Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Where is Search in Information Literacy? A Theoretical Note on Infrastructure and Community of Practice

  • Conference paper
  • First Online:
Sustainable Digital Communities (iConference 2020)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNISA,volume 12051))

Included in the following conference series:

Abstract

In this conceptual paper theory of infrastructure is combined with one of situated learning, with a focus on search and search engines. The aim of the paper is to make a theoretical contribution to the information literacy research field by discussing theoretical contradictions as well as strengths when combining the two theoretical perspectives. Search engines and their use are part of the contemporary information infrastructure and are a such often not thought of when being used. It is argued that a critical perspective on information literacy in relation to search seems to demand that they are treated as situated and general at the same time. The paper concludes that sociomaterial perspectives on information literacy research offers both infrastructures and practices a place.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 84.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Notes

  1. 1.

    The research complies with the ethical guidelines in Good Research Practice (Swedish Research Council, 2017); the research project has been reviewed by Swedish Ethical Review Board for the South of Sweden and according to their decision it does not fall under the Swedish Research Act (203:460).

References

  1. Swedish National Agency for Education: Curriculum for the compulsory school, preschool class and school-age educare (Lgr11), Stockholm (2018)

    Google Scholar 

  2. Sundin, O., Haider, J., Andersson, C., Carlsson, H., Kjellberg, S.: The search-ification of everyday life and the mundane-ification of search. J. Doc. 73(2), 224–243 (2017)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. Haider, J., Sundin, O.: Invisible Search and Online Search Engines: The Ubiquity of Search in Everyday Life. Routledge, Abingdon (2019)

    Book  Google Scholar 

  4. Bowker, G.C.: The history of information infrastructures: the case of the international classification of diseases. Inf. Process. Manag. 32(1), 49–61 (1996)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. Bowker, G.C., Star, S.L.: Sorting Things Out: Classification and Its Consequences. MIT Press, Cambridge (2000)

    Google Scholar 

  6. Star, S.L., Ruhleder, K.: Steps toward an ecology of infrastructure: design and access for large information spaces. Inf. Syst. Res. 7(1), 111–134 (2015[1996])

    Google Scholar 

  7. Orlikowski, W.J.: Sociomaterial practices: exploring technology at work. Organ. Stud. 28(9), 1435–1448 (2007)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  8. Noble, S.U.: Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism. NYU Press, New York (2018)

    Book  Google Scholar 

  9. Hoofnagle, C.J.: Beyond Google and evil: how policy makers, journalists and consumers should talk differently about Google and privacy. First Monday 14(4) (2018). https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2326/2156

  10. Rogers, R.: Digital Methods. MIT Press, Cambridge (2013)

    Book  Google Scholar 

  11. Golebiewski, M., Boyd, D.: Data voids: where missing data can easily be exploited. Data and Society (2018). https://datasociety.net/output/data-voids-where-missing-data-can-easily-be-exploited/

  12. Lave, J., Wenger, E.: Situated Learning: Legitimate Peripheral Participation. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (1991)

    Book  Google Scholar 

  13. Schatzki, T.R.: Practice theory: an introduction. In: Knorr-Cetina, K., von Savigny, E., Schatzki, T.R. (eds.) The Practice Turn in Contemporary Theory, pp. 1–14. Routledge, Abingdon (2001)

    Google Scholar 

  14. Hicks, A.: The theory of mitigating risk: information literacy and language-learning in transition. Högskolan i Borås, Borås (2018)

    Google Scholar 

  15. Limberg, L., Sundin, O., Talja, S.: Three theoretical perspectives on information literacy. Hum. IT: J. Inf. Technol. Stud. Hum. Sci. 11(2) (2012). https://humanit.hb.se/article/view/69/51

  16. Lloyd, A.: Recasting information literacy as sociocultural practice: implications for library and information science researchers. Inf. Res. 12(4) (2007). http://InformationR.net/ir/12-4/colis34.html. Paper colis34

  17. Tuominen, K., Savolainen, R., Talja, S.: Information literacy as a sociotechnical practice. Libr. Q. 75(3), 329–345 (2005)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  18. Van Couvering, E.: The history of the Internet search engine: navigational media and the traffic commodity. In: Spink, A., Zimmer, M. (eds.) Web Search. Information Science and Knowledge Management, vol. 14, pp. 177–206. Springer, Heidelberg (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-75829-7_11

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Lund University, 221 00, Lund, Sweden

    Olof Sundin

Authors
  1. Olof Sundin
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Olof Sundin .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway

    Anneli Sundqvist

  2. OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway

    Gerd Berget

  3. University of Boras, Boras, Sweden

    Jan Nolin

  4. OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway

    Kjell Ivar Skjerdingstad

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2020 Springer Nature Switzerland AG

About this paper

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this paper

Sundin, O. (2020). Where is Search in Information Literacy? A Theoretical Note on Infrastructure and Community of Practice. In: Sundqvist, A., Berget, G., Nolin, J., Skjerdingstad, K. (eds) Sustainable Digital Communities. iConference 2020. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12051. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43687-2_29

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43687-2_29

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Cham

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-030-43686-5

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-030-43687-2

  • eBook Packages: Computer ScienceComputer Science (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation