Browsing Fakultet for samfunnsvitenskap (SAM) by Journals "Journal of Documentation"
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Archives, libraries and museums in the Nordic model of the public sphere
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss the role of ALM organizations within a Nordic model of the public sphere. Design/methodology/approach This is a conceptual paper discussing the role of archives, ... -
Becoming a scholar by publication – PhD students citing in interdisciplinary argumentation
(Journal of Documentation; Vol. 75, No. 2, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse scholarly subjectivity in the context of citation practices in interdisciplinary PhD research. Design/methodology/approach – The paper provides an analysis of longitudinal ... -
Gatekeeping structures and trust development in public sector organizations
(Journal of Documentation;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)This paper examines the interaction between gatekeeping and trust in a public sector organization, where employees at lower hierarchical levels are expected to autonomously translate and transform directives into public ... -
Information-rich, but time-poor: exploring Members of Parliament’s approaches to information in relation to Chatman’s ‘small world’ conception
(Journal of Documentation;Vol. 76 No. 2, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-09-20)Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyse how elite politicians in opposition in the Norwegian parliament use information when responding to government propositions and investigate if Chatman’s small world conception ... -
Managing Norwegian public libraries as civil public spheres: recent controversies
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Purpose: This article contains a theoretically inspired discussion of recent Norwegian controversies related to the management of public library space as a civil public sphere. Design/Methodology/Approach: The article ... -
Managing Norwegian public libraries as civil public spheres: recent controversies
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Purpose This paper contains a theoretically inspired discussion of recent Norwegian controversies related to the management of public library space as a civil public sphere. Design/methodology/approach This study engages ... -
The mediating role of documents: Information sharing through medical records in healthcare
(Journal of Documentation;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)The focus of this paper is on the mediating role of medical records in patient care. Their informative, communicative and constitutive facets are analysed on the basis of a case study in an African University teaching ... -
Modelling the information seeking and searching behaviour of users with impairments: Are existing models applicable?
(Journal of Documentation;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-10-20)Purpose A substantial number of models have been developed over the years, with the purpose of describing the information seeking and searching of people in various user groups and contexts. Several models have been ... -
Professional identity of public librarians, archivists, and museum professionals in five European countries
(Journal of Documentation;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Purpose: To investigate the professional identity of Public Library, Archive, and Museum (LAM) professionals in Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Norway, and Sweden by administering three questionnaires. Methodology: The data ... -
Public libraries as an infrastructure for a sustainable public sphere: A comprehensive review of research
(Journal of Documentation;Volume 75, Issue 4, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-07-08)Purpose: The purpose of this research is to examine the shaping of public libraries as an infrastructure for a sustainable public sphere through a comprehensive literature review. Design/methodology/approach: In order to ... -
Public libraries as public sphere institutions: A comparative study of perceptions of the public library’s role in six European countries
(Journal of Documentation;Publication date 26 September, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyze the role of public libraries as institutions underpinning a democratic public sphere as reasons legitimizing libraries compared to reasons that are more traditional and the ... -
The public sphere and Habermas: Reflections on the current state of theory in public library research
(Journal of Documentation;Volume 77, Issue 1, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-10-06)Purpose: This article addresses a recent debate in this journal between Buschman and Widdersheim and Koizumi on public libraries and public sphere theory in library and information science (LIS). The article moves beyond ... -
Researcher attitudes toward data sharing in public data repositories: a meta-evaluation of studies on researcher data sharing
(Journal of Documentation;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-05-31)Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report a study of how research literature addresses researchers’ attitudes toward data repository use. In particular, the authors are interested in how the term data sharing is ... -
The role of historical and contextual knowledge in enterprise search
(Journal of Documentation;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-12-20)Purpose: The purpose of the study is to examine enterprise searching practices across different work areas and work tasks in an enterprise search system in an international biotechnology company. Design/methodology/approach: ... -
Transitions in workplace information practices and culture in healthcare: the influence of newcomers
(Journal of Documentation;Volume 74, Issue 4, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Purpose - This study aims to empirically investigate how new healthcare professionals engage with information practices and information culture in their workplace, and the resulting influences on development and ... -
User conceptualizations of derivative relationships in the bibliographic universe
(Journal of Documentation;Volume 74, Issue 4, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Purpose: Considerable effort is devoted to developing new models for organizing bibliographic metadata. However, such models have been repeatedly criticized for their lack of proper user testing. This paper presents a study ...