Sanna Talja

Department of Information Studies
University of Tampere, Finland

HOMEPAGE
CV & BIO
FULL TEXT PAPERS
TEACHING


CURRENT RESEARCH

computing skills
and expertise

digital libraries:
use and infrastructure

scholarly communities: information and
collaboration practices

research methods epistemic schools
and issues in information science

library discourses
and their historical formation

music libraries


I am a lecturer in knowledge organization and knowledge management at the Department of Information Studies, University of Tampere. My current research concentrates on scholarly communities' information and collaboration practices.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Dept. of Information Studies,
Kanslerinne 1, Pinni A,
FIN-33014 University of Tampere
email sanna.k.talja@uta.fi>
gsm. +358 (0)40 595 8919
office +358 (0)3 215 8062
fax +358 (0)3 215 6560

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

[LINK TO CV FOR FULL LIST OF PUBLICATIONS]

Talja, S., Vakkari, P., Fry, J. & Wouters, P. (2007) The impact of research cultures on the use of digital library resources. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology.

Talja, S. & McKenzie, P. J. (2007). Editors' introduction: Special issue on discursive approaches to information seeking in context. Library Quarterly 77(2, April).

Talja, S. & Hartel, J. (2007) Revisiting the user-centered turn in information science research: An intellectual history perspective. CoLIS 6: The Sixth Conference on Conceptions of Library and Information Science, "Featuring the Future", August 13-16, 2007, Borås, Sweden. To appear in Information Research.

Fry, J. & Talja, S (2007). The intellectual and social organization of academic fields and the shaping of digital resources. Journal of Information Science 33(2), 115-133.

Talja, S. (2007) Scholarly communities and computing expertise: The role of formal and informal learning. Advances in Library Admistration and Organization 25, 261-282.

Kautto, V. & Talja S. (2007) Disciplinary socialization: Learning to evaluate the quality of scholarly literature. Advances in Library Admistration and Organization 25, 33-59.

Reijonen, I. & Talja, S. (2006) Information sharing practices in multidisciplinary research groups. In: Guerrero-Bote, V.P. (ed) Current Research in Information Sciences and Technologies: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Global Information Systems, Vol. 1., 461-465. Bajadoz: Open Institute of Knowledge.

Vakkari, P. & Talja, S. (2006). Searching for electronic articles to support academic tasks: A case study of the use of the Finnish National Electronic Library (FinElib). Information Research 12(1) October 2006, .[LINK TO JOURNAL]

Tuominen, K., Savolainen, R. & Talja, S. (2005) Information Literacy as a Socio-technical Practice. Library Quarterly, volume 75, 329–345

Vakkari, P. & Talja, S (2005) The influence of the scatter of literature on the use of electronic resources across disciplines: A case study of FinElib. In Rauber, A., Christodoulakis, S., & Min Tjoa, A. (Eds) Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries: 9th European Conference, ECDL 2005. Lectures Notes in Computer Science, 3652, 207-217.

Talja, S. & Hansen, P. (2005). Information sharing. In A. Spink & C. Cole (Eds.): New Directions in Human Information Behavior. Dordrect: Springer. 113-134.

Talja, S (2005). Users' library discourses. In: New Frontiers in Public Library Research. Ed. C-G Johannsen & L. Kajberg. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press.

Talja, S. (2005) The domain analytic approach to scholars' information practices. In: Theories of information behavior: A researcher's guide. Ed. K. Fisher, S. Erdelez, L. McKechnie. Medford, NJ. Information Today. In press.

Tuominen, K., Talja, S, & Savolainen, R. (2005) The social constructionist viewpoint on information practices. In: Theories of information behavior: A researcher's guide . Ed. K. Fisher, S. Erdelez, L. McKechnie. Medford, NJ . Information Today. In press.

Talja, S., Tuominen, K. & Savolainen, R. "ISMS" in information science. Journal of Documentation,  61(1), 79-101. [ABSTRACT] [FULL TEXT]



Talja, S. Savolainen, R. & Maula, H. (2004) Field differences in the use and perceived usefulness of scholarly mailing lists. Information Research 10 (xx, October 2004), xx. [LINK TO JOURNAL]

Talja, S. (2004) The social and discursive construction of computing skills. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 56 (1), pp. 13-22. Published Online: 17 Aug 2004 DOI: 10.1002/asi.20091. [ABSTRACT] [PRE-PRINT]

Fry, J. & Talja, S (2004): The cultural shaping of scholarly communication: Explaining e-journal use within and across academic fields. In: ASIST 2004: Proceedings of the 67th ASIST Annual Meeting, Vol. 41. Medford , NJ.: Information Today. [FULL TEXT PDF]

