[Air-l] Academic traditions

[Caroline Haythornthwaite]

An interesting question. Can you give us some context -- more that general 
curiosity -- for the questions. Do you have a particular incident that generates 
you question, or a research project? Is this information for a research study or 
for academic practice? 

/Caroline



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>Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 14:33:23 +1000
>From: Suzana Sukovic <suzana.sukovic at uts.edu.au>  
>Subject: [Air-l] Academic traditions  
>To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org
>
>We agree that we are all learners, that students may be experienced 
>practitioners, and practitioners experienced researchers. An "early career 
>researcher" may be a 20+ person out of school or 50+ who starts an academic 
>career. Career paths aren't straight any more.
>
>Academic traditions in the humanities and social sciences (to make it more 
>manageable) aren't straight either, if they ever were. Someone asked a 
>question about references to online sources and people mentioned a regular 
>evaluation as a way to go. However, there are indications that referencing 
>practices develop in a complex negotiation with tradition in some academic 
>fields. At the same time, traditional academic genres are shifting to merge 
>a line between academic-creative, visual-textual, rational-emotional, 
>dramatically in some fields, slightly in others. Do you have examples for 
>these and other shifts? What does Internet do to change academia and its 
>traditions? There is a fair bit written on the topic, but I am interested 
>in your perceptions. What is it in shifting traditions that affects you as 
>an academic in your daily work?
>
>Suzana
>
>
>At 09:58 PM 18/05/2007, you wrote:
>Jeremy Hunsinger
>>I would also note that many members of this list are not either a
>>professor or ph.d. student.  We have many professionals and
>>practitioners.
>>
>>In regards to the issues of the 'imposter syndrome' in academia.
>>Which I've known people to express all the way through their
>>careers.  I know full professors who still don't think they 'belong',
>>'know what they are supposed to', and/or feel  like an imposter.
>
>Suzana 
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Caroline Haythornthwaite
Associate Professor
Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
501 East Daniel St., Champaign IL 61820