On the two conceptualizations of information experience as an object of study: a response to Yu and Liu

Abstract

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to further the scholarly discussion of information experience as an object of study, including how this research area fits into library and information studies more broadly.Design/methodology/approachA conceptual discussion of certain issues raised in Yu and Liu's recent paper in this journal.FindingsWhile Yu and Liu seem to suggest that only a priori information experience research belong in library and information science (LIS), this paper suggests that a priori and a posteriori research have a synergistic relationship and both have a home in LIS.Originality/valueThis paper clarifies how the two conceptualizations of information experience as an object of study relate to each other, as well as how these relate to information experience as a research approach, and how all this fits within the metadisciplinary field of LIS.