A conceptual study on perceptions of information seeking activity (original) (raw)

Models of Information Seeking Behaviour: An Overview

Information can be defined as a collection of facts organized in such a way that they have additional value beyond the value of the facts themselves. In simple word " information " can be defined as a processed data. Information, in the most restricted technical sense; it is an ordered sequence of symbols that can be interpreted as a message. This study aims to propose an overview of the various models and to find out how models are related to each other. These will serve the information community to illustrate that a number of factors which were responsible for, and contribute to, the different forms of sustainability of digital information services.

Information seeking behaviour : a conceptual framework

South African Journal of Libraries and Information Science, 2013

The concepts defining information, information needs, information seeking and information use have undergone significant evolution since they were first introduced. A number of information seeking and retrieval studies seem to focus on these concepts, albeit in different ways. It is widely understood that concepts form the basis for describing and explaining phenomena and processes in a field of study. Within the field of Information Science, many of the concepts used need to be understood in terms of research context, as a variety of meanings can be attached to most concepts. The article specifically aims to review major studies (e.g.

Three conceptions of information seeking and use

Exploring the contexts of information behaviour, 1999

This paper presents and discusses some major findings of a research project investigating the interaction between information seeking and learning outcomes. A group of 25 high school seniors engaged in a learning assignment were followed during the whole learning process including students' information seeking and use. Each student was interviewed three times about his/her way of experiencing information seeking as well as subject matter. Interview protocols were subjected to phenomenographic analysis. Three categories of students' conceptions of information seeking and use based on five aspects were identified. Three categories of students' conceptions of subject matter were identified based on the variation of learning outcome. There was great overlap between conceptions of information seeking and learning outcomes. Conclusions drawn are that variation in experiencing information seeking interacts closely with variation in ways of exp eriencing or understanding the content of information. The results provided a deeper understanding of information seeking and use through the description of variation. The findings may provide a foundation for further research on the variation of information seeking as well as a basis for didactic development of information skills instruction.

Information Seeking Behaviour in Changing ICT Environment

Handbook of Research on Inventive Digital Tools for Collection Management and Development in Modern Libraries, 2000

Information is all around us and is the staple diet of human beings. Information is variously perceived as facts, intelligence, data, news and knowledge. Information has been a common ingredient to all areas of human endeavor, be it the day-today affairs of business, matters of life and death or the most trivial of pursuits. In a modern industrial society there are negligibly few individuals, who do not, from time to time, occasionally or frequently have any requirement for information. It is an essential accompaniment of almost every social activity. Information is considered as important that contributes towards the development of a nation. It provides the core for the development of knowledge, the basis for innovations, the resources for informed citizenry, and as a result, becomes a key commodity for the progress of a society. This study carried out about the use of ICT services to search the information. It is clear that most of the respondents 84.9% use to browse the internet for study purpose, 76.9% of the respondents use ICT services to use e-mail facility, 59.3% respondents use for to search online database, 46.9% of the respondents use ICT services for to access e-journal, 30.1% of the respondents use ICT services for to search CD-ROM database and 29.2% of the respondents use to use OPAC services.. A few respondents use ICT for to scan/ print (29.2).

Information Seeking Behaviors in Electronic Environment

International Journal of Research -GRANTHAALAYAH, 2016

Information is recognized as a vital sources and the basic need, for the progress of humanity and the development of a nation, as a whole. The availability of information in the electronic media has created an opportunity for global access to information. An electronic resources is defined as a resource which requires computer access or any electronic product that delivers a collection of data, be it tats referring to full text data bases, electronic journals, image collection, other multimedia products numerical, graphical or time based, as a commercially available title that has been published with an aim to market and resources are basically distribution of information in any electronic form such as CD-ROM, flop disk or magnetic tape or a closes a computer network like and journals E-book etc. The full length article highlight the use of electronic resources in different fields, types of e-resources, purpose and advantages and disadvantages of e-resources in context of informatio...

Elaborating the conceptual space of information-seeking phenomena

2016

Introduction. The article contributes to conceptual studies of information behaviour research by examining the conceptualisations of information seeking and related terms such as information search and browsing. Method. The study builds on Bates' integrated model of information seeking and searching, originally presented in 2002. The model was slightly elaborated, resulting in the identification of four main modes of information seeking: (i) active seeking and searching, (ii) browsing and scanning, (iii) passive monitoring, and (iv) incidental acquisition of information. The study draws on the conceptual analysis of fifty-two key articles or books characterizing the constituents of the above modes. Results. The main activities constituting active seeking and searching are the identification, selection, location and accessing of information. The mode of browsing and scanning is based on the selection and sampling of information sources. The core activity of passive monitoring is ...

Information Seeking Behaviour in Digital Library Contexts

Information Seeking Behavior and Challenges in Digital Libraries

The environment in which library services are currently offered has changed drastically. The volume of information has grown enormously; the variety of information, its sources and format of presentation have increased; the speed of information flow has increased; times and places to experience communication media have expanded; the number of information perspectives and points of view has exploded; and the people's interest in and expectation of the availability of information have grown. The information users have also changed and now exhibit remarkably unique information seeking behaviour. They basically want synthesised information with the least effort. They are intolerant to any forms of delay and get bored very fast. Librarians must understand the emerging information seeking behaviour and the resultant expectations to be able to satisfy the users' information needs closely. As they do so, they must acknowledge that the uptake of traditional services has dropped drast...

Information Use, User, User Needs and Seeking Behaviour: A Review

DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology, 2018

The studies on the user, user information behaviour, and seeking have been continuing since last 50 years or more. Ranganathan’s five laws brought the phrase ‘use’ reordering from preservation. The studies on user and user behaviour with varying characteristics has not changed and still going on to study the impact of ICT and use of electronic resources. Several hidden revelations on users’ approach to information identified by Voigt, types of readers identified by Ranganathan and the ASK model by Belkin have been expounded to visualise the user categories and attributes of the user, user information behaviour and so on. The aim of this paper is only a perspective review of the literature on information user, with an intrinsic scope for some new research possibilities in this area.