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Ethnographic approaches to the practices of scholarly communication: tackling the mess of academia

Author(s) -

Donna Lanclos

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

insights the uksg journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.41

H-Index - 14

ISSN - 2048-7754

DOI - 10.1629/uksg.316

Subject(s) - ethnography , sociology , session (web analytics) , scholarly communication , public relations , media studies , engineering ethics , political science , computer science , anthropology , engineering , world wide web , publishing , law

In my anthropological research in academic libraries, and in higher education generally, I have encountered a contrast between the ways that institutions approach the information systems they build and buy, and how people use those systems. Confronting the ‘mess’ of people’s everyday practice is a necessary first step towards more effectively connecting people to the resources they want and need. Here I discuss some of the ways to visualize and embrace the actual practices of people, in physical and digital contexts. 'Based on a breakout session presented at the 39th UKSG Annual Conference, Bournemouth, April 2016

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