New Library World is planning
to publish a special issue exploring Information Behaviour and Practice in
general, with a focus more specifically on implications for library and information
services. This issue will be jointly guest edited by Dr Allen Foster and Dr
Pauline Rafferty of Aberystwyth University.
Submission date: 31st July 2014
We are looking for articles which
deal with both theoretical and practical aspects of information behaviour.
Topics of interest include but are
not restricted to:
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Models and theories of information seeking behaviour
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Information seeking behaviours in the digital age
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The Google Generation
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Information seeking behaviours of specific groups of information users
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Reading, information behaviour and the library
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Context in information behaviour
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Everyday life information seeking
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From information seeking behaviour to Information practice
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Implications for academic libraries of students’ information seeking behaviour
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Information seeking in public libraries
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Serendipity and incidental information acquisition
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From information behaviour to designing information systems
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Information behaviour: relationships between structure and agency
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Information spaces and information behaviour
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Convenience and information seeking
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The impact of mobile devices on information behaviour
•
The affective dimension of information seeking
Research papers, case studies and
best practice papers will be considered.
More information
Dr Pauline Rafferty
Department of Information Studies
Aberystwyth University
Department of Information Studies
Aberystwyth University
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