02103nas a2200217   4500000000100000008004100001653003300042653002200075653002700097653003300124653003100157653003100188653001300219653003000232100002700262700001400289245005600303856015000359520135600509022002001865                                       d10aConcept of local information10acultural heritage10aInformation management10aIntangible cultural heritage10aSituated local information10aTangible cultural heritage10aThailand10aTypologies of information1 aPussadee Nonthacumjane1 aJan Nolin00aFour typologies for understanding local information  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85123126615&doi=10.1108%2fGKMC-05-2021-0083&partnerID=40&md5=f09b09bc16151d5a39be21aede9008403 aPurpose: This study aims to propose the four different typologies for understanding local information. Design/methodology/approach: This study applied a conceptual approach to analyze and clarify how the concept local information can be understood in wildly different ways. Furthermore, this study employed conceptual analysis of 36 studies. For the conceptual analysis, coding was applied to formulate and abstract four typologies for understanding local information with specific focus on the Thai cultural heritage setting. Findings: The four different typologies include local information as an array of different interpretations as diverse meanings of local, local information as cultural heritage, local information as subject of information management and situated local information. Research limitations/implications: This study mainly focuses relevant typologies for understanding local information in the Thai context. Originality/value: This study contributes and extends the literature in the local information field and the cultural heritage context. In addition, an eclectic strategy of using several alternative typologies for dealing with essentially contested concepts is suggested. This can be useful not only for supporting librarians working with local information but also in other practices dealing with broadly defined concepts.  a25149342 (ISSN)