Temporal Aspects in Museum and Library Professionals’ Work in the Context of Acceleration of Social Time

Krista Lepik

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Abstract

This article explores how the acceleration of social time shapes the everyday work of museum and library professionals in Estonia and Sweden. Informed by theories on social acceleration and principles of constructivist grounded theory, 34 semi-structured in-depth interviews were carried out. The ‘symptoms’ of the acceleration of social time create several temporal tensions in organizations, therefore, various tactics can be applied to cope with the time-related issues in work. Moreover, focusing on the multiplicity of temporal aspects in work enables a better understanding of potential time-related problems between various professionals within and in relation to museums and libraries.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInformation Literacy in a Post-Truth Era - 7th European Conference on Information Literacy, ECIL 2021, Revised Selected Papers
EditorsSerap Kurbanoğlu, Sonja Špiranec, Yurdagül Ünal, Joumana Boustany, Denis Kos
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media B.V.
Pages278-289
Number of pages12
ISBN (Print)9783030998844
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022
Event7th European Conference on Information Literacy, ECIL 2021 - Virtual, Online
Duration: 2021 Sept 202021 Sept 23

Publication series

NameCommunications in Computer and Information Science
Volume1533 CCIS
ISSN (Print)1865-0929
ISSN (Electronic)1865-0937

Conference

Conference7th European Conference on Information Literacy, ECIL 2021
CityVirtual, Online
Period2021/09/202021/09/23

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Information Studies

Free keywords

  • Acceleration of social time
  • Libraries
  • Museums

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