Journal of Documentation: Volume 66 Issue 1

Turning weakness into strength: strategies for future LIS

LIS has been described as a fragmented field in crisis, with an increased competition from other fields; and lacking in development of theories. The purpose of this paper is to…

The information needs of UK historic houses: mapping the ground

The purpose of this paper is to concentrate on establishments that are known as the “built heritage”, often described as “historic houses”. Many operate in a similar vein to small…

Developing scales for information‐seeking behaviour

The main purpose of this paper is to describe the development of an instrument designed to measure information‐seeking behaviour of undergraduate students during study assignments.

Source preference criteria in the context of everyday projects: Relevance judgments made by prospective home buyers

The purpose of this paper is to elaborate how source preference criteria are defined in the context of everyday projects that require the seeking of problem‐specific information…

Grounded theory in practice: issues and discussion for new qualitative researchers

The purpose of this paper is to clarify four common confusions in grounded theory (GT) use by demonstrating an example of the author's doctoral study into conceptualising higher…

Information behaviour of women: theoretical perspectives on gender

The purpose of this paper is to examine whether there is a need to consider gender or sex differences as variables in information behaviour research and, if so, how?

Information Literacy 2.0: hype or discourse refinement?

The purpose of this paper is to introduce the term Information Literacy 2.0 as a subset of information literacy, to describe its development and significance and give an outline…

Information dates

Measuring the impact of research

Thinking about efficiency in libraries