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This paper discusses the relevance of hermeneutical interpretivism for Library and Information Science research. It surveys the literature that relies on a hermeneutical framework, points to divisions and gaps in this literature, and outlines a systematic and integrative hermeneutical framework that addresses these problems and opens up new venues for future Library and Information Science research.Cet article discute de la pertinence de l’interprétativisme herméneutique pour la recherche en bibliothéconomie et en sciences de l'information. Il passe en revue la littérature qui s'appuie sur un cadre herméneutique, indique des divisions et des lacunes dans cette littérature et définit un cadre herméneutique systématique et intégratif apte à traiter ces problèmes et à ouvrir de nouvelles possibilités pour la recherche future en bibliothéconomie et en sciences de l'information.

Having been invoked as a disturbing factor in recent elections across the globe, fake news has become a frequent object of inquiry for scholars and practitioners in various fields of study and practice. My article draws intellectual resources from Library and Information Science, Communication Studies, Argumentation Theory, and Discourse Research to examine propagandistic dimensions of fake news and to suggest possible ways in which scientific research can inform practices of epistemic self-defense. Specifically, the article focuses on a cluster of fake news of potentially propagandistic import, employs a framework developed within Argumentation Theory to explore ten ways in which fake news may be used as propaganda, and suggests how Critical Discourse Research, an emerging cluster of theoretical and methodological approaches to discourses, may provide people with useful tools for identifying and debunking fake news stories. My study has potential implications for further research and for literacy practices. In particular, it encourages empirical studies of its guiding premise that people who became familiar with certain research methods are less susceptible to fake news. It also contributes to the design of effective research literacy practices.

This paper focuses on knowledge sharing as an important area in the study of knowledge management (KM). The paper's primary goal is to examine how health-care practices employ knowledge sharing tools and processes to the benefit of their daily work processes. In addition, the study seeks to understand how knowledge sharing would contribute to practices' performance. Adopting a qualitative approach, four health care practices were selected from within a research network to represent larger and smaller practices with different performance levels, two high-performing practices (HP) and two low-performing practices (LP), using standard clinical and health care practice measures. Data collection and analysis involved several iterative steps including interviews and field notes of observations. Four case studies were developed reflecting how each practice implemented knowledge sharing tools and processes and how this implementation influenced performance. The study found that all of the four practices manifested and implemented knowledge sharing tools including knowledge artifacts; sharing social tools, meetings, and communication channels; and processes including training and apprenticeship and communities of practices; however, the level of implementation varied among the four practices. A comparison of the high-performing and lowperforming practices showed that even though the high-performing practices implemented and invested more in knowledge sharing, knowledge sharing processes and tools were not completely integrated throughout the practices including the high performing ones. Moreover, in all practices there was little evidence of encouragement to efficiently use knowledge sharing tools either among staff members or between patients and the practice.Many of the studies investigating knowledge sharing focus on three main aspects: technology, processes, and people. Executives place a stronger emphasis on the role of people in enhancing organizations' ability to compete based on knowledge (Ruggles, 1998). Knowledge sharing is a people-to-people process (Ryu, Ho, and Han, 2003). Still, knowledge sharing is often difficult to implement because people are sometimes reluctant to share knowledge that is perceived to be valuable and important, and look suspiciously upon knowledge from others (Davenport and Prusak, 1998). Changing this natural tendency is the biggest impediment to the knowledge sharing processes.Research related to knowledge sharing and changing work relationships among professionals in health care has begun to emerge (Stefanelli, 2004;Ryu et al., 2003). Ryu et al. (2003) proposed a model for knowledge sharing behavior using existing theories in social psychology. In their study, the authors showed how social psychology theoriesincluding the Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA) and the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) -can be used to explain the knowledge sharing behavior of physicians. The study found physicians' subjective norms-i.e. their beliefs about how people they care about will perceive the behavior ...

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