%0 Journal Article
%T Webbaserad anv ndarundervisning: Ett forum f r f rhandlingar om bibliotekariers professionella expertis [Web Based User Education]
%A Olof Sundin
%J Human IT: Tidskrift f£¿r Studier av IT ur ett Humanvetenskapligt Perspektiv
%D 2005
%I H?gskolan i Bor?s
%X This article investigates web-based user education, considering it as a forum where the shaping of librarians¡¯ professional expertise is negotiated. By conveying a profession¡¯s knowledge on the Web, it is possible to define and emphasise those ¡°problems¡± that the profession is striving to solve. The aim of the article is to present various approaches to the expertise of university librarians as conveyed by the librarians¡¯ pedagogical working methods. The empirical basis for the study is an analysis of 31 web-based guides to information seeking, available at Nordic higher education and research libraries.The content of the web-based user education is presented and discussed in terms of twelve recurrent themes. Then, four approaches to user education are characterised: a source-oriented approach, a behaviour-oriented approach, a process-oriented approach and a communication-oriented approach. The approaches convey different definitions of important concepts such as information, information seeking, and user, and a point of departure for this article is that these approaches have practical consequences for the user education.
%U http://www.hb.se/bhs/ith/3-7/os.pdf