Information Studies Research and Education at the University of Oulu, Finland

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1 Information Studies Research and Education at the University of Oulu, Finland Dr. Terttu Kortelainen University Lecturer Faculty of Humanities University of Oulu

2 Content Research in Information Studies Information Studies Degree Programme Master s Degree Programme in Science Communication

3 Research Areas Health information behavior and practices Evaluation research Science communication Information and knowledge management Documentation and librarianship

4 Research on Health Information Practice and its Impact Since 2008 in multidisciplinary projects Focus on information behaviour and its ability to increase the impact of health information in health communication in preventive health care related to health disorders and diseases caused by lifestyle (e.g. obesity and diabetes type 2). Studies include: Developing and testing a tool for measuring Health Information Literacy (HIL) Augementing behaviour change models with concepts of information behaviour and practices in the context of physical activity/excersice and weight maintenance Tailoring of health information on the basis of physiological measures of health status and information behaviour Creating patient value in care of obese children and youth at two Finnish univeristy hospitals Funded by the Academy of Finland, EU-EARK, TEKES, Ministry of Education, etc. and conducted together with Åbo Akademi University and various

5 Evaluation Research Evaluation of usability in different development projects of web services Evaluation of the impact of a development project of Library 2.0 services Usability evaluatoin methods, link analysis, analysis of attention data in social media, survey Funded by European Social Fund, Ministry of Education and Culture,

6 Knowledge Management Renewal and personal mastery. A case study approach Knowledge creation in organization settings in the light of Gadamer s philosophy and his concept of play

7 Research Topics and Themes of Documentation and Librarianship Semiotics, facet analysis, FRBR, and other structural approaches within bibliography and content representation Knowledge organisation and communicational structures of fictive and other special documentation Hermeneutics within bibliographic and educational librarianship

8 Analysis of public debate cocerning an attempt to silence critical opinions in energy related issues (peat, nuclear energy) Science Communication (1): Silenced Researchers Silenced Researchers - The Case of VTT Technical Research Centre Limitations of the scientists' freedom of expression and censorship of science

9 Science Communication (2): Scientific Communication Presence of Facebook, Twitter, blogs, YouTube and other interactive social media tools on scientific journal web pages Attention data in the social media tools of scientific journals: like, comment, follow, tweet, share, view

10 Development Project Desire to Read / Lukuinto ( ) (1) Aims to: Create a working model for educators, librarians and parents to enhance their awareness, knowhow and resources in the field of reading and literacies Support children s and adolescents (6-16 years) literacy skills and desire to read, their interest and capability to diverse reading and writing, and their use of different texts and media content Promote children s and adolescents access to information content (information skills and media

11 Development Project Desire to Read / Lukuinto ( ) (2) The target groups are children and adolescents, teachers, librarians and parents. Will create a network for actors in the field of libraries, schools, publishers, authors and cultural societies An operations model and training format will be developed and nationally distributed A theme year will be nationally organized Conducted jointly with the Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Oulu, funded by the Ministry of Education and Culture, Finland

12 Annual Intake of Students In the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Oulu since major subject students leading first to a BA and then to a MA degree Science Communication 15 MA degree students every second year

13 Degrees Grant both formal and practical qualifications for specialist work (e.g. design of information services in libraries, information management and service units or research institutions) 50% of graduates employed in libraries and 50% in private sector

14 Structure and Content of Degree Programme (300 ECTS credits) Studies concerning the creation, production, organization, seeking, retrieval, dissemination and sharing, usage and impact of information in different environments of human activity and society Research-based education Practical training Free choice of minor subject studies

15 Education of Pedagogical Information Specialists From 2012 Flexible study path in cooperation with the Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Oulu

16 Master's Degree Programme in Science Communication Organised and run jointly by History of Science and Ideas and Information Studies at the Faculty of Humanities Since ECTS; M.A. Degree in two years. Communication research studies science studies; communication

17 The University of Oulu Graduate School (UniOGS) Permission for doctoral studies can be applied in accordance with the regulations of the UniOGS Member of the national research programme in Communications Studies (VITRO) Information Studies is among the seven Centres of Excellence in Research in the University of Oulu nominated by the Research Assesment Exercise (RAE) in Research and Doctoral Studies

18 International Collaboration (1) North-South-South Library and Information Studies Network (N-S-S LIS Network) funded by CIMO and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland Partners: University of Namibia, University of the Western Cape (Republic of South Afroca), University of Dakar (Senegal), University of Tumaini Dar es Salaam College (Tanzania), School of Library, Archives and Documentation Studies (Tanzania) University of Oulu, Åbo Akademi University,

19 N-S-S LIS Network aims to Develop knowledge society based on the use of modern ICT Develop university education and research in LIS Enhance quality of life and learning and sustainable development in the African countries involved Provide student and teacher exchanges, network meetings, intensive courses, joint research opportunities

20 International Collaboration (2) Universities involved in the Nordic Research School in Information Studies (NORSLIS) University of Sheffield, UK University of Kentucky, USA University of Tsukuba, Japan University of Vilnius, Lithuania University of Iceland, Iceland

21 Enwald, H. P. K., Niemelä, R. M., Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi, S., Leppäluoto, J., Jämsä, T., Herzig, K.-H., Oinas-Kukkonen, H. and Huotari, M.-L. A. (2011). Human information behaviour and physiological measurements as a basis to tailor health information. An explorative study in a physical activity intervention among prediabetic individuals in Northern Finland. Health Information & Libraries Journal, 29(2), Selected Publications (1) Askola, K., Toshimori, A. & Huotari, M.-L. (2010). Cultural differences in the health information environments and practices between Finnish and Japanese university students. Information Research, 15(4) paper 451. [Available at Ek, S., Eriksson-Backa, K., Niemelä, R. & Huotari, M.-L.(2011).Patterns of gender differences in health information behaviour and body mass index (BMI): findings from a Finnish population-based study. In: Papanikos, GT (ed.). Health Economics, Management & Policy. Abstract Book from the 10th Annual International Conference on Health Economics, Management & Policy June Athens Institute for Education and Research, Athens, Greece. Pp [ Enwald H., Huotari M.-L. (2010) Preventing the Obesity Epidemic by Second Generation Tailored Health Communication: An Interdisciplinary Review. Journal of Medical Internet Research(JMIR),12 (2), e24.

