Library and Information Science Research and Neurodiversity: So Much Potential if We'd Just Apply Ourselves

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dc.contributor.advisorJaeger, Paul Ten_US
dc.contributor.advisorSt. Jean, Bethen_US
dc.contributor.authorHoffman, Kelly M.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentLibrary & Information Servicesen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-10T05:31:30Z
dc.date.available2023-10-10T05:31:30Z
dc.date.issued2023en_US
dc.description.abstractNeurodivergent people consistently face less optimal outcomes than neurotypical people in education, their careers, and other areas of life. Anecdotally, personal knowledge management (PKM) is a useful tool for neurodivergent individuals. However, there is sparse research involving the information practices of neurodivergent adults in the field of library andinformation science (LIS). A survey with both close-ended and open-ended questions, partially based on Dervin's Sense-Making Methodology (Dervin, 1992, 2000), was distributed online and received over 300 self-identifying neurodivergent participants. The results indicated that neurodivergent people use PKM most heavily in the Learning, Job, and Everyday domains for the purposes of Managing Tasks and Projects, Building Knowledge, Creating, and Self-Improvement. Common PKM activities engaged included Storing Information and Using It Later, Remembering What Needs to be Done, Understanding and Ideating, and Planning and Prioritizing. The most helpful benefits of PKM that were described were Connecting Ideas, Improving Thinking, and Having Fun. Overall, key themes regarding neurodivergent individuals’ PKM usage included Reducing Stress, Memory, and Externalizing. These findings provide a foundation for a much-needed LIS research agenda exploring the PKM practices of neurodivergent adults.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/dspace/vleg-qb2h
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/30894
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledInformation scienceen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledADHDen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledautismen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledknowledge managementen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledneurodivergenceen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledneurodiversityen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledpersonal knowledge managementen_US
dc.titleLibrary and Information Science Research and Neurodiversity: So Much Potential if We'd Just Apply Ourselvesen_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US

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