Leisure and Its Relationship to Library and: Information Science: Bridging the Gap

• DOI: 10.1353/lib.0.0064
• Publication Date: 2012-07-09T21:12:26Z
• Authors: Robert A. Stebbins
• Keywords: Casual; Leisure studies; Sociology of leisure; Leisure time

The serious leisure perspective is introduced and its relationship to library information science (LIS) set out. twofold: the offers a distinctive approach both research practice in this discipline. That is, bridges critical gap that has separated fields of LIS studies, manifested as scant concern with central interest other. This bridged by providing first conceptual framework for understanding activities, which can help guide researchers practitioners working on retrieval dissemination bearing such activities. theoretic structure synthesizes three main forms leisure. Serious systematic pursuit an amateur, hobbyist, or volunteer core activity captivates participant challenges complexity. Casual immediately, intrinsically rewarding, relatively short-lived pleasurable activity, requiring little no special training enjoy it. Project-based refers short term, reasonably complicated, one-shot occasional, though infrequent, creative undertaking carried out free time. most complex these three, offering thereby richest lode mine. vehicle systematically exploring people's use during