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I am a senior lecturer/associate professor in Information Studies and a member of the research group "Information practices: Communication,Culture and Society" and of ”The International Network on InformationLiteracy Research”. I am a teacher at the ALM Master program.
My research interests mainly follow three tracks. One concerns information practices and learning, more specifically information literacy or media and information literacy, in various settings. My thesis concerns information literacy related to evaluation of contraceptives. The second track concerns information practices within the context of sexual health in which I am now studying information practices around the administration ofHPV-vaccine in the Swedish school healthcare. The third track concerns cultural policy and particularly development of public libraries. Valid for all three tracks is an interest on how local practices take on a social function and significance.
Research
Research groups
Completed projects
- Young women's evaluation of information sources before choosing a contraceptive: information literacy practices
- Big Data – small meaning – global discourses
- Cultural Policies at public libraries in Scania (research leader)
- Encyclopaedias' Trustworthiness in the Digital Media Landscape
- Girlvirus? information practices regarding HPV-vaccination in Swedish school healthcare (research leader)
- Information practices regarding HPV vaccination in Swedish school healthcare (research leader)
- Public libraries as culture centers (research leader)
- Public libraries as culture centers, part 2 (research leader)
- Pufendorf ASG: How Evidence Based Practices Handle Conflicting Knowledge: the Case of Hormonal Contraceptives (CON-X) (research leader)
- Staffless libraries (research leader)
About the research
I am an Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer in Information Studies at the ALM section at the Department of Arts and Cultural Sciences at Lund University. I am a member of the research group "Information practices: Communication, Culture and Society" and of ”The International Network on Information Literacy Research”.
I have previously worked as pedagogue at a museum and as a high school librarian and I have an interest for questions concerning learning and outreach activities at institutions within the ALM-sector. I am a teacher at the ALM Master program.
My research interests mainly follow three tracks. One concerns information practices and learning, more specifically information literacy or media and information literacy, in various settings. My thesis concerns information literacy related to evaluation of contraceptives. The second track concerns information practices within the context of sexual and reproductive health. I am now studying information practices around the administration of HPV-vaccine in the Swedish school healthcare. The third track concerns cultural policy and particularly development of public libraries. Valid for all three tracks is an interest on how local practices take on a social function and significance.
Publications
Books (1)
Editorships (2)
- Rivano Eckerdal, J. & Sundin, O. (2014). (Eds.) Medie- och informationskunnighet i en biblioteks- och informationsvetenskaplig belysning. Svensk biblioteksförening.
- Kjellberg, S., Carlsson, H., Wiklund, G., Haider, J., Hanell, F., Lindh, K., Rivano Eckerdal, J., Sonestad, P. & Sundin, O. (2012). (Eds.) En vänbok till Birgitta Olander : tankar och erfarenheter från f d studenter. BIVILs skriftserie 2012:1. Lunds universitet.
Articles (12)
- Rivano Eckerdal, J. (2018). Equipped for resistance : an agonistic conceptualisation of the public library as a verb. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 69, 1405-1413. John Wiley & Sons.
- Rivano Eckerdal, J. (2017). Libraries, democracy, information literacy, and citizenship : An agonistic reading of central library and information studies’ concepts. Journal of Documentation, 73, 1010-1033. Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
- Rivano Eckerdal, J. & Hagström, C. (2017). Qualitative questionnaires as a method for information studies research. Information Research, 22. Professor Tom Wilson.
- Engström, L. & Rivano Eckerdal, J. (2016). In-between strengthened accessibility and economic demands : analysing self-service libraries from a user perspective. Journal of Documentation, 73, 145-159. Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
- Lindh, K. & Rivano Eckerdal, J. (2016). Livsdugliga data i gränslandet mellan vård, styrdokument och teknik. Socialmedicinsk tidskrift, 93, 297-305. Socialmedicinsk tidskrifts styrelsen/nätverk.
- Rivano Eckerdal, J. (2016). Qualitative research methods : Interviewing as a way of learning and knowing. Journal of the European Association for Health Information and Libraries, 12, 36-39. European Association for Health Information and Libraries.
- Rivano Eckerdal, J. (2015). Förståelser av HPV-vaccin mellan hälsopanik och tillit. Socialmedicinsk tidskrift, 92, 736-748. Socialmedicinsk tidskrifts styrelsen/nätverk.
