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Abstract

Presents an overview of research on information use. The majority of use and user studies are surveys which focus on the consulting of different information sources and channels. In most studies, however, the substantial issues of information use are omitted. Discusses conceptual and terminological questions of information use and knowledge utilization. No consensus on the definition of these concepts exists among researchers because they can have no direct access to individual processes of information use. Examines the contributions made to information use theory by Brenda Dervin and Robert S. Taylor. Reviews the categories of uses specified in Dervin's sense making theory and discusses Taylor's concept of information use environments. Considers some methodological questions concerning the challenges of empirical research on information use

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Research on information use in the field of information studies

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Information

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Evaluates the potential of the electronic library (virtual library) to provide information for the public in light of Ranganathan's five laws of library science. Rephrases certain laws in the context of electronic information resources and points to opportunities to make additions to the laws in light of news services and the Internet

Imprint

Tampere : Oulu University, Department of Information Studies and Sociology

Series

Finnish information studies; 4

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Presents a critical review of the sense making theory of Brenda Dervin, an important contribution to the theory building in information studies. Special attention is given to the use of the sense making theory in empirical research. Claims that the difficulties faced in data collection and analysis when applying sense making as a methodology are dur to the fact that the conceptual apparatus developed by Dervin has not yet been sufficiently elaborated. Dervin, along with many other theorizers of information seeking and use, is also criticized for ignoring the social nature and context of knowledge and thought. The construction of meaning, and thinking in general, it not only a subjective process but it also involves socially shared representations and ideas

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Übers. d. Titels: The individual as an information seeker: sense-making theory and the information seeking

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The contemporary user centred research paradigm in the study of information needs, seeking, and use is critically evaluated with regard to its ideological presuppositions. Discussed Carol C. Kuhlthau's theory of information seeking as an example of a research approach that seems to ignore its ideological nature. In Kuhlthau's theory, the actor is discursively constituted according to subject-object dualisms prevailing in modernity's conception of human identity. This conception draws sharp distinctions between the categories of mind-body and individual-society and has been heavily criticized. Claims that the discourse used by Kuhlthau is closely connected to the interests of the library professionals trying to improve their social status in contemporary Western society. Considers some ways to overcome the methodological individualism characterizing contemporary user centred research

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Übers. d. Titels: Modernity and the identity of the human actor in user-centred research as exemplified by Carol C. Kuhlthau's theory of information seeking

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The survey took place in the year of 1990. 16 librarians and information scientists took part from 10 different departments of Oulu University Library. 581 titles were tested, 70% in English and the rest in Swedish, German and Finnish. The reason for the survey was to find out whether it would be worth using a Finnish indexing system alongside UDC. As an average it takes 6 minutes to familiarize with an item and another 6 minutes to classify and catalogue it. The results are compared with other similar projects in Finland and abroad

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Covers the differences between traditional databases and the Internet, the choice of information seeking tools and methods for different types of searches, i.e. specific or complex. Stresses the importance of systematic searching and planning for searches, the choice of search terms and phrases, and the use of links. Mentions Internet Hunt (http://www.hunt.org/) and Net Stumpers Quiz (http://www.delphi.com/swashzone/netstumpers/stumpers.html/) as good ways of learning to search the net

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Discusses a new model of search term selection and its implications. The model characterizes the selection of search terms as the navigation of multiple discourses, including controlled vocabularies, documents and their domains, the practice of indexing, clients' speech and search requests, databases and the searcher's own knowledge of the search process. Suggests that the multiple aspects of these discourses influences search term selection. The discourse of a controlled vocabulary is analyzed from various aspects and described as an example of a discourse. Professional searchers and the end users may benefit from adopting this new model of search term selection, learning to see alternative, effective search terms in addition to the words they would normally use. The model can also be incorporated in human computer interfaces of information retrieval systems to support the selection of search terms in a passive or active manner