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Author:   Amanda Spink ,  Charles Cole
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2006
Volume:   8
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9789048169238

ISBN 10:   9048169232
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   22 November 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction: New Directions in Human Information Behavior.- Evolutionary and Social HIB Frameworks.- Emerging Evolutionary Approach to Human Information Behavior.- Information Behavior in Pre-literate Societies.- Toward a Social Framework for Information Seeking.- Spatial and Collaborative HIB Frameworks.- Mapping Textually Mediated Information Practice in Clinical Midwifery Care.- Information Grounds: Theoretical Basis and Empirical Findings on Information Flow in Social Settings.- Information Sharing.- Multitasking, Non-linear, Organizing, and Digital Frameworks.- Multitasking and Co-ordinating Framework for Human Information Behavior.- A Non-linear Perspective on Information Seeking.- A Cognitive Framework for Human Information Behavior: The Place of Metaphor in Human Information Organizing Behavior.- The Digital Information Consumer.- Integrating Framework and Further Research.- Integrations and Further Research.

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From the reviews: Human information Behaviour (HIB) is one of the most popular and yet most complex research areas in the field of library and information science (LIS). ... This book is a valuable addition to the other books recently published in this area ... . the editors have done a good job organising them in a logical way linking them in their concluding chapter. ... this book is a worthwhile read that highlights issues with potential for theoretical development. (Hamid R. Jamali, Journal of Documentation, Vol. 63 (3), 2007)

From the reviews: Human information Behaviour (HIB) is one of the most popular and yet most complex research areas in the field of library and information science (LIS). ... This book is a valuable addition to the other books recently published in this area ... . the editors have done a good job organising them in a logical way linking them in their concluding chapter. ... this book is a worthwhile read that highlights issues with potential for theoretical development. (Hamid R. Jamali, Journal of Documentation, Vol. 63 (3), 2007)

From the reviews: Human information Behaviour (HIB) is one of the most popular and yet most complex research areas in the field of library and information science (LIS). ! This book is a valuable addition to the other books recently published in this area ! . the editors have done a good job organising them in a logical way linking them in their concluding chapter. ! this book is a worthwhile read that highlights issues with potential for theoretical development. (Hamid R. Jamali, Journal of Documentation, Vol. 63 (3), 2007)

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