[Sigtis-l] Final reminder: Library Quarterly Special Issue on Discursive Approaches

[Sanna Talja]

Special issue on Discursive Approaches to Information Seeking in Context

Information seeking, like other human activities, arises not only out of
behavior, but also out of the meanings and values that people attach to 
their
practices and to the methods, means, and technologies available for 
locating
information.  In recent years, LIS researchers have begun to explore
information practices by focusing on how people give accounts of their
information behavior or construct the meanings of  technical artefacts 
in work
and everyday life. The issue of how information practice related topics,
actors, and technologies are constructed in discourse and conversation is
important for understanding information seeking and technology use from a
broader sociological perspective. This special issue invites papers that 
apply
constructionist, discourse, or conversation analytic methods and 
theories to
information seeking in context research. In particular, we invite papers 
that
explore information practices in interactional and collaborative 
settings, be
they face-to-face or textual encounters.

Papers should be prepared in accordance with the Library Quarterly 
Instructions
to Authors (http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/LQ/instruct.html) and 
submitted to
Pam McKenzie, (Faculty of Information and Media Studies, North Campus 
Building,
Room 240, University of Western Ontario, London, Ont. N6A 5B7, email
pmckenzi at uwo.ca) or Sanna Talja (Department of Information Studies 
FIN-33014
University of Tampere, Finland  mail sanna.talja at uta.fi) no later than 
March 1,
2006.


Pamela J. McKenzie
Assistant Professor
Programme in Library and Information Science
Faculty of Information and Media Studies
North Campus Building Room 225
The University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario
N6A 5B7
(519) 661-2111 ext. 88514
(519) 661-3506 (fax)
pmckenzi at uwo.ca

Sanna Talja
Senior Assistant Professor
Department of Information Studies
FIN-33014 University of Tampere
Finland
gsm. +358 (0)40 595 8919
office +358 (0)3 3551 8062
fax +358 (0)3 3551 6560
email sanna.talja at uta.fi
http://www.uta.fi/~lisaka