On studying information seeking methodologically: the implications of connecting metatheory to method

Dervin, Brenda

doi:10.1016/s0306-4573(99)00023-0

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“…However, the findings support Dervin's (1999) view emphasizing that barriers to information seeking should be defined by actors in situated moments and not be assumed to be of any particular kind, but rather of multiple kinds. The repertoire of the types of socio-cultural barriers indicates that constrains faced by information seekers can vary considerably.…”

Section: Specific To Individual Barrier Typessupporting

confidence: 68%

Approaches to socio-cultural barriers to information seeking

Savolainen

2016

Library & Information Science Research

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Approaches to socio-cultural barriers to information seekingTo appear in Library & Information Science Research 38(1), 2016 Abstract Drawing on conceptual analysis, the study elaborates the picture of socio-cultural barriers to information seeking. The analysis focuses on the features of such barriers and their impact on information seeking in diverse contexts. A typology identifying six main types of socio-cultural barriers was developed: barriers due to language problems, barriers related to social stigma and cultural taboo, small-world related barriers, institutional barriers, organizational barriers, and barriers due to the lack of social and economic capital. Socio-cultural barriers are man-made constructs originating from social norms and cultural values. The barriers have mainly an adverse impact on information seeking by restricting access to information sources and giving rise to negative emotions.

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Section: Specific To Individual Barrier Typessupporting

confidence: 68%

Approaches to socio-cultural barriers to information seeking

Savolainen

2016

Library & Information Science Research

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“…Contextual dimensions of growers' information seeking unearthed formed a framework for creating meaning (Johnson, 2003) and 'sense-making' (Dervin, 1999) for growers. Information channels, sources, and content that incorporated these dimensions enabled growers to make sense of new information in meeting their knowledge gaps and facilitate progression in their self-directed learning.…”

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“…There has been significant use of 'Sense-making' (Dervin 1999) as a theory guiding information seeking research and context studies as it allows for the emergence of insights about how a person makes sense of their information experiences.…”

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‘Unearthing farmers' information seeking contexts and challenges in digital, local and industry environments’

Starasts

2015

Library & Information Science Research

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This study describes the contexts surrounding the information seeking of Australian grain and cotton growers. Information seeking activities of 16 growers over an 18 month period provided insights into what guided their information seeking and what they considered to be 'information' that supported their self-directed learning. Contexts were highly situated, experiential and social. They found most online information to be devoid of these critical contexts, and it therefore did not contribute to their learning. Future agricultural information systems could better facilitate growers' information seeking if they incorporated local and environmental parameters, and enabled information sharing and connecting on local issues.

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“…To do this the framework was used to analyse data on a very different community and the data was collected using a methodology that was not connected in any way to the framework. This was Dervin's micro-time line interview (Dervin 1983(Dervin , 1999). This technique involves asking the interviewee to remember specific situations and identifies information needs, barriers and 'helps' to information access and the impact of information on the individual.…”

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A framework for understanding user requirements for an information service: Defining the needs of informal carers

Hepworth

2004

J. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci.

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The aim of this research was to develop a conceptual framework that would help to collect and understand the information needs of a target community. Many information behaviour frameworks already exist, however; although they share some features, they tend to focus on different aspects of the person and their interaction with information. It was proposed that a synthesis of these frameworks could lead to a comprehensive framework. Previous research was analysed and an initial framework defined. This was piloted and adapted and then applied to data on informal carers. This led to further adaptation. Informal carers are people who care for another person, generally a relative, for more than fourteen hours per week and are not paid for this. The data stemmed from 2 sixty interviews that were transcribed and coded. This paper presents the data on informal carers and their information experience using the final framework. This serves to demonstrate how the framework sensitizes the researcher to certain types of significant data, enables the organization of the data, indicates the relationships between different types of data and, overall, helps to provide a rich picture of the target community's information needs. In conclusion the paper discusses the differences and advantages of the framework in relation to previous work and also the limitations of the study and possible further research.

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On studying information seeking methodologically: the implications of connecting metatheory to method

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Approaches to socio-cultural barriers to information seeking

Approaches to socio-cultural barriers to information seeking

‘Unearthing farmers' information seeking contexts and challenges in digital, local and industry environments’

A framework for understanding user requirements for an information service: Defining the needs of informal carers

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