- Rivano Eckerdal, J. & Sundin, O. (2015). Relocating the owl of wisdom : Encyclopaedias in a life-historical perspective. Nordisk tidsskrift for informationsvitenskab- og kulturformidling, 4, 21-34. Det Informationsvidenskabelige Akademi.
- Rivano Eckerdal, J. (2013). Empowering interviews : narrative interviews in the study of information literacy in everyday life settings. Information Research, 18, 10-10. Professor Tom Wilson.
- Rivano Eckerdal, J. (2012). Information sources at play: the apparatus of knowledge production in contraceptive counselling. Journal of Documentation, 68, 278-298. Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
- Rivano Eckerdal, J. (2011). To jointly negotiate a personal decision: a qualitative study on information literacy practices in midwifery counselling about contraceptives at youth centres in Southern Sweden. Information Research, 16. Professor Tom Wilson.
- Rivano Eckerdal, J. (2011). Young women choosing contraceptives: stories about information literacy practices related to evaluation and use of information sources. Dansk biblioteksforskning, 7, 19-31. Danmarks biblioteksskole.
Book chapters (5)
- Carlsson, H. & Rivano Eckerdal, J. (2018). Det osynliggjorda arbetet : konflikter och möjligheter för (folk)bibliotekariens kompetenser i en politiskt turbulent tid. BTJ Förlag.
- Rivano Eckerdal, J. & Åström, F. (2016). Talking infrastructures. The Department of Arts and Cultural Sciences, Lund University.
- Rivano Eckerdal, J. (2014). MIK och medborgarskap. In Rivano Eckerdal, J. & Sundin, O. (Eds.) (pp. 93-103). Svensk biblioteksförening.
- Rivano Eckerdal, J. & Sundin, O. (2014). Utmaningar och möjligheter : biblioteks- och informationsvetenskapliga bidrag till medie- och informationskunnighet (MIK). In Carlsson, U. (Ed.) (pp. 141-149). Nordicom.
- Sundin, O. & Rivano Eckerdal, J. (2014). Inledning : Från informationskompetens till medie- och informationskunnighet. In Rivano Eckerdal, J. & Sundin, O. (Eds.) (pp. 9-25). Svensk biblioteksförening.
Conference contributions (7)
- Rivano Eckerdal, J. & Carlsson, H. (accepted/in press). The plasticity of policies : contemporary opportunities and challenges when public libraries enact cultural policy.
- Rivano Eckerdal, J. (2016). Variations of information literacy and different views on democracy and citizenship.
- Rivano Eckerdal, J. (2016). Variations of information literacy and different views on democracy and citizenship.
- Rivano Eckerdal, J. & Hagström, C. (2016). Qualitative questionnaires as a method for information studies research.
- Rivano Eckerdal, J. (2015). Girl virus? : Information practices regarding HPV-vaccination in Swedish school healthcare environments. Conference NNHSH 2015 : Theme: Encounters between Nordic health, welfare and the global: Challenges and possibilities, 31-32. The Department of Arts and Cultural Sciences, Lund University.
- Rivano Eckerdal, J. (2013). Girl virus? : information practices regarding HPV-vaccination in Swedish school healthcare. Skrifter utgivna av Informationsvetenskap vid Åbo Akademi, 2, 217-221. Informationsvetenskap vid Åbo Akademi.
- Rivano Eckerdal, J. (2007). Young women evaluating information sources before choosing a contraceptive. Dimensions of information literacy and democracy. Information Research, 12. Professor Tom Wilson.
Reports (4)
- Rivano Eckerdal, J. & Carlsson, H. (2018). Styrdokumenten i vardagen : En undersökning av kulturpolitiska styr-dokuments strategiska och praktiska betydelse för folkbibliotek i fem skånska kommuner. Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper, Lunds universitet.
- Rivano Eckerdal, J. (2016). Glädjen i att tvingas tänka nytt : En studie av verksamhetsutveckling vid två folkbibliotek i Skåne. Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper, Lunds universitet.
- Johansson, G., Lindberg, E. & Rivano Eckerdal, J. (2015). Meröppna bibliotek – en verksamhetsform för alla?. Lunds universitet.
- Rivano Eckerdal, J. (2013). Att dela en helhetsbild : rapport från tre projekt i Skåne där folkbiblioteket som kulturhus utvecklas. Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper, Lunds universitet.
Miscellaneous (1)
Research portal (Lund University)
