Lisa M. Given

Lisa Mae Given is a Canadian-Australian information studies academic. She is currently Associate Dean, Research and Development, for the Faculty of Health, Arts and Design at Swinburne University of Technology.[1]

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)
Doctoral advisorGloria J. Leckie

Academic career

After a B.A. Hons in English, a B.Ed. and an MLIS from University of Western Ontario, Given completed a PhD entitled The social construction of the 'mature student' identity : effects and implications for academic information behaviours, also from UWO.[2] Given held multiple roles at University of Alberta and Charles Sturt University before moving to Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia.[3]

Given served as President of the Board of Directors of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) from 2017 to 2018.[4]

Selected works
  • 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
  • Given, L. M. (Ed.). (2008). The Sage encyclopedia of qualitative research methods. Sage Publications. Chicago
  • 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. (2002). The academic and the everyday: Investigating the overlap in mature undergraduates' information–seeking behaviors. Library & information science research, 24(1), 17–29.
  • Sadler, E., & Given, L. M. (2007). Affordance theory: a framework for graduate students' information behavior. Journal of Documentation, 63(1), 115–141.

References
  1. Swinburne University of Technology. "Professor Lisa Given". www.swinburne.edu.au/. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. "Education – Lisa M. Given, Ph.D". Lisagiven.com. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  3. "Academic Positions – Lisa M. Given, Ph.D". Lisagiven.com. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  4. ASIS&T. "Board of Directors". Asist.org. Retrieved 1 March 2019.


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