The Place of the Person in Lis Research: An Exploration in Methodology and Representation (La Place De La Personne Dans La Recherche En Bibliothéconomie Et En Sciences De L’Information: Exploration Des Méthodologies Et Des Représentations)

Abstract

In this exploratory study, the researcher reflects on personal experience as a student at an academic library over the course of one year of PhD study. Data were gathered using an autoethnographic methodology, and the reflections on these data are presented in the form of three two-minute video clips narrated with accompanying poems. This study assumes that the different paradigms and theories about information behaviour affect how the individual is understood within this system. These reflections raise questions about the influences our models have at ground level of the library profession and the people libraries claim to serve.

Keywords: information seeking, autoethnography, poetry