About
Areas of expertise: interactiv information retrieval, knowledge organization, scholarly communication, open science, open access
Fields of study
Academic disciplines
Library and information science Social sciences Knowledge retrieval and organisation Information and communication systems Bibliometrics
Subject areas
Information architecture Information retrieval Open Access Ontology Information seeking behaviour Open access Knowledge organization Open Access Scholarly communication Open Science Open science
Research groups
Research projects
Completed research projects
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Polyvocal Interpretations of Contested Colonial Heritage (PICCH)
PICCH aims to identify key instances of colonial audio-visual heritage across the three archives and open up a dialogue between the archives and a variety of users.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Holm Soelseth, Camilla
;
Bøyum, Idunn
;
Colbjørnsen, Terje
;
Pharo, Nils
;
Tallerås, Kim
(2025).
Public libraries on TikTok – emerging platform vernaculars of communication and distribution.
Information, Communication & Society.
https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2025.2461644
Pharo, Nils
;
Borlund, Pia
(2025).
The use of bibliographic and cultural metadata - how to investigate users' information search behaviour.
Hanssen, Jens Morten; Furuseth, Sissel (Ed.).
The Hermeneutics of Bibliographic Data and Cultural Metadata. p. 175-203.
Nasjonalbiblioteket.
https://issuu.com/nasjonalbiblioteket/docs/the_her
Borlund, Pia
;
Pharo, Nils
; Liu, Ying-Hsang
(2024).
Information searching in cultural heritage archives: a user study.
Journal of Documentation.
https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-06-2023-0120
Kvale, Live Håndlykken
;
Pharo, Nils
; Darch, Peter Thomas
(2023).
Sharing Qualitative Interview Data in Dialogue with Research Participants.
9 p.
Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology.
Vol. 60.
https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.783
Borlund, Pia
;
Pharo, Nils
; Liu, Ying-Hsang
(2023).
Scholars’ Searching for Audio-Visual Information in Archives.
View : Journal of European Television History and Culture.
Vol. 12.
https://doi.org/10.18146/view.302
Bøyum, Idunn
;
Byström, Katriina
;
Pharo, Nils
(2021).
Is the reference desk used for reference interviews.
Reference Services Review.
Vol. 49.
https://doi.org/10.1108/RSR-11-2020-0066
Kvale, Live
;
Pharo, Nils
(2021).
Understanding the Data Management Plan as a Boundary Object through a Multi-stakeholder perspective.
International Journal of Digital Curation.
https://doi.org/10.2218/ijdc.v16i1.746
Berget, Gerd
; MacFarlane, Andrew;
Pharo, Nils
(2020).
Modelling the information seeking and searching behaviour of users with impairments: Are existing models applicable?.
Journal of Documentation.
Vol. 77.
https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-04-2020-0049
Byström, Katriina
;
Pharo, Nils
(2019).
Information artefacts.
Byström, Katriina; Ruthven, Ian; Heinström, Jannica (Ed.).
Information at Work - Information management in the workplace. p. 103-126.
Facet Publishing.
https://doi.org/10.29085/9781783302772.006
Borlund, Pia
;
Pharo, Nils
(2019).
A need for information on information needs.
Information research.
Vol. 24.
http://www.informationr.net/ir/24-4/colis/colis190