22 Selected Publications (2) Eriksson-Backa, K., Ek, S., Niemelä, R. & Huotari, M.-L. (2012) Health information literacy in everyday life: A study of Finns aged years. Health Informatics Journal,18(2): Hirvonen, N. & Huotari, M.-L. (2011). Understanding information practices in an e-health intervention. The case of preventing cardiovascular diseases in Northern Finland. In: Peter A. Bath, Dimitri A. Raptis, Barbara A. Sen (Eds.) The Fifteenth International Symposium for Health Information Management Research ISHIMR 2011 Zurich, Switzerland. Pp Hirvonen, N., Huotari, M.-L., Niemelä, R. & Korpelainen, R. (2012). Information behavior in stages of exercise behavior change. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (JASIST), 63(9), (fortcoming) Huotari, M.-L., Eriksson-Backa, K., Enwald, H., Askola, K., Känsäkoski, H., Niemelä, R. & Ek, S. (2011). Health information practice and its impact. An integrative approach to prevent obesity and metabolic syndrome. In: Peter A. Bath, Dimitri A. Raptis, Barbara A. Sen (Eds.) The Fifteenth International Symposium for Health Information Management Research ISHIMR 2011 Zurich, Switzerland. Pp

23 Selected Publications (3) Huotari, M.-L. (2010). Knowledge creation and use in organizations. In Marcia J. Bates and Mary Niles Maack (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences, 3 rd edition. New York: Taylor & Francis Group. Available at and Karvonen, E. (2011). Tieteen ja liiketoiminnan periaatteet törmäyskurssilla: sensuroiko VTT tutkijoitaan? [Principles of science and business on a collision course: is state research center censoring its researchers?] Journalismikritiikin vuosikirja 2011, p Karvonen, E. (2011). Viestintätaidot ja tiedeviestintä 2.0. [Communication Skills and Science Communication 2.0] - Tieteessä tapahtuu 29 (2), Karvonen, E. (2011). Tiedeviestintä 2.0 ympäristössä [Science Communication in the 2.0 Environment]. Tiedetoimittaja (3/ 2011),

24 Selected Publications (4) Karvonen, E. (2011). Julkkispoliitikko median suurennuslasissa. [Celebrity Politician at Magnifying Glass of the Media] Teoksessa: Koivunen, Anu & Mikko Lehtonen (toim.). Kuinka meitä kutsutaan? Kulttuuriset merkityskamppailut nyky-suomessa. Tampere: Vastapaino Karvonen, E. (2009). Poliitikot julkkiksina: huomioita viihteellistyvästä poliitikkojulkisuudesta. [Politicians as Celebrities: Notes on Entertainmentization of the Political Public Sphere] Tiedotustutkimus. 5/2008. ss Karvonen, E. (2009). Entertainmentization of the European Public Sphere and Politics. In: Wessels, Bridgette and Jackie Harrison (eds.): Mediating Europe: New Media, Mass Communications and the European Public Sphere. New York and Oxford: Berghahn Books. Pp Kortelainen, T. & Katvala, M. (2012) Everything is plentiful except attention. Attention data of scientific journals on social media tools. Journal of Informetrics 6 (4), (fortcoming)

25 Selected Publications (5) Kortelainen, T., Rohkimainen, S., Haapaniemi, M., Kronqvist-Berg, M. & Saraste, M. (2012) Virtual Path and Häme-Wiki as Examples of Library 2.0 Services in Finland. Library and Information Science Trends and Research: Europe. Ed. by A. Spink & J. Heinström. Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. (forthcoming) Kurttila-Matero, E., Huotari, M.-L. & Kortelainen, T. (2010). Conceptions of teaching and learning in the context of a school library project. Preliminary findings of a follow-up study. Libri: International Journal of Libraries and Information Services, 60, Kurttila-Matero, E., Huotari, M.-L. & Kortelainen, T. (2011). Sustaining the new operational culture of schools in the City of Oulu, Finland. In Luisa Marquardt and Dianne Oberg (Eds.) Global Perspectives on School Libraries: Projects and Practices. IFLA Publications. (forthcoming) Kurttila-Matero E, Huotari M.-L. & Kortelainen T. (2011) A new operational culture: The case of the School library in the information society project in the City of Oulu. In: Global Perspectives on School Libraries: Projects and Practices. Marquardt L & Oberg D (eds). IFLA Publications 148: Berlin/New York, De Gruyter Saur.

26 Selected Publications (6) Niemelä, R., Ek, S., Eriksson-Backa, K. & Huotari, M.-L. (2012). A screening tool for assessing everyday health information literacy. Libri: International Journal of Libraries and Information Services 62(2): Niemelä, R., Huotari, M.-L., Kortelainen, T. (2012). Enactment and use of information and the media among older adults. Library & Information Science Research (LISR), 34(3),

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