Making Sense of Art as Information

This study uses sense-making perspective to uncover and evaluate art-making and display processes for the purpose of developing art-as-information as an area of interest for Library and Information Science scholarship. Findings derived by examining assumptions about information, art, the work of artists, the behavior of people engaged in exhibition and appreciation of art, and materials that accompany arts activities show that visual art is indeed a source of information. As a consequence, Library and Information Science could benefit from further study of art-as-information, particularly as new, holistic models of information are emerging that reflect the complexity of information need, seeking, and use and the contexts that surround these events.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Library and Information Science

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Tidline, Tonyia J.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Elizabeth Hearne

• Library Science

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI3111650

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/81531