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The fourth speaker in SIS' Fall 2009 Speaker Series is Lorie Kloda, Ph.D. candidate in the School of Information Studies. Ms. Kloda has been awarded the Doctoral Award for Research and Professional Excellence, 2009, from the 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ Education Graduate Students’ Society; the World Book Graduate Scholarship in Library and Information Science, 2009-2010, from the Canadian Library Association; a Doctoral Fellowship, 2008, from the Thomson Scientific/Medical Library Association (MLA); and a Bourse de doctorat en recherche, 2007-2010, from the Fonds québécois de la recherche sur la société et la culture (FQRSC).

Title of Talk: Qualitative methodology in information behaviour research

Since the 1980s, researchers have increasingly taken qualitative approaches to study information behaviour. This presentation will provide an overview of the causes and consequences of the shift from quantitative to qualitative approaches in information behaviour research. Kloda will illustrate the reasons for the shift, as well as some of the consequences, by referring to her own decision to take a purely qualitative approach in her dissertation research.

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The purpose of the SIS' Speaker Series is to give Ph.D. and masters students in the School of Information Studies a behind-the-scenes glimpse at research and the research process. There are four speakers in the Fall term and another four speakers in the Winter 2010 term. Students and faculty from the Faculty of Education as well as the wider 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ community are invited to attend.