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- The field of research into human information behaviour is
rapidly growing in significance within a wide range of disciplines,
from information management and librarianship through to marketing,
media studies, information systems design and consumer research.
This important new collection of papers, presented to the Second
International Conference on Research in Information Needs, Seeking
and Use, held at the University of Sheffield, has an impressive
range - including, amongst many other themes, information research
in the health care sector, citizenship information needs, adolescents'
choices of media, the Internet as an information source, and
the information seeking behaviour of varied urban communities.
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- Characterised by the new emphasis on understanding the motivating
influences which drive information seeking behaviour, rather
than on the use of particular systems, these papers provide insights
into the barriers and difficulties which people experience in
gaining access to information. What is notable here, therefore,
is a new attempt to bridge the sometime gap between researchers
in the human information behaviour community and the information
systems research community. A very large body of research is
reported in this volume - highlighting new theoretical perspectives
and incorporating innovative methodological approaches. It is
essential reading for all involved in the vital field of information
research.
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- ISBN 0 947568 75 1
- 1999
- £65.00/US$120.00
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