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Outsourcing trust to the information infrastructure in schools: How search engines order knowledge in education practices
Olof Sundin, Hanna CarlssonThis paper investigates the experiences of school teachers of supporting pupils and their apprehensions of how pupils search and assess information when search engines have become…
The role of agency in historians’ experiences of serendipity in physical and digital information environments
Kim Martin, Anabel Quan-HaaseThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the changing research practices of historians, and to contrast their experiences of serendipity in physical and digital information…
Illusions of a “Bond”: tagging cultural products across online platforms
Nadine Desrochers, Audrey Laplante, Kim Martin, Anabel Quan-Haase, Louise SpiteriMost studies pertaining to social tagging focus on one platform or platform type, thus limiting the scope of their findings. The purpose of this paper is to explore social tagging…
Australian motor sport enthusiasts’ leisure information behaviour
Pauline JosephThe purpose of this paper is to explore the leisure information behaviour of motor sport enthusiasts, examining: their information needs; their information seeking and sharing;…
Queries in authentic work tasks: the effects of task type and complexity
Miamaria Saastamoinen, Kalervo JärvelinThe purpose of this paper is to investigate information retrieval (IR) in the context of authentic work tasks (WTs), as compared to traditional experimental IR study designs.
Document phenomenology: a framework for holistic analysis
Tim Gorichanaz, Kiersten F. LathamThe purpose of this paper is to advance document ontology and epistemology by proposing a framework for analysing documents from multiple perspectives of research and practice.
Linking physicians’ medical practice information needs, resources and barriers to job satisfaction: A moderated mediation model
Petros Kostagiolas, Panagiotis Gorezis, Konstantina Martzoukou, Dimitrios Deligeorgis, Dimitris NiakasMedical doctors seek information in order to satisfy their demanding everyday work practices and professional development endeavours. Information seeking is a continuous…
Information seeking and searching strategies as plans and patterns of action: A conceptual analysis
Reijo SavolainenThe purpose of this paper is to elaborate the picture of strategies for information searching and seeking by reviewing the conceptualizations on this topic in the field of library…
Landscapes as documents: The relationship between traditional Sámi terminology and the concepts of document and documentation
Geir Grenersen, Kjell Kemi, Steinar NilsenThe purpose of this paper is to discuss the following questions: what is the origin of the concepts of documents and documentation? Are there a need for these concepts in every…
Not just a pretty picture: visual literacy education through art for young children
Irene Lopatovska, Sarah Hatoum, Saebra Waterstraut, Lisa Novak, Sara SheerThe purpose of this paper is to understand young children’s knowledge of visual literacy elements as well as their ability to comprehend newly introduced visual literacy concepts…
Information seeking and use in the context of minimalist lifestyles
Angela PollakThe purpose of this paper is to describe information seeking and use (ISU) within the context of minimalist lifestyles and connect characteristics of living with less to theories…
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