[NORSLIS] Reminder: Doctoral course: Theories in Library and Information Science

[Katriina Byström]

Theories in Library and Information Science - Selected perspectives on
libraries, literature and knowledge organization 
10 ECTS
 
Autumn 2016
 
Course structure: independent studies and two meetings in Oslo (3-7
October and 7-9 December, 2016). 
 
Course description: The content of this doctoral study course is based
on selected fields of contemporary research in the library and
information science (LIS). It is designed to Nordic and Baltic LIS
doctoral students, but also suitable for doctoral students in LIS in any
other part of the world or in related research areas. The emphasis is
laid on following research themes: Metaviews in LIS; Information and
society; Mediation of literature and culture; Perspectives from
reception theory and sociology of literature; Knowledge organization &
Knowledge management; Scholarly communication and Scientometrics;
Information behaviour, practices and litteracies; Archival records and
document genres; and Information retrieval& interactive information
retrieval. The course is focused on the active research fields, the
lectures are delivered by internationally established Scandinavian
researchers, and the required literature is inclined to reputable
research published in English language. However, students may enrich the
course with literature in other languages.
 
The practical schema of the course is planned to facilitate
international students' course participation. The course is delivered at
the Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, Oslo,
Norway, and it combines lectures and seminars on campus with independent
studies of literature as well as with written submission and oral
presentation. The course is given in English.
 
Course responsible: Katriina Byström (Katriina.Bystrom at hioa.no)
 
Submit your application at latest by September 1, 2016 at:
http://www.hioa.no/eng/Studier-og-kurs/SAM/Ph.d/Bibliotek-og-informasjonsvitenskap/Programplan-for-Ph.d.-program-i-bibliotek-og-informasjonsvitenskap-2015/PBIB9000-Theories-in-Library-and-Information-Science
For administrative questions, please contact: Lisbeth Rise
(Lisbeth.Rise at hioa.no)
 
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