    Limberg, Louise
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    Folkbiblioteken i medielandskapet2016In: Människorna, medierna & marknaden : Medieutredningens forskningsantologi om en demokrati i förändring / [ed] Oscar Westlund, Stockholm: Wolters Kluwer, 2016, p. 515-537Chapter in book (Other academic)
  • 41.
    Pilerot, Ola
    et al.
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    Hultgren, Frances
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    Folkbibliotekens arbete för och med nyanlända – om förändring, svårigheter och inspirerande utmaningar: Delrapport2016Report (Other academic)
    Abstract [sv]

    Vid Bibliotekshögskolan i Borås bedrivs sedan en tid tillbaka forskning som syftar till att undersöka flyktingars och nyanländas erfarenheter och användning av information under det skede då de försöker göra sig hemmastadda i Sverige. Forskargruppen har bland annat tagit sig an uppgiften att identifiera de informationsfrågor som är angelägna för nyanlända när de påbörjar inträdesprocessen till det svenska samhället. En av de slutsatser som i en tidigare studie dragits av forskargruppen är att ”[i]ntegration sker på lokal nivå, dvs. inom grannskapet, i lokala gemenskaper och på stadsnivå (snarare än på den abstrakta nivå som berör svenska värderingar och svensk kultur). Detta tyder på att biblioteken har en viktig roll att spela i [de nyanländas] ’platsskapande’ aktiviteter, dvs. processen att på en kollaborativ nivå inom t.ex. en stadsdel (eller socialt nätverk) göra en plats inkluderande och till sin egen” (Lloyd m.fl. 2016, s. 4). Det är bland annat mot bakgrund av denna iakttagelse, som forskargruppens intresse nu riktar sig mot biblioteken och dess personal. I fokus för det projekt som denna rapport är en del av står bibliotekens arbete med och för nyanlända.

    Den övergripande rubriken på projektet är ”Bibliotekens arbete med och för nyanlända: teori-,ideologi- och intressedrivna utgångspunkter”. Projektet finansieras av länsbiblioteken i Uppsala ochDalarna och sträcker sig över en sexmånadersperiod, från den 1 oktober 2016 till den 31 mars 2017.

  • 42.
    Pilerot, Ola
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    Search tools as epistemic objects2016In: Is there a need for re-claiming search in information literacy practices research? Panel by T. Schreiber, O. Sundin, A. Cox, H. Francke, O. Pilerot, C. Andersson & C. Moring, 2016Conference paper (Other academic)
  • 43.
    Pilerot, Ola
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    The ruling relation of evidence-based practice: the case of documentary governance in a social welfare service2016In: Information research, E-ISSN 1368-1613, Vol. 21, no 1Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Introduction. Evidence-based practice has broadened and spread into new areas including librarianship. This reorientation has resulted in increased uncertainty regarding what counts as evidence and has caused a tension between formalised procedures and professional judgment. This theoretical paper aims to extend the knowledge about how evidence-based practice can contribute to regulate work and information practices. Method. Data from a small-scale empirical study of social welfare workers was theorised through the lens of institutional ethnography. Analysis. The analysis was primarily guided by the following key concepts: documentary governance, disciplinary mechanism and knowledge mobilisation. Results. Nationally produced statutes, decrees, guidelines, action plans and reports constitute prominent information resources. Knowledge is mobilised when these are read, interpreted, talked about and represented. Evidence-based practice emerges at the same time as a concrete and material activity and as a phenomenon placed in a wider perspective which can be traced through a societal dimension. Conclusions. Evidence-based practice can be viewed as a means to bring about effectiveness but emerges in this study as a disciplinary mechanism through which power is exerted. The theoretical framework has made it possible to elucidate how documents and texts contribute not only to structure but also make things happen in the practice under study.