Talja, S & Maula, H (2003). Reasons for the use and non-use of electronic journals and databases: a domain analytic study in four scholarly disciplines. Journal of Documentation 59(6), 673-691. [FULL TEXT PDF] [ABSTRACT]

* Highly Commended Paper Award

Tuominen, K., Talja, S. & Savolainen, R. (2003): Multiperspective digital libraries: The implications of constructionism for the development of digital libraries. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 54(6), 561-569. [ABSTRACT]

Talja, S (2003). Supporting scholars' collaboration in document seeking, retrieval and filtering. Proceedings of the Workshop on Computer Supported Scientific Collaboration, Eight European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, Helsinki , Finland , September 2003. Ed. H. Karasti, K. Baker, G. Bowker. Oulu : University of Oulu , Department of Information Processing Science, Research papers A34. 49-55. [ABSTRACT]

Tuominen, K & Talja, S & Savolainen, R (2002). Discourse, cognition and reality: Towards a social constructionist metatheory for library and information science. - Emerging frameworks and methods: Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Conceptions of Library and Information Science (CoLIS4), Seattle, WA , July 21-25. Toim. Raya Fidel, Harry Bruce, Peter Ingwersen & Pertti Vakkari. Greenwood Village, Co.: Libraries Unlimited, 271-283. [ABSTRACT]

Talja, S. (2002): Information sharing in academic communities: Types and levels of collaboration in information seeking and use. New Review of Information Behavior Research 3, 143-159. [FULL TEXT PDF]

Talja, S. (2001): Music, culture, and the library: an analysis of discourses. Lanham. Md. : Scarecrow Press.

Talja, S. (1999): Analyzing qualitative interview data: The discourse analytic method. Library & Information Science Research 21 (4): 459-477. [ABSTRACT] [FULL TEXT PRE-PRINT]

Talja, S. & Keso, H. & Pietiläinen, T. (1999): The production of context in information seeking research: A metatheoretical view. Information Processing and Management 35, 751-763. [FULL TEXT PDF]

Talja, S., Heinisuo, R., Kasesniemi, E-L, Kemppainen, H, Luukkainen, S, Pispa, K. & Järvelin, K. (1998): Discourse analysis of user requests. C ommunications of the ACM 41(4): 93-94.

Talja, S (1997): Constituting "information" and "user" as research objects. A theory of knowledge formations as an alternative to the information man -theory. In: Vakkari, P., Savolainen, R. & Dervin, B. (eds.) Information Seeking in Context . London : Taylor Graham. 67-80. [FULL TEXT HTML]

Talja, S., Heinisuo, R., Pispa K., Luukkainen, S. & Järvelin, K. (1997): Discourse analysis in the development of a regional information service. In Beaulieu, M., Davenport, E. & Pors, N.O. (eds.) LIS Research and Professional Practice . Proceedings of the 2nd British-Nordic Conference on Library and Information Studies, Edinburgh , March 24 - 26. London: Taylor Graham. 109-128. [FULL TEXT HTML] [ABSTRACT]


In Finnish

Talja, S. & Tuuva, S. (Eds.) (2003) Tietotekniikkasuhteet: Kulttuurinen näkökulma. [Relationships with computers: A cultural viewpoint] Tietolipas 195. Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura.

Talja, S. (2003) Tietotekniikkaminuus - miten se rakentuu? [IT selves - how are they formed?] In Talja, S. & Tuuva, S. (Eds.) Tietotekniikkasuhteet: Kulttuurinen näkökulma. Tietolipas 195. Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura.

Talja, S. & Tuuva, S. (2003) Alkusanat [Foreword]. In Talja, S. & Tuuva, S. (Eds.) Tietotekniikkasuhteet: Kulttuurinen näkökulma. Tietolipas 195. Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura. [FULL TEXT PDF]

Talja, S. (2003) Tietotekniikan omaksumisen sosiaaliset ja kulttuuriset käytännöt yliopistoyhteisössä. Informaatiotutkimus 22(1): 2-14. [FULL TEXT PDF]

Talja, S. & Maula, H. (2002) Virtuaalikirjastojen rooli tutkijoiden tiedonhankintakäytännöissä. Informaatiotutkimus 21(2): 35-50. [FULL TEXT PDF]

Kasesniemi, E-L & Talja, S (1997): Sisälle kirjastosysteemiin: Kirjastonkäytön noviisiongelmat ja käyttäjäkoulutuksen merkitys. Informaatiotutkimus 16(3): 75-84.[FULL TEXT HTML]

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