New Directions in Human Information Behavior
New Directions in Human Information Behavior, co-edited by Drs. Amanda Spink and Charles Cole provides an understanding of the new directions, leading edge theories and models in human information behavior. Information behavior is conceptualized as comple
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Information Science and Knowledge Management Volume 8
Editor-in-Chief:
J. Mackenzie Owen, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Editorial Board: M. Bates, University of California, Los Angeles P. Bruza, The University of Queensland, Brisbane R. Capurro, Hochschule der Medien, Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences, Stuttgart E. Davenport, Napier University, Edinburgh R. Day, Wayne State University, Detroit M. Hedstorm, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor A.M. Paci, Istituto di Studi Sulla Ricerca e Documentazione Scientifica, Roma C. Tenopir, University of Tennessee, Knoxville M. Thelwall, University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton
The titles published in this series are listed at the end of this volume.
NEW DIRECTIONS IN HUMAN INFORMATION BEHAVIOR
Edited by
AMANDA SPINK University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, U.S.A.
and
CHARLES COLE McGill University, Montreal, Canada
A C.I.P. Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress.
ISBN-10 1-4020-3667-1 (HB) ISBN-13 978-1-4020-3667-5 (HB) ISBN-10 1-4020-3670-1 (e-book) ISBN-13 978-1-4020-3670-5 (e-book) Published by Springer, P.O. Box 17, 3300 AA Dordrecht, The Netherlands. www.springer.com
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Table of Contents SECTION 1 Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction: New Directions in Human Information Behavior Amanda Spink and Charles Cole SECTION 2 Evolutionary and Social HIB Frameworks Chapter 2 Emerging Evolutionary Approach to Human Information Behavior Amanda Spink and James Currier
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Chapter 3 Information Behavior in Pre-literate Societies Andrew D. Madden, Jared Bryson, and Joe Palimi
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Chapter 4 Toward a Social Framework for Information Seeking Eszter Hargittai and Amanda Hinnant
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SECTION 3 Spatial and Collaborative HIB Frameworks Chapter 5 Mapping Textually Mediated Information Practice in Clinical Midwifery Care Pamela J. McKenzie Chapter 6 Information Grounds: Theoretical Basis and Empirical Findings on Information Flow in Social Settings Karen E. Fisher and Charles M. Naumer Chapter 7 Information Sharing Sanna Talja and Preben Hansen
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SECTION 4 Multitasking, Non-linear, Organizing, and Digital Frameworks Chapter 8 Multitasking and Co-ordinating Framework for Human Information Behavior Amanda Spink, Minsoo Park, and Charles Cole Chapter 9 A Non-linear Perspective on Information Seeking Allen Foster Chapter 10 A Cognitive Framework for Human Information Behavior: The Place of Metaphor in Human Information Organizing Behavior Charles Cole and John E. Leide Chapter 11 The Digital Informati
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