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Browsing Research Articles (Information Science) by Subject "Information behaviour"
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(RIGEO, 2012)Information behaviour studies have the potential to inform the design of effective information services that incorporate the information needs, information-seeking and preferences for information sources of target users; ...
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(Emerald, 2018)PURPOSE : Competitive intelligence failures have devastating effects in marketplaces. They are attributed to various factors but seldom explicitly to information behaviour. This paper addresses causes of competitive ...
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(Archlib Information Service, 2014)It is argued that notwithstanding the life expectation of patients in palliative care, they still grapple with a wide spectrum of uncertainties for which they require answers to bring relief from anxiety. Nurses, ...
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(University of Borås, 2020-12)INTRODUCTION: Grief and bereavement include cognitive, affective and physical dimensions. Pre- and post-grief manifest at different times of coping with loss and bereavement. Contextualisation of information behaviour ...
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(Emerald, 2024)PURPOSE : Needs for information literacy, disparities in society, bridging digital divides, richness of information sources in electronic (e-)environments and the value of dictionaries have often been propagated. To improve ...
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(University of Borås, 2020-12)INTRODUCTION: Digital deception is a double-edged sword used by both blackhats and whitehats in cybersecurity. A status quo review of the reintroduction of digital deception can reveal challenges and initiatives and show ...
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(Professor T.D. Wilson, 2014-12)INTRODUCTION : Current trends necessitate the need to consider affect and emotion in information behaviour. A research agenda is required to ensure a systematic and holistic approach to information behaviour scholarship ...
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(Unisa Press, 2010)The importance of access to information and deepening understanding of information behaviour in order to improve library and information (LIS) services is widely recognised. An exploratory research project was therefore ...
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(University of Borås, 2018-12)INTRODUCTION : Competitive intelligence failures have adverse effects in the marketplace. They are caused by individual and organisational factors, seldom explicitly attributed to information behaviour. This paper examines ...
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(University of Borås, 2020-12)INTRODUCTION : This paper reports on a scoping review of the literature on the information behaviour and information practices of academic librarians to determine how their information activities are linked to knowledge ...
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(Emerald, 2018)PURPOSE : The purpose of this paper is to report on an exploratory study of third-year architecture students’ information behaviour. It focusses on information activities, personal experience, resource usage, preferences ...
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(Unisa Press, 2011)This article is part of a doctoral study undertaken in the Department of Information Science at the University of Pretoria. It describes a now-completed investigation of the information-seeking behaviour of secondary ...
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(Emerald, 2014)PURPOSE – A previous contribution (Fourie, 2013) argues in favour of a balance in emphasis between information communication technology (ICT); information retrieval systems (IRS) such as databases, library catalogues, ...
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(University of Borås, 2020-12)INTRODUCTION: Research participant recruitment is challenging – especially in vulnerable, stigmatised, high security, poorly demarcated contexts and contexts with diverse and interchangeable job labelling and poorly ...
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(Archlib Information Service, 2013-04)An increase in the number of people diagnosed with life-threatening diseases and affected by palliative care, as well as an increase in studies on information behaviour including information seeking, can be noted. With ...
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(University of Borås, 2018-12-09)INTRODUCTION : The paper reports on the subject domain expertise of the ISIC2018 international programme committee (i.e., reviewers) to assess how the reviewer expertise reflects information behaviour research, related ...
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(Professor T.D. Wilson, 2017-03)INTRODUCTION. Studies of information behaviour can inform the design of information systems, services and creative workspaces. Creative workspaces are associated with access to tools, expertise, guidance, innovation and ...
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Twenty-first century librarians : time for zones of intervention and zones of proximal development? (Emerald, 2013)PURPOSE – The purpose of this contribution is to encourage library and information (LIS) professionals to draw on the initiatives by Carol Kuhlthau to align information seeking with learning theories and new roles for ...
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