  • 44.
    Pilerot, Ola
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    Information sharing in the field of design research2015In: Proceedings of ISIC, the Information Behaviour Conference, Leeds, 2-5 September, 2014: Part 2, Sheffield: University of Sheffield: Department of Information Studies , 2015, Vol. 20Conference paper (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Introduction. This paper reports on an extensive research project which aimed at exploring information sharing activities in a scholarly context. The paper presents and synthesises findings from a literature review and three qualitative case studies. The empirical setting is a geographically distributed Nordic network of design scholars.Method. The project is characterised by an explorative approach encompassing semi-structured interviews, document studies, and ethnographically oriented participatory observations. Apart from addressing the empirical question of how, where, when, and why the researchers in the network share information, the paper elucidate the reciprocal relationship between information sharing and the wider practice of design research. Analysis. The research questions are addressed through close reading and interrelated analysis of four previous studies.Results. When scholarly information sharing takes place organizational structures are sometimes complemented, or substituted, by flexible communities of practice such as those in the investigated network. Information sharing appears as a means to reach collective understanding, also regarding issues that stretches beyond the immediate information practices, for instance about how to act as a design scholar.Conclusions. This research clarifies and provides examples of how information sharing is embedded in and intertwined with a range of other activities, such as writing, reading and information seeking. It also presents information sharing as a contributor to the enactment of a discipline.

  • 45.
    Pilerot, Ola
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    Review of: Duckworth, Vicky and Ade-Ojo, Gordon (Eds.) Landscapes of specific literacies in contemporary society: exploring a social model of literacy. London: Routledge, 2015.2015In: Information research, E-ISSN 1368-1613, Vol. 20, no 3Article, book review (Refereed)
  • 46.
    Pilerot, Ola
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    Review of: Whitworth, Andrew. Radical information literacy: reclaiming the political heart of the IL movement. London: Chandos Publishing, 2014.2015In: Information research, E-ISSN 1368-1613, Vol. 20, no 1Article, book review (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    This is an ambitious book which clearly manifests the authors’ substantial effort in producing it, not least through the remarkable amount of literature that has been consulted. It is indeed praiseworthy to take on the task, which Whitworth has done, to not only go through and review but also critically appraise four decades of information literacy writings.

  • 47.
    Pilerot, Ola
    et al.
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    Limberg, Louise
    University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.
    The Enactment of Information Literacy: An Exploratory Study among Interdisciplinary PhD Students2015In: Information Literacy: Moving towards sustainability / [ed] Kurbanoglu, S; Spiranec, S.; Boustany,E.; Grassian, E.; Mizrachi, D.; Roy, L., Springer Berlin/Heidelberg, 2015, p. 478-488Chapter in book (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This paper reports a practice-based study of the enactment of information literacy (IL) in a network of interdisciplinary PhD students. Previous research on this topic is scarce. The empirical material was produced through semi-structured interviews and work-place visits. It is concluded that the enactment of IL in the practice under study is a collectively sustained project that unfolds in dialogue with others and through interaction with material objects. This process comprises activities such as participation in seminars and conferences, which offer opportunities for discussions about work in progress, and is situated in socio-material practices shaped by historically developed conceptions of what it means to be an interdisciplinary researcher.

  • 48.
    Pilerot, Ola
    University of Borås, Swedish School of Library and Information Science.
    Connections between research and practice in the information literacy narrative: A mapping of the literature and some propositions2014In: Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, ISSN 0961-0006, E-ISSN 1741-6477, Vol. 48, no 4, p. 313-321Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    The relationship between research and professional practice, often described in terms of a ‘gap’, is a topical issue involving stakeholders such as researchers, practitioners and policy-makers. Within the area of information literacy it is increasingly emphasized that practitioners make use of research and that research is conducted on problems relevant to practice. From a wide perspective, this paper discusses and identifies in the information literacy literature three different strands relating to research, practice and policy-making for information literacy. On the basis of a small-scale bibliometric investigation of samples of literature representing the identified strands, it is concluded that interconnections between the strands are weak. The results of the bibliometric study are discussed in the light of previous research on the relationship between research and practice. It is proposed that the research-based discussion on research and practice would benefit from a more nuanced terminology and by abandoning the prevailing gap-metaphor.

