Literary critics at work and their information needs: A research-phases model |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa;2. Department of Computer Science, University of Cape Town, South Africa;3. Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research, CSIR Meraka, South Africa;1. Raymond G. Perelman Center for Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA;2. Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA;3. Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Facility, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA;4. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA;5. Department of Mathematics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA;1. Department of Agronomy, University of Rostock, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 6, 18055 Rostock, Germany;2. Chair of Plant Breeding, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Betty-Heimann-Str. 3, 06120 Halle/Saale, Germany;1. Department of Hematology and Oncology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico;2. School of Medicine, Universidad Veracruzana, Veracruz, Mexico |
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| Abstract: | This article focuses on the information needs of literary critics when producing literary criticism. A fundamental aspect of this research, the six-stage model of producing literary criticism, was developed from interviews with literary critics. Using a mail survey, the model was tested and substantiated. The research-phases model provides the context to understand the function of information at each of the identified stages of literary criticism, that is, idea generation, preparation, elaboration, analysis and writing, dissemination, and further writing and dissemination. The model is contrasted with research-phases models of other disciplines. This holistic approach, linking information functions to research stages, advances the study of information-seeking behavior in context. |
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