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  • Immersive Information Behaviour: using the documents of the future
    New Library World, 2015
    Co-Authors: Lyn Robinson
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    Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present the case for studies of Information Behaviour in the use of immersive documents. Immersive documents, where unreality is perceived as reality, arise from a combination of rapidly developing technologies and applications: pervasive and networked Information, multi-sensory interaction and the creation of participatory texts. Design/methodology/approach – A critical and selective analysis of relevant literature is presented. Findings – Immersive documents are likely to have a significant effect on library/Information service provision, as it is to expected that novel Information Behaviours will emerge as these documents become widely used. Studies of immersive Information Behaviour and practices will be valuable in planning for how library/Information services can best provide access to such documents, and may also guide the development of such documents. They may also contribute to the development of Information Behaviour research generally, and to better in...

  • Information Behaviour of music record collectors
    Information Research, 2014
    Co-Authors: Paul Margree, Andrew Macfarlane, Ludovica Price, Lyn Robinson
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    Introduction: Using Stebbins's concept of 'serious leisure' and Savolainen's concept of 'everyday life Information practices', this study explores the Information Behaviour of music record collectors. Method: An ethnographic approach was used for the study; the main data collection instrument was in-depth, semi-structured interviews with eight record collectors based in and around London, carried out in participants' homes, combined with photographs of their collections and observation of their use of preferred Websites. Analysis: Qualitative analysis was carried out on the survey, with triangulation through conversations with other record collectors, visits to record shops, and examination of some Websites named by participants. Results: The results reveal distinctive Information Behaviour for record collectors, with specialist knowledge, and a variety of Information sources. The Internet has had, and continues to have, a profound effect on both Information gathering and acquisition. Conclusions: The study shows that record collectors are exemplars of serious leisure practitioners, with distinct Information Behaviour. The results add to the knowledge of serious leisure as a topic for study within Information science.

  • Informational balance: slow principles in the theory and practice of Information Behaviour
    Journal of Documentation, 2014
    Co-Authors: Liz Poirier, Lyn Robinson
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    Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether the principles of the Slow Movement may be applied to Information Behaviour. Design/methodology/approach – The study uses three methods: a literature analysis and synthesis; a Delphi study; and a focus group. All are carried out in accordance with Slow principles, to assess the value of Slow in the conduct of the research itself. Findings – Slow principles are applicable to both the theory and practice of Information Behaviour. They allow theory to be more realistic by encompassing a broader range of Behaviours than those included in most established models of Information Behaviour and Information literacy, particularly Behaviours relating to temporal and experiential factors. The use of Slow principles in Information practice may help to overcome problems relating to personal Information management. The notion of “Informational balance” stems from Slow ideas and is a useful concept for theory and practice. Research limitations/implications – T...

  • Slow Delphi: An investigation into Information Behaviour and the Slow Movement
    Journal of Information Science, 2013
    Co-Authors: Elizabeth Poirier, Lyn Robinson
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    As part of a wider study of the relevance of the principles and practices of the Slow Movement to the Information disciplines and professions, a Delphi study was carried out with 17 researchers in Information Behaviour and practices. A novel variant of the Delphi technique, termed the Slow Delphi, was devised for this study. This is aimed at eliciting qualitative understanding of complex conceptual topics, where there are a variety of perspectives and positions to be considered. The results of the study show a variety of points of potential applicability of Slow principles in research into Information Behaviour and practices, and in Information provision. These include: more explicit inclusion of a temporal dimension in Information Behaviour models; greater recognition of the importance of the tempo of Information seeking; more critical consideration of speed and scale as factors in the Information environment; and the potential for individuals to exercise greater control over their Information environment.

Christine Urquhart - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Chapter 3 Meta-Synthesis with Information Behaviour Research
    Library and Information Science, 2011
    Co-Authors: Christine Urquhart
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    Meta-synthesis of the research evidence adds value to the process of literature reviewing, providing useful knowledge for researchers, practitioners and policymakers. The aim of the chapter is to explain what meta-synthesis involves and how it illuminates our understanding of concepts. Previous papers on meta-synthesis (by the author) have reviewed research strategies in Information Behaviour research and methods for meta-synthesis, discussed application of meta-synthesis to research on Information Behaviour of women, and proposed methods suitable for integrating Information literacy research. Meta-synthesis methods have been applied to many areas of social science research. The literature review examines how to reduce the risks involved in suitable for integrating qualitative research or qualitative and quantitative research; outlines the main approaches used in meta-synthesis before explaining the processes used in a meta-synthesis of research on Information Behaviour of women, reflects on the meta-synthesis methods used, and which might have been used, and shows what meta-synthesis achieves. Meta-synthesis should be used more in Information Behaviour research, but it is a rigorous process, requiring time and effort to get useful results. On the other hand, meta-synthesis provides more new knowledge, and a deeper understanding of our ideas, than a conventional literature review.

