October 2, 2025Library trends

Genres as Shape: Forms, Norms, and Connoisseurship

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Genre is used as a communication device to aid interpretation and signal community participation.
Effective knowledge organization through genres has been challenging, affecting content categorization.
User studies highlight the importance of genre as an information shape for practical applications.
Library and information studies should cultivate connoisseurship in their organizational practices despite dominant genre theories.

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This paper discusses the role of genre in knowledge organization, highlighting user experience and connoisseurship in library practices.

Andrew Dillon (2025) studied this question.

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