From readers’ advisory to literary advocacy – a conceptual exploration

IF 0.7 4区 管理学 Q3 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE Information Research-An International Electronic Journal Pub Date : 2022-10-25 DOI:10.47989/colis2233
Kjell Ivar Skjerdingstad, Knut Oterholm
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This article departs from an observation that current practices of readers advisory (litteraturformidling) in public libraries tend to prioritize readers’ demands, taste, or contextual matters on the expense of literature itself. We ask what it means to put literature first and how research can underpin such practices. In a conceptual and exploratory study departing from Gerard Genette’s work on the paratext we draw inter alia on theory of literature, pragmatic philosophy, and the legislation on public libraries. By way of conceptual inquiries, we analyse what it would mean for the libarian to advocate works, collections, and other cultural artefacts in the library. We have developed an understanding of literary advocacy foregrounding five methodological devices: 1) listening carefully to literature; 2) talking on behalf of literature by articulating the reading experience; 3) addressing the reader as one that wishes to discover and find new ways of seeing; 4) cultivating the art of selection; and 5) attending to the democratic mandate of libraries and taking a position. Professional librarianship in terms of literary advocacy would mean to negotiate democratic values relative to the singularity of the work and relative to all the selections the advocate has to make. Our result then points towards a “tool” for professional research on the literary practices of public libraries too.
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从读者咨询到文学倡导——一种概念探索
这篇文章是从一个观察出发的,即公共图书馆当前的读者咨询(文学引导)倾向于优先考虑读者的需求、品味或语境问题,而牺牲文学本身。我们想知道把文献放在首位意味着什么,以及研究如何支持这种做法。本文从文学理论、实用主义哲学和公共图书馆立法等方面出发,对公共图书馆进行了概念性和探索性的研究。通过概念性的调查,我们分析了图书馆管理员在图书馆倡导作品、收藏和其他文化文物意味着什么。我们发展了对文学倡导的理解,强调了五种方法:1)仔细倾听文学;2)通过阐述阅读体验,代表文学说话;3)将读者定位为希望发现和找到新的观看方式的人;4)培养选择的艺术;5)服从图书馆的民主授权,表明自己的立场。就文学倡导而言,专业图书馆意味着与作品的独特性和倡导者必须做出的所有选择相关的民主价值观进行谈判。我们的研究结果也为公共图书馆文学实践的专业研究提供了一个“工具”。
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Information Research-An International Electronic Journal
Information Research-An International Electronic Journal INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE-
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1.20
自引率
12.50%
发文量
62
审稿时长
45 weeks
期刊介绍: Information Research, is an open access, international, peer-reviewed, scholarly journal, dedicated to making accessible the results of research across a wide range of information-related disciplines. It is published by the University of Borås, Sweden, with the financial support of an NOP-HS Scientific Journal Grant. It is edited by Professor T.D. Wilson, and is hosted, and given technical support, by Lund University Libraries, Sweden.
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