  • Information Behaviour of women: theoretical perspectives on gender
    Journal of Documentation, 2010
    Co-Authors: Christine Urquhart, Alison Yeoman
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    Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine whether there is a need to consider gender or sex differences as variables in Information Behaviour research and, if so, how?Design/methodology/approach – A metasynthesis approach is used. A preliminary framework to categorise Information Behaviour research on women is developed by integrating main themes from feminist research and Information Behaviour research. Within each category, studies are compared and contrasted, to identify similar and divergent themes. Themes are then compared across categories, to synthesise the main concepts.Findings – The categorisation works for most studies, apart from a group of studies on health Information use, communicating risk and decision making. The meta‐synthesis indicates the importance of concepts such as situation (as mesh), intermediaries (as node with connections), and connecting Behaviour. Gender‐related or, rather gender‐ascribed, constructs, such as concern for others, not gender alone are likely to be impor...

  • Validating coding for a theoretical model of Information Behaviour
    2008
    Co-Authors: Allen Foster, Christine Urquhart, Janet Turner
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    Foster, A., Urquhart, C., & Turner, J. (2008). Validating coding for a theoretical model of Information Behaviour. Information Research, 13(4), paper 358. Retrieved December 12, 2008, from http://InformationR.net/ir/13-4/paper358.html Sponsorship: Aberystwyth University College Research Fund

  • using participant or non participant observation to explain Information Behaviour
    Information Research, 2004
    Co-Authors: Janet Cooper, Rachael Lewis, Christine Urquhart
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    Cooper, J., Lewis, R. & Urquhart, C. (2004). Using participant or non-participant observation to explain Information Behaviour. Information Research, 9(4). Retrieved August 3, 2006 from http://Informationr.net/ir/9-4/paper184.html Sponsorship: AHRC (Cooper).

Jannica Heinström - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • New Directions in Information Behaviour
    2011
    Co-Authors: Amanda Spink, Jannica Heinström
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    New Research in Information Behaviour, co-edited by Professor Amanda Spink and Dr. Jannica Heinstrom provides an understanding of the new directions, leading edge theories and models in Information Behaviour. Information Behaviour is conceptualized as complex human Information related processes that are embedded within an individual's everyday social and life processes. The book presents chapters by a range of scholars who show new research directions that often challenge the established views and paradigms of Information Behaviour studies. Beginning with an evolutionary framework, the book builds our understanding of Information Behaviours over various epochs of human existence from the Palaeolithic Era and within pre-literate societies, to contemporary Behaviours by 21st century humans. Drawing upon social and psychological science theories the book presents a more integrated and holistic approach understanding of Information Behaviours. This book is directly relevant to Information scientists, Information professionals and librarians, social and evolutionary psychologists, social scientists and people interested in understanding more about their own Information Behaviours.

  • Chapter 1 Introduction: New Directions in Information Behaviour
    Library and Information Science, 2011
    Co-Authors: Amanda Spink, Jannica Heinström
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    Ever since our cognitive make-up allowed it, human beings have used their Information Behaviour abilities to help them survive. Information Behaviour evolved in response to the need by early humans to benefit from Information that could not be immediately accessible in the nearby environment or obtained through communication. Humans developed an Information Behaviour ability, including processes of Information sense making, foraging, seeking, organising and using. Information Behaviour brought several benefits to early humans, including greater influence and control over their environment, and the degree in which they could use the environment for their own gain and survival. Information Behaviour thus brought several advantages for the survival of early humans, and consequently emerged as a genetically favoured trait (Spink, 2010).

  • Chapter 10 Information Behaviour Development in Early Childhood
    Library and Information Science, 2011
    Co-Authors: Amanda Spink, Jannica Heinström
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    This chapter explores new and emerging dimensions in our understanding of how Information Behaviour develops in early childhood. Spink (2010) proposed that Information Behaviour — when we engage in Behaviours to make sense of, seek, avoid, forage, use and organise Information — is (1) shaped by both instinctive and environmental dimensions that are as essential to the lives of our prehistoric ancestors as they are for people today and (2) emerges in early childhood. This chapter explores what we currently know about the development of cognitive, language, social and Information Behaviour abilities in early childhood. Drawing on research from cognitive and developmental psychology, and findings from two studies of different aspects of young children's Information Behaviours, including Web searching (Spink, et al., 2010) and library Information categorisation (Cooper, 2004), the chapter discusses Information Behaviour development in early childhood. The connection between general cognitive development and Information Behaviour are discussed, and further research suggested.

