Reblogged from Hack Library School:
Ashley's previous post on ethnography got me thinking about a topic that has been buzzing around in my mind--the importance of context for information and for learning. While Ashley focused on learning the tools of a different discipline, anthropology, for direct use in librarianship (i.e., librarian as ethnographer), I wonder how much can be expected of librarians in terms of knowledge about the communities and knowledge contexts in which they work.