  • 49.
    Pilerot, Ola
    University of Borås, Swedish School of Library and Information Science.
    Design researchers' information sharing: the enactment of a discipline2014Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    This thesis is about information sharing in interdisciplinary research practices. It reports one conceptual and three empirical studies. The studies have been conducted through focusing on the field of design research, and in particular on a Nordic network of design researchers. From a practice-based perspective, the exploration of the study object oscillates between three nested and interconnected frames. The main contribution of this thesis is that it illustrates how activities of information sharing not only contribute to, but actually play a central role in the shaping of the practice of design research. It is shown how information sharing works as a contributor to the development, maintenance and shaping of practices in 1) design research as it is conducted in the Nordic network; 2) in the field of design research; and 3) within interdisciplinary research. Without losing sight of the empirical material, the theoretical analysis has made it possible to illuminate the connection between activities of sharing and the enactment of a discipline. Through analysis and discussion of the four studies as a whole, the reciprocal relationship between information sharing and the area of design research is elucidated. It is shown how information sharing, as it emerges in this interdisciplinary practice, functions as a unifying force towards the probable goal of establishing a discipline.

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  • 50.
    Pilerot, Ola
    University of Borås, Swedish School of Library and Information Science.
    Making design researchers´ information sharing visible through material objects2014In: Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, ISSN 2330-1635, E-ISSN 2330-1643, Vol. 65, no 10, p. 2006-2016Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This article seeks to make visible information-sharing activities that take place within a geographically dispersed network of design researchers. For this purpose, a theoretical approach is applied that comprises the analytical notion of material objects and a document theory. Empirical material was primarily ethnographically produced over a period of 6 months, including 2 seminars within the network. Trajectories of sharing that reach across time and space have been identified by studying how people interact with multidimensional objects, such as documents. These were found to coordinate and shape the social practice under study. The theoretical framework has made it possible to highlight aspects of information sharing that have tended to be blackboxed in previous research. It has been suggested in previous research that the concept of information sharing can be reduced to that of mere sharing. Such a stance potentially entails reduction of conceptual ambiguity but may also decrease analytical sharpness. Based on the present study, it appears beneficial to adopt the concept of document into the discourse of information-sharing research. By adding the concept of document to our analytical toolbox, which hitherto has been dominated by the slightly diffuse concept of information, material features can be emphasized without reducing the social and cognitive dimensions of information sharing. The article offers insight into the information-sharing activities of design researchers. Through its focus on materiality, it presents a novel theoretical approach and methodological strategy for studying information practices.

  • 51.
    Pilerot, Ola
    University of Borås, Swedish School of Library and Information Science.
    Review of: Mackey, Thomas P. and Jacobsen, Trudi E. Metaliteracy: reinventing information literacy to empower learners. London: Facet Publishing, 2014.2014In: Information research, E-ISSN 1368-1613, Vol. 19, no 4Article, book review (Other academic)
  • 52.
    Pilerot, Ola
    University of Borås, Swedish School of Library and Information Science.
    A practice theoretical exploration of information sharing and trust in a dispersed community of design scholars2013In: Information research, E-ISSN 1368-1613, Vol. 18, no 4Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Introduction. This paper presents an exploration of information sharing and trust in a geographically dispersed network of design scholars. Method. The study used a practice theory approach to identify aspects of trust in relation to information sharing. The empirical material consists of 15 in-depth interviews with design scholars from four Nordic countries and field notes from workplace visits. Analysis. The interview transcripts and field notes were categorised in accordance with three themes derived in synergy from practice theory and the empirical material. Results. A number of strategies for assessing and creating trust in relation to information sharing were identified. Depending on the dimension of practice in analytical focus, different aspects of trust emerge. Conclusions. Trust issues connected to information sharing appear in relation to the information to be shared, the people involved, the tools used for sharing, and the place where information sharing occurs. The practice-theoretical perspective has proven effective in order to identify and capture the elusive phenomenon of trust in connection to information sharing.

  • 53.
    Pilerot, Ola
    University of Borås, Swedish School of Library and Information Science.
    Review of: Digital libraries and information access: research perspectives. London: Facet, 2012.2013In: Information research, E-ISSN 1368-1613, Vol. 18, no 1Article, book review (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    This book is an edited volume on digital libraries and information access. Despite the fact that both these subjects are vast and multifaceted and can be approached from various angles, Chowdhury and Foo have succeeded with handling the subject in a relatively concentrated manner. In the introduction, the editors assert that information access is the raison d'être for any digital library, a library becomes pointless if users cannot access its content.

