Introduction: Pleasurable Pursuits: Leisure and LIS Research

Fulton, Crystal; Vondracek, Ruth

doi:10.1353/lib.0.0061

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“…Since the development of Savolainen's ELIS framework numerous studies have been conducted with an emphasis on diverse hobby-related ELIS, focusing on specific hobbyists, such as online museum visitors (Skov, 2013), genealogists and family historians (Fulton & Vondracek, 2009;Yakel, 2004), people who read for pleasure (Ross, 1999), gourmet cooks (Hartel, 2003;2006;, knitters (Prigoda & McKenzie, 2007), food bloggers (Cox & Blake, 2011), motor sport enthusiasts (Joseph, 2016) and different types of collectors (Case, 2009;Lee & Trace, 2009 Similarly, Gunton (2011) used Bruce's definition of IL as "informed learning" (i.e. a way of using information to learn) to investigate how members of the church community experience and engage with information for the pursuit of spiritual wellness and the cultivation of lifelong learning.…”

Section: Information Literacy For Leisure and Community Activitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Towards an everyday life information literacy mind-set: a review of literature

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Abdi

2017

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Purpose Information literacy (IL) within the everyday life context is regarded as an important condition for civic participation and engagement, informed citizenship, health and well-being. However, compared to the significant amount of IL research within educational and workplace settings, there has been relatively little research in relation to the value of IL within everyday life situations. The purpose of this paper is to explore existing empirical research that addresses aspects of IL within the context of everyday life, identifying current gaps in the literature, highlighting key theoretical positions, and mapping trends. Design/methodology/approach The review has been conducted in the form of a scoping study that aims to map the key concepts underpinning this research area and the main sources and types of evidence available. It is based on journal literature reporting primary research, published from 2000 to 2016 and sourced from a range of different databases covering IL research. Findings IL practices take place within diverse everyday life contexts. The key research directions have been categorised into four broad contextual areas, encompassing leisure and community activities, citizenship and the fulfilment of social roles, public health and critical life situations. These point to the need for developing an IL mind-set which is discussed as an adaptive, transferable and ongoing activity that transgresses the boundaries of prescribed skills within the specific contexts of work and education. Originality/value This research area is still in its infancy and more varied contexts need to be explored to nurture a robust understanding of the use and impact of IL in people’s everyday lives. The paper also highlights the implications of the lack of IL and identifies the key players in the advocacy of IL within different everyday life settings.

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Section: Information Literacy For Leisure and Community Activitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Towards an everyday life information literacy mind-set: a review of literature

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Abdi

2017

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“…Information sharing within a nonwork context has received less attention (Savolainen, , p. 1). Research within LIS concerning leisure dates back to the 1980s (Fulton & Vondracek, , p. 612), with more recent works including Hartel (, ), Ross (, ), Burnett (), Chang (), Fulton (, ), Elsweiler, Wilson, and Kirkegaard Lunn (), and Stebbins (). The term “casual leisure” is used by Stebbins (, p. 18) to describe those leisure activities that are “immediately, intrinsically rewarding, relatively short‐lived pleasurable activit[ies] requiring little or no special training to enjoy.” The majority of LIS research concerning information behavior in leisure has focused on serious leisure (challenging and complex hobbies or amateur pursuits), with casual leisure typically viewed as more frivolous, trivial, and banal (Stebbins, , pp.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Sharing “happy” information

Tinto

Ruthven

2015

Asso for Info Science & Tech

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This study focusses on the sharing of 'happy' information; information that creates a sense of happiness within the individual sharing the information. We explore the range of factors motivating and impacting upon individuals' happy information sharing behaviour within a casual leisure context through 30 semi-structured interviews. The findings reveal that the factors influencing individuals' happy information sharing behaviour are numerous, and impact upon each other. Most individuals considered sharing happy information important to their friendships and relationships. In various contexts the act of sharing happy information was shown to enhance the sharer's happiness.

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“…Hartel notes that all leisure activities involve information seeking behaviour to some degree [18]. In this way, leisure research is closely related to studies of information behaviour, as reflected in the special issue of Library Trend on leisure studies [14].…”

Section: General Leisure Researchmentioning

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Understanding casual-leisure information needs

Elsweiler

Mandl

Lunn

2010

Proceedings of the Third Symposium on Information Interaction in Context

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In this paper, we provide novel research on information behaviour and information needs in the context of television viewing. We conducted a diary study of a heterogeneous population (n=38), in the non-work related activity of watching television, and we received 381 responses. From the collected responses, we used a bottom-up approach to generate coding schemes for the needs and reasons given for those needs, respectively. Subsequently, 4 coders tested the coherency of the coding schemes by coding 50 random needs and reasons, and this revealed a large consistency in the use of the schemes. Our findings reveal important aspects of information behaviour in the context of television viewing and show how the characteristics of information needs can be different in leisure or non-work situations. We also found that contextual factors are very influential in relation to the needs and reasons. With these findings we provide important knowledge in relation to future television information systems design.

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Introduction: Pleasurable Pursuits: Leisure and LIS Research

Cited by 16 publications

References 11 publications

Towards an everyday life information literacy mind-set: a review of literature

Towards an everyday life information literacy mind-set: a review of literature

Sharing “happy” information

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