Faculty Publications
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
March 2018
Publication Title
College & Research Libraries
Volume
79
Issue Number
2
First Page
222
Last Page
236
DOI
10.5860/crl.79.2.222
Disciplines
Library and Information Science
Abstract
Vignettes, brief descriptions of fictional characters and situations, serve as a tool to study people’s lives, perceptions, beliefs, and attitudes about specific situations. Although not widely used in library and information science (LIS) research, vignettes can depersonalize responses to controversial situations or behavioral responses related to abstract concepts when employed in focus groups, in-depth interviews, or surveys. We use two research projects, one focused on the Association of College and Research Libraries’ Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education and one on the vocabulary used to describe library services, to discuss the strengths of vignettes and implications for LIS research.
Recommended Citation
Allison Benedetti, John Jackson, and Lili Luo. "Vignettes: Implications for LIS Research" College & Research Libraries (2018): 222-236. https://doi.org/10.5860/crl.79.2.222
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