  • 54.
    Pilerot, Ola
    University of Borås, Swedish School of Library and Information Science.
    LIS research on information sharing activities: people, places, or information2012In: Journal of Documentation, ISSN 0022-0418, E-ISSN 1758-7379, Vol. 68, no 4, p. 559-581Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Purpose – The purpose of this article is to investigate and critically examine conceptualisations of information sharing activities in a selection of library and information science (LIS) literature. Design/methodology/approach – In order to explore how LIS researchers define the concept of information sharing, and how the concept is connected with theory, empirical material and other supporting concepts, a literature review and a conceptual meta-analysis was carried out on 35 papers and one monograph. The analysis was based on Waismann's concept of open texture, Wittgenstein's notion of language games and the concept of meaning holism. Findings – Six theoretical frameworks were identified. These are not found to be incommensurable, but can be used as building blocks for an integrative framework. Ambiguous conceptualisations are frequent. Different conceptualisations tend to emphasize different aspects of information sharing activities: that which is shared; those who are sharing; and the location in which the sharing activities take place. The commonalities of the people involved in information sharing activities are often seen as a ground for the development of information sharing practices. Practical implications – The findings provide a guide for future research which intends to explore activities of information sharing. Originality/value – The article offers a systematic review of recent LIS literature on information sharing, and extends the theoretical base for information sharing research.

  • 55.
    Pilerot, Ola
    et al.
    University of Borås, Swedish School of Library and Information Science.
    Limberg, Louise
    University of Borås, Swedish School of Library and Information Science.
    Information sharing as a means to reach collective understanding: A study of design scholars’ information practices2011In: Journal of Documentation, ISSN 0022-0418, E-ISSN 1758-7379, Vol. 67, no 2, p. 312-333Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Abstract Purpose – This study aims to increase knowledge about the information-sharing activities of design research scholars. Design/methodology/approach – Semi-structured in-depth interviews were carried out with selected participants from a Nordic design research network. The interview transcripts and notes from workplace-observations were approached from a discursive point of view and analyzed in accordance with Theodore Schatzki’s practice theory. Findings – Information-sharing activities are intrinsically intertwined with other information practices such as information seeking and use. It is further established that information and communication technologies (ICTs) can be seen as important parts of the arrangements of human and non-human entities that, together with practices, form the social site in which the scholars are active. There is a reciprocal relationship between ICTs, and other material arrangements, and the ways in which information is used and shared. ICTs function both as a source of meaning and as a preconfigurator of actions. Practical implications – The findings have implications for the development of information systems and services aimed at scholars working in collaborative interdisciplinary settings. Library and information science scholars can benefit from the elaborated concept of information sharing. Originality/value – Design scholars’ information sharing has not been studied before. By applying a practice-theory lens this paper presents a particular perspective. Increased knowledge about the information-sharing activities of an epistemologically and socio-culturally amalgamated network of scholars is the main contribution of this paper.

  • 56.
    Pilerot, Ola
    et al.
    University of Borås, Swedish School of Library and Information Science.
    Lindberg, Jenny
    University of Borås, Swedish School of Library and Information Science.
    The Concept of Information Literacy in Policy-Making Texts: An Imperialistic Project?2011In: Library Trends, ISSN 0024-2594, E-ISSN 1559-0682, Vol. 60, no 2, p. 338-360Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Organizations such as the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) put a lot of effort in advocacy and policy making for information literacy (IL). Their ambition to foster IL can be seen as a part of a multinational educational project. By exporting a Western IL model focused on textual information sources and the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) into non-Western contexts that to a great extent lack ICTs, the educational project for IL runs the risk of turning into an imperialistic project. A discursively oriented analysis of two prominent policy documents—discussed in the light of the so-called new imperialism and the idea of invisible technologies—indicates a standardized onesize-fits-all-model of IL. Through establishing a close contact between the policy-making strand and the research strand in the IL literature and by adhering to the broad concept of information literacies, the risk of imperialism and oppression might lessen.

  • 57.
    Pilerot, Ola
    University of Borås, Swedish School of Library and Information Science.
    Högskolestudenters informationskompetens2009In: Informationskompetenser: Om lärande i informationspraktiker och informationssökning i lärandepraktiker / [ed] Jenny Hedman, Anna Lundh, Carlsson bokförlag , 2009, p. 108-132Chapter in book (Other academic)
  • 58.
    Pilerot, Ola
    University of Borås, Swedish School of Library and Information Science.
    Informationsanvändning ur ett referensanalytiskt perspektiv: konsekvenser för undervisning i informationssökning2009In: Svensk biblioteksforskning, ISSN 0284-4354, E-ISSN 1653-5235, Vol. 17, no 1, p. 27-38Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Production of academic texts such as Bachelor theses is here seen as an activity embedded in the academic discipline in which the texts are produced. Bibliographic references in student theses are analysed in order to identify disciplinary differences in information seeking and use. According to an emerging socio-cultural perspective on information literacy, education in information seeking should pay careful attention to disciplinary traits. The purpose of the present study is to lay a foundation for a discussion about different student categories’ ways of using information. The questions asked are: how do reference activities vary between product design engineering students and nursing students; to what extent do the students refer to information sources; and what kind of sources do they refer to? The results show that nursing students predominantly use scientific information, such as peer-reviewed articles, whilst writing their theses. Product design engineering students, on the other hand, favour information found on the web, such as product and company-information. The article concludes by recommending that information-literacy education take disciplinary traits into careful consideration.

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  • 59.
    Pilerot, Ola
    et al.
    University of Borås, Swedish School of Library and Information Science.
    Hedman, Jenny
    University of Borås, Swedish School of Library and Information Science.
    Är informationskompetens överförbar?2009In: Pedagogiskt arbete i teori och praktik: Om bibliotekens roll för studenters och doktoranders lärande, BTJ Förlag , 2009, p. 7-44Chapter in book (Other academic)
  • 60.
    Pilerot, Ola
    University of Borås, Swedish School of Library and Information Science.
    Improve your learning and grade2008In: Thesis projects: a guide for students in computer science and information systems / [ed] Mikael Berndtsson, Jörgen Hansson, Björn Olsson, Björn Lundell, Springer, London , 2008, p. 42-45Chapter in book (Other academic)
  • 61.
    Pilerot, Ola
    University of Borås, Swedish School of Library and Information Science.
    Information-seeking and use2008In: Thesis projects: a guide for students in computer science and information systems / [ed] Mikael Berndtsson, Jörgen Hansson, Björn Olsson, Björn Lundell, Springer, London , 2008, p. 109-121Chapter in book (Other academic)
  • 62.
    Pilerot, Ola
    University of Borås, Swedish School of Library and Information Science.
    Från forskning till praktik: om att använda resultat från forskning om informationssökning i undervisning i informationssökning2007Conference paper (Other academic)
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  • 63.
    Pilerot, Ola
    et al.
    University of Borås, Swedish School of Library and Information Science.
    Hiort af Ornäs, Viktor
    Design for information literacy: towards embedded information literacy education for product engineering design students2006Conference paper (Refereed)
  • 64.
    Pilerot, Ola
    University of Borås, Swedish School of Library and Information Science.
    Information literacy: an overview2006In: Digital literacies for learning / [ed] Alan Martin, Dan Madigan, Facet , 2006, p. 80-88Chapter in book (Other academic)
  • 65.
    Pilerot, Ola
    [external].
    Information literacy education: a case study2004Conference paper (Refereed)
  • 66. Johannesson, Krister
    et al.
    Pilerot, Ola
    [external].
    Högskolelärares uppfattning av informationskunnighet: en fenomenografisk studie2000In: Svensk biblioteksforskning, ISSN 0284-4354, E-ISSN 1653-5235, Vol. 12, no 3-4Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Librarians are likely to have a fairly clear view of what it means to be information literate. But what about the university faculty: what is their opinion on this subject? In this study seven professors at a small university have been interviewed: three from the department of engineering science and four from the department of nursing science. After a literature review the study's main areas of focus are presented: what does it mean to be information literate?; is there a connection between information literacy and subject content?; who is responsible for information literacy education - faculty or librarians?; should the ILeducation be separated from or integrated with other education?; do professors include information literacy issues when they create assignments for their students?; how great are the effects of specific IL-education? The qualitative study, which is based upon taped interviews, uses a scientific approach known as phenomenography; an approach with a particular view on learning. The study is concluded with suggestions on how the findings could be transformed into a diagnostic questionnaire that would stimulate awareness and could be handed out to a larger group of faculty.

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