After a
B.A. Hons in
English, a
B.Ed., and an
MLIS from the
University of Western Ontario, Given completed a
PhD titled The social construction of the 'mature student' identity: effects and implications for academic information behaviours, also from UWO.[1]
Academic career
Given held multiple roles at
University of Alberta and
Charles Sturt University before moving to
Swinburne University of Technology to serve as Dean, Research and Development from 2017 to 2021.[2] In 2022, she began in her current role as Director, Social Change Enabling Capability Platform and Professor of Information Sciences at
RMIT University. While in Canada, she served as Director, International Institute for Qualitative Methodology from 2007 to 2009, where she was awarded lifetime status as a Distinguished Scholar in 2010.[3]
2021 Association for Information Science and Technology, SIG-USE Academy Fellow
2021
Swinburne University of Technology, Vice-Chancellor's Engagement Award - Community Engagement Team Award (co-awardee, Dr Wade Kelly)
2017
Canadian Association for Information Science - Overall Best Conference Paper Award for Interviews that attend to emplacement: The ‘walk-through’ method (co-authors, Sarah Polkinghorne and Lauren Carlson)
2004 University of Alberta, Coutts-Clarke Research Fellowship
2002 Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) – Methodology Paper Award for Data preparation using the principles of knowledge organization: A guiding model for quantitative, qualitative, and textual research methodologies (co-author, Hope A. Olson)
Ward, W., & Given, L.M. (2019). Assessing intercultural communication: Testing technology tools for information sharing in multinational research teams. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology 70(4): 338–350.
https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.24159
Given, L.M., & Willson, R. (2018). Information technology and the humanities scholar: Documenting digital research practices. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology 69(6):807-819.
https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.24008
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
Leckie, G.J., Given, L.M., & Buschman, J. (2010) Critical theory for library and information science: Exploring the social from across the disciplines. Libraries Unlimited/
ABC-Clio. Santa Barbara
Given, L. M., & Archibald, H. (2015). Visual traffic sweeps (VTS): A research method for mapping user activities in the library space. Library and Information Science Research 37(2):100-108.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lisr.2015.02.005
Given, L. M. (Ed.). (2008). The Sage encyclopedia of qualitative research methods.
SAGE Publications. Chicago
Sadler, E., & Given, L. M. (2007).
Affordance theory: a framework for graduate students' information behavior. Journal of Documentation, 63(1), 115–141.
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.
Selected Media
Given, Lisa M. 2021. “Facebook’s news is gone. Here’s where to turn for trusted information.” The Conversation.
Forcier, Eric and Lisa M. Given. 2019. “After 8 years of memes, videos and role playing, what now for Game of Thrones’ multimedia fans.” The Conversation.
Ankeny, Rachel and Lisa M. Given. 2018. “Creating research value needs more than just science – arts, humanities, social sciences can help.” The Conversation.