New Research Shows Convenience Is a Key Factor Information-Seeking Behavior

From OCLC Research:

Visitors and Residents: What Motivates Engagement with the Digital Information Environment?”, which was presented at ISIC: The Information Behaviour Conference, held 4-7 September 2012 in Tokyo, reports on the three-year Digital Visitors and Residents project, a longitudinal study funded by JISC, OCLC, the University of Oxford, and the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. The project is an attempt to fill the gap in user behavior studies identified in the JISC Digital Information Seeker Report.
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Initial results highlight the importance of convenience as a crucial factor in information-seeking behavior. There also are indications that as users progress through the educational stages, the digital literacies they employ do not necessarily become more sophisticated.

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Title

“Visitors and residents: what motivates engagement with the digital information environment?”

Authors

Lynn Silipigni Connaway
OCLC Research
David White
Technology Assisted Lifelong Learning, University of Oxford
Donna Lanclos
Murrey Atkins Library, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Alison Le Cornu
The Higher Education Academy

Source

Information Research
vol. 18 no. 1, March, 2013
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See Also:  How Do Learners Develop Digital Literacies? (Digital Visitors/Residents Progress Report)
From June 13, 2012

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