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October 2, 2025Library trends

Genres as Shape: Forms, Norms, and Connoisseurship

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

Key Points

  • 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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Andrew Dillon (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68de68ea83cbc991d0a2148fhttps://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2025.a970674
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