Autoethnography: Our Stories, Our Research

Authors

Anne-Marie Deitering, Oregon State University LibrariesFollow
Robert Schroeder, Portland State UniversityFollow
Rick Stoddart, University of IdahoFollow

Document Type

Presentation

Publication Date

4-20-2016

Subjects

Ethnology -- Authorship

Abstract

Autoethnography is a research method, whereby researchers investigate aspects of what it means to be a librarian. Starting with a reflective examination of themselves they investigate questions of library culture, values and identity. Autoethnography has potential to help librarians answer questions that cannot be answered by traditional, empirical research methods and to reveal voices that are obscured by aggregations of data. Autoethnography blends art and science and is at turns evocative, analytical, and creative. It can help us look deeply into our library culture, critique it where need be, transform ourselves, and ultimately inspire us to change librarianship for the better.

Description

Presentation at Oregon Library Association Conference, Bend OR, April 22, 2016.

Persistent Identifier

http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/19542

Citation Details

Deitering, A., Schroeder, R., Stoddart, R. "Autoethnography: Our Stories, Our Research" Oregon Library Association Conference (2016).