Biosketch: Ola Pilerot

I am a lecturer and PhD candidate at The Swedish School of Library and Information Science (SSLIS) at University of Borås where I teach within the field of information seeking, needs and use. My research interests concern information literacies in academia and scholarly information practices. Before joining SSLIS I worked as a librarian for more than 15 years, a career that was rounded of as deputy library director at Skövde University.

Current research activities/projects

In my dissertation project I am exploring the information practices of design science scholars and in particular their information sharing activities. The research object is approached from a practice-theoretical perspective with a threefold focus: information sharing in relation to ICTs; in relation to the socio-cultural context of this group of scholars; and in relation to the scholars’ epistemological backgrounds. A theoretically imbued key concept in my project is the idea that there is a reciprocal action between the activities of information sharing and the aforementioned foci. My main supervisor is Professor Olof Sundin. Assistant supervisor is Jan Nolin.

Recent publications

Pilerot, O. (2012). LIS research on information sharing activities - people, places, or information. Journal of Documentation. 68(4), pp. 559-581

Pilerot, O. & Lindberg, J. (2011). The concept of information literacy in policy-making texts: An imperialistic project?. Library Trends. 60(2), pp. 338-360

Pilerot, O. & Limberg, L. (2011). Information sharing as a means to reach collective understanding: a study of design scholars' information practices. Journal of Documentation. 67(2), pp. 312-333.

Pilerot, O. & Hedman, J. (2009). Är informationskompetens överförbar? [Is information literacy transferable?]. In: B. Hansson & A. Lyngfelt (Eds.), Pedagogiskt arbete i teori och praktik: Om bibliotekens roll för studenters och doktoranders lärande. Lund: BTJ förlag, pp. 7-44.

Pilerot, O. (2009). Högskolestudenters informationskompetens [University students' information literacy]. In: Hedman, J. & Lundh, A. (Eds.), Informationskompetenser: Om lärande i informationspraktiker och informationssökning i lärandepraktiker. Stockholm: Carlsson förlag, pp. 108-132.

Pilerot, O. (2009). Informationsanvändning ur ett referensanalytiskt perspektiv: konsekvenser för undervisning i informationssökning [Information use from a reference analytical perspective: consequences for information literacy education]. Svensk Biblioteksforskning/Swedish Library Research. 17(1), pp. 1-12.

Pilerot, O. (2008). Information-seeking and use. In: Thesis projects: a guide for students in computer science and information systems. London: Springer-Verlag, pp. 109-121.

Pilerot, O. (2008). Improve your learning and grade. In: Thesis projects: a guide for students in computer science and information systems. London: Springer-Verlag, pp. 42-45.