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Hello All,
My name is Marisa Ponti and I am doctoral student at the School of
Library
and Information Science at Göteborg University and the University
College
of Borås. My main supervisor is Prof. Diane Sonnenwald.
My dissertation research examines the social and technical aspects of
work
that hinder or support collaboration between librarians/information
professionals and researchers in the field of Library and Information
Science (LIS).
As part of my research, I would like to study groups participating in a
collaborative project involving both librarians and/or information
professionals, and LIS researchers. Ideally the project is ongoing, but
either a recent or a planned collaborative project would be useful. The
collaboration should not involve training projects or teaching, but,
ideally, would be about joint-research activities, or other activities
in
which the parties are involved to solve a significant problem together,
The project should include at least one library/information centre and
one
department of Library and Information Science. The library can be of any
type – e.g., university, research, corporate, public, specialized
library,
etc. The LIS researchers involved in the project can be located in UK or
in another country.
I wish to conduct a pilot, or initial, study in the Fall 2007 (possibly
October-December, or as it best fits your schedule) and the purpose is
to
obtain data and experience to help me plan the rest of my dissertation
study.
The objective of this pilot study is to describe the collaborative
project,
and the technical, institutional and cultural work environments of
collaborating participants, including the use and non-use of ICT in the
project.
What volunteers are expected to do
All project group members will be asked to participate in interviews of
approximately 1 hour. During each interview participants will be asked
to
discuss the project, their role in the project, etc I would also like to
have access to internal documents (e.g., web site, reports, conference
papers, technical papers, contractual documents, etc). Some observations
of
meetings, etc. may be beneficial to me depending on the circumstances.
Volunteer process
To get involved with this pilot study or to learn more about it, please
email me ([log in to unmask]). If you have any questions, please contact
me
as well.
And finally...
Thank you very much for considering participation in my pilot study. I
appreciate your interest, look forward to hearing from you, and would be
happy to answer any questions you might have.
Marisa Ponti
Bibliotekshögskolan / Swedish School of Library and Information Science
Högskolan i Borås / University College of Borås
SE-501 90 Borås
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