... of what we observe and measure is truly an artifact of age group membership. For example, I would call a teenager’s daily habit of, upon waking up each day and while still in bed, checking her phone for texts that came in during the night an “information behavior.” It’s a quick, habitual behavior...

... libraries Students Information behaviour Information security Smartphones The smartphone is considered a very useful instrument for communication in this digital age. Apart from mere call or text facilities, smartphones offer a wide range of computing capabilities and connectivity options...

...Ángel Borrego; Lluís Anglada Purpose – This study aims to investigate how the transition from print to electronic scholarly communication has affected faculty’s information behaviour and their perception of academic libraries. Design/methodology/approach – An online survey was distributed...

...Catherine Ebenezer Purpose – This paper aims to provide an overview of recent literature on nurses’ and midwives’ information behaviour, with a particular focus on sources used and barriers encountered. Design/methodology/approach – Comprehensive searching was undertaken and an analysis...

...Lyn Robinson Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present the case for studies of information behaviour in the use of immersive documents. Immersive documents, where unreality is perceived as reality, arise from a combination of rapidly developing technologies and applications: pervasive...

... Publishing Limited 2014 --> Information literacy Information behaviour Media literacy Lifelong learning This volume in Emerald’s Library and Information Science series is aimed at a dual audience of academics and practitioners. It draws together articles addressing...

...” by which these resources can be evaluated from a user-centred perspective. Monitoring Information behaviour Alerts Current awareness Lawyers © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Finally, Attfield and Blandford (2011) analysed lawyers’ moment-by-moment interactions with e...

... and spaces, and how well their needs were being met. Design/methodology/approach An online questionnaire survey of students was complemented by a series of face‐to‐face interviews with library staff. Findings This group of students are different from undergraduates, whose information behaviour has...