...Alfida; Rizqi Handayani; Herlina; Fatimah Zuhrah Purpose This paper examines women’s active engagement with manuscripts as a lens to understand access, preservation, and the interpretation of local identity information. Treating manuscripts as living documentary heritage, the study foregrounds...

... behavior of migrants by integrating a transitional perspective into the life stories of participants. Internet Women Research methods Behaviour User studies Information research In today’s globalized world, the magnitude and scope of labor migration have increased precipitously. Economic...

... with a questionnaire survey from the users of a Finnish online forum for girls and young women (n=290). The data were analyzed qualitatively with content analytic techniques and quantitatively by using descriptive analysis. Findings The forum was found to offer girls and young women the possibility...

... and interactions in women’s socio-health perceptions. Using Kavanagh and Broom’s feminist risk framework, the framework establishes functional and temporal parameters for sense-making and information engagement. Design/methodology/approach – This paper employs a structured, reiterative literature review...

... to categorise information behaviour research on women is developed by integrating main themes from feminist research and information behaviour research. Within each category, studies are compared and contrasted, to identify similar and divergent themes. Themes are then compared across categories, to synthesise...

...Maria G.N. Musoke Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the accessibility and use of health information among primary health care providers. The study focused on women and health workers' experiences with information in rural Uganda. Design/methodology/approach Face‐to‐face...

... for information behaviour and the construction of meaning for members of the community. Originality/value This study contributes a collectivist approach to research on everyday‐life information seeking and on the library as a place. Information transfer Women Crafts Public libraries Communities Canada...

...Iyabo Mabawonku Purpose Women constitute a significant proportion of the Nigerian public servants. They have varied job related information needs and possess some information seeking behaviour. The study aimed to identify their job‐related information needs and assess the existing office...

...Myfanwy M. Davies; Peter A. Bath Although the information needs of women receiving antenatal and postnatal care are well understood, few studies have examined the use of information by minority ethnic women. This paper describes a pilot study that aimed to identify the main maternity information...

...Rita Marcella This paper investigates the availability of women’s sites on the Internet in the light of the research that has been conducted into women, communications and technology. The paper draws upon a systematic evaluation of ten women’s sites, covering a range of sectors including general...

...Rita Marcella This paper describes the results of an exploratory survey by questionnaire distributed via a variety of information agencies, designed to investigate women’s information needs and patterns of information‐seeking behaviour in relation to the European Union. The results explore women’s...

...Charlotte E. Rees; Peter A. Bath This study, conducted in 1997, aimed to explore in depth the views and experiences of women with breast cancer concerning diseaserelated mass media information. Three age‐stratified, unstructured focus group discussions were convened with thirty women with breast...

...Lynda M. Baker Communication problems between physicians and people with chronic diseases may result from many causes. A brief description of some causes is provided. The focus of this article concerns the information‐seeking patterns of women with multiple sclerosis (MS). A survey method was used...

... and the incompatibility of its publicly stated objectives. © MCB UP Limited 1997 Women Academic staff Bibliographic standards Journal of Documentation, Vol. 53, No. 2, March 1997 © Aslib, The Association for Information Management. All rights reserved. Except as otherwise permitted under the Copyright...