Open this publication in new window or tab >>2004 (Swedish)Doctoral thesis, monograph (Other academic)
Informationssökning i forskningens vardagspraktik, 2.uppl.
Abstract [en]
As a doctoral dissertation in Library and Information Studies at Göteborg
University in Sweden, this book has been published with the purpose of
being defended at a public event. It deals with information seeking in the
everyday life of research. Such an area of inquiry within Library and
Information Studies is known as user studies. The overall objective has
been to study the development of information seeking by researchers
during their formation. The link between the research content and the acquisition
of information has been considered meaningful. A label for a
combination of this sort is a study of information seeking in context.
The book is organised in the following
way. The research objectives include
the research problem, the terminology
and the presentation of the
empirical area of study, that is business
administration. The study of the research
literature deals with user studies,
research on research and Bourdieu’s
theories. The theoretical issues on
method are a topic for reflection. The
implications of a change of understanding
lead to a change of method. Objectivation
of the objectifying subject as well as my own information
seeking efforts are included. The data collecting process and the analysis
procedure are described. Research results are presented in three ways.Three researchers at different levels tell their stories of information
seeking in their work. Analytical categories in research and information
seeking are presented along two paths together with pertinent estimates
on levels and intensities. At the end of both paths syntheses of intellectual
and social assets are carried out. These syntheses are compared in
the light of Bourdieu’s embracing theory. The appendices include abbreviations,
term list, check lists and introductory letters. There are two
indices: an illustration index and an index of persons and subjects. The
summary reflects the given sequence of chapters.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Valfrid, 2004
Series
Skrifter från Valfrid, ISSN 1103-6990 ; 20
Keywords
informationssökning, forskare
National Category
Information Studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-3462 (URN)2320/3406 (Local ID)91-89416-08-2 (ISBN)2320/3406 (Archive number)2320/3406 (OAI)
Note
Tillägg till andra upplagan 2004: Sedan avhandlingen publicerades
1999 har opponenten vid disputationen professor Reijo Savolainen kommenterat
den. Avhandlingen har recenserats av Catta Torhell i Biblioteksbladet
och av Svend Bruhns i Biblioteksarbejde. Mina egna presentationer
av avhandlingen har förekommit i Tidskrift för dokumentation
samt i the New Review of Information Behaviour Research. Ändringar
av och tillägg till texten jämfört med första upplagan är av mindre
omfattning.
2015-12-042015-12-042025-09-24