Qualitative Inquiry

Qualitative Inquiry: Tensions and Transformations
Mary M. Gergen and Kenneth J. Gergen
Handbook of qualitative research, 2000

European conference on information literacy (ECIL)

http://www.iliteracy.org/important-dates/

Three texts on Practice theory

Schatzki (2011), A primer on practices

Kemmis (forthcomming), What is professional practice?

Martha S. Feldman and Wanda J. Orlikowski(2011). Practicing Theory and Theorizing Practice. Organization Science, Special Issue Perspectives on Organization Science: The First 20 Years.

Social networking tools for academic libraries

Kai-Wah Chu, S. (2012), Social networking tools for academic libraries, Journal of Librarianship and Information Science
http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif
http://lis.sagepub.com/content/early/2012/02/16/0961000611434361.abstract?rss=1

JournalTOCs

JournalTOCs is the biggest searchable collection of scholarly journal Tables of Contents (TOCs).

www.journaltocs.ac.uk

How to make Google Behave

http://www.slideshare.net/KarenBlakeman/how-to-make-google-behave

Presentation by Karen Blakeman

Boundary Object

Leigh Star, S. (2010). This is Not a Boundary Object: Reflections on the Origin of a Concept. Science, Technology & Human Values, 35(5), 601-617.

:STS and Information Technologies

A course at Berkeley I-School:
http://blogs.ischool.berkeley.edu/i212-sts-f11/

Information sharing practices

Dhir, A. et al (2012), Ethnographic Examination for Studying Information Sharing Practices in Rural South Africa, ACHI 2012, The Fifth International Conference on Advances in Computer-Human Interactions, pp. 68-74.

Luhmann on trust

Luhmann, Niklas (1988) ‘Familiarity, Confidence, Trust: Problems and Alternatives’, in Gambetta, Diego (ed.) Trust: Making and Breaking Cooperative Relations, electronic edition, Department of Sociology, University of Oxford, chapter 6, pp. 94-107,

Bates' memoir

Bates, M. (2004), Information science at the University of California at Berkeley in the 1960s: a memoir of student days. Library Trends, 52,(4), 683-701

Focused Ethnography

Knoblauch, H. (2005), Focused Ethnography, Forum: Qualitative Social Research, Volume 6, No. 3, Art. 44.

On research practices

Noam, E. (1997). Electronics and the future of the research library. An essay prepared for the 1997 ACRL National Conference Choosing Our Futures. Chicago, IL: Association of College and Research Libraries.

Serendipity in research

Fine, G. & Deegan, J. (1996). Three principles of serendip: insight, chance and discovery in qualitative research. Qualitative Studies In Education, 9(4).

Intersubjectivity

Ligorio, MB., Talamo, A. & Pontecorvo, C. (2005), Building intersubjectivity at a distance during the collaborative writing of fairytales, Computers & Education 45, pp. 357–374

Article on information sharing

Hertzum, M. (2002), The importance of trust in software engineers’ assessment and choice of information sources. Information and Organization, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 1-18

Practice theory-artikel

Huizing, A. & Cavanagh, M. (2011). "Planting contemporary practice theory in the garden of information science" Information Research, 16(4) paper 497.

Planting contemporary practice theory in the garden of information science

RIN case studies

Information handling in collaborative research: an exploration of five case studies:
http://www.rin.ac.uk/our-work/using-and-accessing-information-resources/collaborative-research-case-studies

"This study, commissioned by RIN and the British Library, comprising of a set of case studies looking at how researchers access, use and disseminate information in collaborations between higher education and business, public and third sector partners."

Uwe Matzat

Of potential interest for my thesis work:

http://umatzat.net/

for instance:


Matzat U. (2004). "Academic Communication and Internet Discussion Groups: Transfer of Information or Creation of Social Contacts?" in: Social Networks, 26, 3: 221-255. (pre-print)

Osemeke Mosindi

Postgraduate student at Northhumbia university. Research topic: Organizations as complex social networks: Understanding information sharing behaviour

Osemeke Mosindi