Human information behavior / guest editors Amanda Spink and Allen Foster.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Spink, Amanda.

Foster, Allen.

Series:

Journal of Documentation ; 63, no. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Information behavior.

Human behavior.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 v.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bradford, England : Emerald Group Publishing, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Information behavior studies are a growing body of research that highlights the importance of information for everyone in the information age. This e-book presents an international and diverse range of studies and insights into the current state of theories and models of information behavior. There is an emphasis on the social\personal\human dimensions of information seeking using social science methods and theoretical frameworks. The studies particularly draw on the methods and theories of anthropology, sociology and psychology to produce interpretations of the way in which information is experienced in the lives of individuals working as critical care nurses in a medical environment, the information seeking behavior of the visually impaired, the social interactions within knitting circles in public libraries, and attempts to apply information behavior theory to the design of information solutions. Collectively the papers contribute more generally to our understanding of information behavior theory and models, including the medical and retrieval contexts.

Contents:

Cover

CONTENTS

EDITORIAL BOARD

Introduction

Can two established information models explain the information behaviour of visually impaired people seeking health and social care information?

Knowledge of information behaviour and its relevance to the design of people-centred information products and services

A grounded theory model of on-duty critical care nurses' information behavior

What is enough? Satisficing information needs

Purls of wisdom

Affordance theory: a framework for graduate students' information behavior

Information creation and the notion of membership

Note from the publisher.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

1-280-84733-6

9786610847334

1-84663-353-2

OCLC:

228168926