Lisa M. Given
Born1970
Alma materUniversity of Western Ontario
Scientific career
ThesisThe social construction of the 'mature student' identity : effects and implications for academic information behaviours (2000)

Lisa Mae Given FASSA is a Canadian-Australian information studies academic. She is currently Director, Social Change Enabling Capability Platform and Professor of Information Sciences at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. She is Editor-in-Chief of the Annual Review of Information Science and Technology.

Education

After a B.A. Hons in English, a B.Ed., and an MLIS from the University of Western Ontario, Given completed a PhD titled The social construction of the 'mature student' identity: effects and implications for academic information behaviours, also from UWO.[1]

Academic career

Given held multiple roles at University of Alberta and Charles Sturt University before moving to Swinburne University of Technology to serve as Dean, Research and Development from 2017 to 2021.[2] In 2022, she began in her current role as Director, Social Change Enabling Capability Platform and Professor of Information Sciences at RMIT University. While in Canada, she served as Director, International Institute for Qualitative Methodology from 2007 to 2009, where she was awarded lifetime status as a Distinguished Scholar in 2010.[3]

A former member of the Australian Research Council's College of Experts (2011-2014), Given has served on several Boards of Directors, including: President of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) from 2017 to 2018; President of the Canadian Association for Information Science (CAIS) from 2006 to 2007; and Secretary/Treasurer for the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) from 2006 to 2009. She also served as a Panel Member for Canada's Interagency Advisory Panel on Research Ethics (2010-2012) and a member of the Expert Panel on Research Integrity for the Council of Canadian Academies.

Selected awards

Selected works

  • Polkinghorne, S., & Given, L.M. (2021). Holistic information research: From rhetoric to paradigm. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology. https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.24450
  • Ward, W., & Given, L.M. (2019). Assessing intercultural communication: Testing technology tools for information sharing in multinational research teams. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology 70(4): 338–350. https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.24159
  • Given, L.M., & Willson, R. (2018). Information technology and the humanities scholar: Documenting digital research practices. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology 69(6):807-819. https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.24008
  • Given, L.M. (2016). 100 questions (and answers) about qualitative research. SAGE Publications. Thousand Oaks
  • Case, D. O., & Given, L. M. (2016). Looking for information: A survey of research on information seeking, needs, and behavior (4th ed.). Emerald Group Publishing. Bingley
  • Leckie, G.J., Given, L.M., & Buschman, J. (2010) Critical theory for library and information science: Exploring the social from across the disciplines. Libraries Unlimited/ABC-Clio. Santa Barbara
  • Given, L. M., & Archibald, H. (2015). Visual traffic sweeps (VTS): A research method for mapping user activities in the library space. Library and Information Science Research 37(2):100-108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lisr.2015.02.005
  • Given, L. M. (Ed.). (2008). The Sage encyclopedia of qualitative research methods. SAGE Publications. Chicago
  • Sadler, E., & Given, L. M. (2007). Affordance theory: a framework for graduate students' information behavior. Journal of Documentation, 63(1), 115–141.
  • Given, L. M., & Leckie, G. J. (2004). "Sweeping" the library: Mapping the social activity space of the public library. Library & information science research, 25(4), 365–385.
  • Given, L. M., & Olson, H.A. (2003). Knowledge organization in research: A conceptual model for organizing data. Library & Information Science Research 25(2):157-176. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0740-8188(03)00005-7
  • Given, L. M. (2002). The academic and the everyday: Investigating the overlap in mature undergraduates' information–seeking behaviors. Library & information science research, 24(1), 17–29.

Selected Media

  • Given, Lisa M. 2021. “Facebook’s news is gone. Here’s where to turn for trusted information.” The Conversation.
  • Forcier, Eric and Lisa M. Given. 2019. “After 8 years of memes, videos and role playing, what now for Game of Thrones’ multimedia fans.” The Conversation.
  • Ankeny, Rachel and Lisa M. Given. 2018. “Creating research value needs more than just science – arts, humanities, social sciences can help.” The Conversation.

References

  1. ↑ "Education – Lisa M. Given, Ph.D". Lisagiven.com. 19 March 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "Academic Positions – Lisa M. Given, Ph.D". Lisagiven.com. 2 June 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "Distinguished Scholars | International Institute for Qualitative Methodology". www.ualberta.ca. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "34 leading social scientists elected to the Academy". Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. 9 November 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
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