interventions
My work aims to be an imaginative, energetic, and committed form of intervention in the field of library and information science (LIS). I believe a different character of LIS is possible, one that moves beyond pragmatic concerns with information resources and technologies to consider positive and upbeat information phenomena across the entire human experience. I have committed myself to promoting that vision through the substance of my research into information within leisure, pleasurable, or profound contexts (Kari & Hartel, 2007). To the same end, my ideas are expressed and packaged in non-standard forms of presentation that are playful and accessible to all. I hope to be a catalyst, endeavouring to inspire and encourage the field of LIS to explore new areas, import new methods (Hartel & Thomson, 2011), break out of traditional boxes in which it conducts its research, and entertain new possibilities. Though all my work is interventionist in character, the most vivid examples are: iSquare research on information, Metatheoretical Snowmen (Hartel, 2012a), Welcome to Library and Information Science (Hartel, 2012b), The (Gingerbread) House of Information, and Limericks on Plagiarism.
REFERENCES
Hartel J. (2012a). Metatheoretical snowmen: A Pedagogical gedankenexperiment in Information metatheory. Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, August/September, 39-44.
Hartel, J. (2012b). Welcome to library and information science. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 53(3), 165-175.
Hartel, J., & Thomson, L. (2011). Visual approaches and photography for the study of immediate information space. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 62(11), 2214-2224.
Kari, J., & Hartel, J. (2007). Information and higher things in life: Addressing the pleasurable and the profound in Information Science. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 58(8), 1131-1147.
REFERENCES
Hartel J. (2012a). Metatheoretical snowmen: A Pedagogical gedankenexperiment in Information metatheory. Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, August/September, 39-44.
Hartel, J. (2012b). Welcome to library and information science. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 53(3), 165-175.
Hartel, J., & Thomson, L. (2011). Visual approaches and photography for the study of immediate information space. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 62(11), 2214-2224.
Kari, J., & Hartel, J. (2007). Information and higher things in life: Addressing the pleasurable and the profound in Information Science. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 58(8), 1131-1147.