  • Five personality dimensions and their influence on Information Behaviour
    Information Research, 2003
    Co-Authors: Jannica Heinström
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    This article emphasize the importance of considering psychological mechanisms for a thorough understanding of users of Information services. The focal point is the relation between personality and Information seeking which is explored through a quantitative analysis of 305 university students' personality traits and Information habits. It is shown that Information Behaviour could be connected to all the personality dimensions tested in the study - neuroticism, extraversion, openness to experience, competitiveness and conscientiousness. Possible explanations for these relations are discussed. It is concluded that inner traits interact with contextual factors in their final impact on Information Behaviour.

  • The impact of personality and approaches to learning on Information Behaviour
    Information Research, 2000
    Co-Authors: Jannica Heinström
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    Previous studies have shown how personality influences learning strategies and learning outcome. In this study this will be taken further by combining personality and approaches to learning with Information Behaviour. The aim of this study is to show how the five traits of the Five-Factor Inventory related to the approaches to learning of the ASSIST-test affect Information Behaviour. The subjects will be approximately 500 university students writing their dissertation. In a pilot study it was shown that personality traits can be related to approaches to learning. Moreover they seem to form distinctive Information Behaviour.

Polona Vilar - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Information Behaviour of Slovenian Researchers: Investigation of Activities, Preferences and Characteristics.
    Information Research, 2015
    Co-Authors: Polona Vilar, Primoz Juznic, Tomaz Bartol
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    Introduction. The paper presents one segment of the only comprehensive national study investigating Information Behaviour of Slovenian researchers in all research disciplines, especially in relation to some demographic variables: age, gender, current work-tasks. Research questions addressed various types of Information Behaviour, format preferences, use of different types of sources, organisation of work, collaboration, publishing, and impact of ICT (Information and communication technology). Method. An online survey was used, containing 25 questions – 18 content and 7 demographic – we present findings from 9 of the content questions. Invitation was sent to a random sample of all active researchers in the country (n=592), final response rate was 20%. Analysis. Data was analysed using SPSS software, and descriptive as well as bi-variate statistical analyses were performed. Results. Most conspicuous demographic traits of influence were age and discipline, in some cases gender. We confirmed our assumption that researchers, particularly those from the field of Medicine and those from other disciplines who teach, often perform research-related activities outside the usual working hours, and that a rather large share of researchers often work alone; the latter was particularly characteristic of Humanities researchers. We identified low use of open-access documents, low levels of foreign collaboration in some disciplines, and strong digital disposition of the Humanities researchers. It was confirmed that in certain areas Slovenian researchers’ Information Behaviour seems to follow international trends, which in line with findings of previous studies – for example regarding contemporary types of scholarly Information Behaviour, such as power-browsing, squirreling, skimming, etc., and strong impact of ICT (Information and communication technologies) on research work and collaboration. Conclusion. In spite of some expected outcomes we identified certain unknown and interesting patterns which are characteristic of Slovenian researchers. These findings form a good base for further research in this area.

  • Information Behaviour of scholars
    Libellarium: journal for the research of writing books and cultural heritage institutions, 2015
    Co-Authors: Polona Vilar
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    In recent years we have seen intensive debates over the changes in scholarly practice caused by increased accessibility of digital resources and tools. This has caused an evident and rapid trend towards the development of different Information Behaviours by scholars: what Information resources they are using, how and when. Recent studies of scholarly Information Behaviour all show significant changes in the ways researchers communicate, publish their works, collaborate, look for Information and use it. Studies describe previously unseen patterns of scholarly Information Behaviour (e.g. skimming, navigating, power browsing, squirrelling, cross-checking). This, in turn, can (or should) have significant impact on the development of the Information tools and Information services for scholars. The paper first addresses key Information concepts in scholarly context (e.g. Information, Information need, relevance, pertinence, salience, Information overload, avoiding Information), presents some general characteristics of scholarly Information Behaviour (e.g. difference between scholars and other users of Information, differences between disciplines, individuals, etc.) and some typical examples of Information Behaviour (e.g. browsing, berrypicking, powerbrowsing, chaining, skimming, squirreling), as well as discusses some implications for Information tools and services. In the end some attention is dedicated to issues of digital scholarship.

  • Slovenian Researchers: What Influences Their Information Behaviour?
    Communications in Computer and Information Science, 2012
    Co-Authors: Polona Vilar, Primoz Juznic, Tomaz Bartol
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    The paper presents a segment of a survey of Information Behaviour of Slovenian scientists. Results show that, in most areas, Slovenian researchers exhibit usual characteristics of scientists elsewhere, with the exception of a rather weak use of Web 2.0 tools for research purposes, and weak use of open-access materials. This survey confirms that Information and communication technologies (ICT) strongly impact professional activities of scientists, in relation to the choice of resource formats, access to Information, means of Information exchange, organization of one’s own resources, reading, writing, and the use of library services. Most of the characteristics in Behaviour are research-field-specific. Other factors of influence are age, area of employment, and available time; gender difference was important only in one case.

