Article: "Young Adults’ Information Behavior: What We Know So Far and Where We Need to Go from Here"
In Fall, 2011 Issue (Vol. 2, No. 1) of Journal of Research on Libraries and Young Adults
Author: Denise E. Agosto
From the Article:
Young adult IB [information behavior] research spans several disciplines, most notably library and information science, education, psychology, and communications. It can be divided into three general categories: 1) studies resulting in the identification of young adults’ information needs; 2) studies leading to the development of models of young adults’ information practices; and 3) studies resulting in descriptions of young adults’ digital information behavior.
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See Also: Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) Research Agenda
Filed under: Libraries
About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com. Gary is also the co-founder of infoDJ an innovation research consultancy supporting corporate product and business model teams with just-in-time fact and insight finding.
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