see also: http://henryjenkins.org/blog/2018/3/1/the-state-of-fandom-studies-2018-introduction

Henry Jenkins. 🙂

No worries.

@saganw I need to make a note of that language. Thanks. we will be revising assignments this summer.

@wendyl No worries. 🙂

@shabibi Fan communities have some interesting research. I have had successful papers on the information behaviors of fans of all types.

If someone write a text book and cited my articles on librarian’s professional development, that textbook would be a secondary source.

@saganw @rderocchis We start Module 4 tomorrow that covers this question. It does seem a little confusing. I would say original research published in an LIS journal (I have one under revision now based on a survey I conducted) is a primary source. I found this too:

https://umb.libguides.com/PrimarySources/secondary

Useful.

@kristaneth This is interesting. You would need to define the community clearly and have LIS research to draw from. Have you investigated “coders” as an information community to see what info behaviors studies there are? You could include the ethics angle for sure.

@amnumber There are LIS/Information Science studies related to the information needs and behaviors of gamers. I don’t know what is out there concerning the developer side. Perhaps take a look via the LIbGuide and see what is out there and what might be manageable.

@wendyl You can pull from the literature related to teen information behavior as well as the literature in LIS devoted to seeking information about pregnancy and health.

@anitamc Then change makes sense. You may not find LIS studies related specifically to the information behaviors of people with Neurofibromatosis, but you can apply general health information seeking studies, etc.