  • Information Behaviour: models and concepts
    Knjižnica, 2005
    Co-Authors: Polona Vilar
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    ABSTRACTThe article presents an overview of the research area of Information Behaviour. Information Behaviour is defined as the Behaviour of individuals in relation to Information sources and channels, which results as a consequence of their Information need, and encompasses passive and active searching of Information, and its use. Theoretical foundations are presented, as well as some fundamental conceptual models of Information Behaviour and related concepts: Information searching Behaviour, which occurrs in active, purposeful searching for Information, regardless of the Information source used; and Information seeking Behaviour, which represents a micro-level of Information searching Behaviour, and is expressed by those individuals who interact with Information retrieval systems.

Kristina Eriksson-backa - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Rhythmicity of health Information Behaviour: Utilizing the infodemiology approach to study temporal patterns and variations
    Aslib Journal of Information Management, 2019
    Co-Authors: Jonas Tana, Emil Eirola, Kristina Eriksson-backa
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    This paper brings focus and attention to the aspect of time within health Information Behaviour. The purpose of this paper is to critically assess and present strengths and weaknesses of utilising the infodemiology approach and metrics as a novel way to examine temporal variations and patterns of online health Information Behaviour. The approach is shortly exemplified by presenting empirical evidence for temporal patterns of health Information Behaviour on different time-scales.,A short review of online health Information Behaviour is presented and methodological barriers to studying the temporal nature of this Behaviour are emphasised. To exemplify how the infodemiology approach and metrics can be utilised to examine temporal patterns, and to test the hypothesis of existing rhythmicity of health Information Behaviour, a brief analysis of longitudinal data from a large discussion forum is analysed.,Clear evidence of robust temporal patterns and variations of online health Information Behaviour are shown. The paper highlights that focussing on time and the question of when people engage in health Information Behaviour can have significant consequences.,Studying temporal patterns and trends for health Information Behaviour can help in creating optimal interventions and health promotion campaigns at optimal times. This can be highly beneficial for positive health outcomes.,A new methodological approach to study online health Information Behaviour from a temporal perspective, a phenomenon that has previously been neglected, is presented. Providing evidence for rhythmicity can complement existing epidemiological data for a more holistic picture of health and diseases, and their Behavioural aspects.

  • Information Behaviour and practises research informing technology and service design
    Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 2019
    Co-Authors: Isto Huvila, Kristina Eriksson-backa, Heidi Enwald, Ying-hsang Liu, Noora Hirvonen
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    A common critique is that insights from Information Behaviour and practises (IBP) research have difficulties to find their way to inform the design of new technologies, systems and services. There ...

  • The aspect of time in online health Information Behaviour
    Informaatiotutkimus, 2019
    Co-Authors: Jonas Tana, Emil Eirola, Kristina Eriksson-backa
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    Temporal structures and rhythmicity are universal phenomena and affect all aspects of life, including dynamic processes like health and well-being that change over time. Health related issues and threats trigger health Information Behaviour, a majority of which happens online and thus leaves digital traces behind. This study analyses the temporal variations and rhythmicity of health Information Behaviour through the action of online posting in a large Finnish discussion forum, Suomi24. The findings in this study show that health Information Behaviour follow clear and robust rhythmicity on both a seasonal and daily level. This endorses the notion that well-being, health and illness are dynamic processes that change with time and can help provide a more holistic picture of health and well-being, including aspects that fall outside professional healthcare settings. Studying when health Information Behaviour happens can thus have wide-ranging consequences.

  • Taking Health Information Behaviour into Account in the design of e-health services
    Finnish Journal of eHealth and eWelfare, 2016
    Co-Authors: Isto Huvila, Kristina Eriksson-backa, Heidi Enwald, Noora Hirvonen, Helena Känsäkoski
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    The aim of this article is to bring forward the benefits of a better integration of a comprehensive understanding of individuals’ Information Behaviour in the design and development of e-health services. This study is a descriptive review based on a non-exhaustive selection of literature that describes the state-of-the-art, problems and opportunities identified in e-health, health Information Behaviour and health Information literacy research. By focusing on how to tailor the Information provided and the technological devices to fit the Information Behaviour, the approach has also potential to uncover new insights into how to adequately implement and integrate ICTs into everyday life practices of other hard-to-reach groups in society. We presuppose that it will be possible to give practical recommendations based on a combined understanding of individual differences in health Information Behaviour and users’ expectations and experiences, acquired through empirical studies focusing on older adults. Moreover, the usefulness of health Information literacy as an indicator of the patterns and competences related to health Information Behaviour is highlighted.