Approaches to exploring the information worlds of women engineering students

Woods, L. orcid.org/0000-0002-9703-6610 (2024) Approaches to exploring the information worlds of women engineering students. In: Kurbanoğlu, S., Špiranec, S., Boustany, J., Ünal, Y., Şencan, I., Kos, D., Grassian, E., Mizrachi, D. and Roy, L., (eds.) Information Experience and Information Literacy: 8th European Conference on Information Literacy, ECIL 2023, Kraków, Poland, October 9–12, 2023, Revised Selected Papers, Part I. 8th European Conference on Information Literacy, ECIL 2023, 09-12 Oct 2023, Krakow, Poland. Communications in Computer and Information Science, CCIS 2042 . Springer Cham , pp. 178-185. ISBN 9783031530005

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This paper explores the application of two theoretical approaches within Library and Information Science (LIS) literature, and critically reviews them for inclusion within a proposed PhD study. The two approaches are Women’s Ways of Knowing, a model of women’s epistemological development; and intersectional feminism, an inclusive and holistic approach to feminist research. The paper outlines both concepts, presents a critical literature review of their application in LIS research, and identifies their potential future use both within the proposed PhD study, and within LIS research more broadly.

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Authors/Creators:	Woods, L. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9703-6610
Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information:	© 2024 The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in Information Experience and Information Literacy: 8th European Conference on Information Literacy, ECIL 2023, Kraków, Poland, October 9–12, 2023, Revised Selected Papers, Part I. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy.
Keywords:	Information behaviour; Women’s Ways of Knowing; undergraduate engineering; feminist research
Dates:	Accepted: 2 September 2023 Published (online): 1 February 2024 Published: 1 February 2024
Institution:	The University of Sheffield
Academic Units:	The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Information School (Sheffield)
Depositing User:	Symplectic Sheffield
Date Deposited:	26 Sep 2023 15:31
Last Modified:	05 Feb 2024 09:38
Status:	Published
Publisher:	Springer Cham
Series Name:	Communications in Computer and Information Science
Refereed:	Yes
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-53001-2_16

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