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Information Literacy Practices of Researchers in Workplace Information Ecologies

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Information Literacy in the Workplace (ECIL 2017)

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The paper explores information literacy practices of researchers in the context of information ecologies. Selected examples of information behavior studies of researchers and workplace information literacy are reviewed. Information ecologies in workplaces are explained. Findings of a qualitative study of 19 researchers in Slovakia are presented based on methodology of semi-structured interviews and concept mapping. Two concept maps representing issues of barriers and values in information practices are outlined. Findings suggest that multidimensional factors influence workplace information ecologies, mainly disciplinary cultures, values and tasks. Barriers include administrative overload, disintegration of sources and lack of funding. Main values include deep motivation and development of knowledge. Workplace information ecologies can improve research infrastructures and models of information literacy practices.

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The paper was developed as part of the research projects VEGA 1/0066/15 Modeling of the information environment of digital scholarship and HIBER, APVV 0508-15.

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  3. University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

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Steinerová, J. (2018). Information Literacy Practices of Researchers in Workplace Information Ecologies. In: Kurbanoğlu, S., Boustany, J., Špiranec, S., Grassian, E., Mizrachi, D., Roy, L. (eds) Information Literacy in the Workplace. ECIL 2017. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 810. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74334-9_4

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