Search results for "Information behavior"
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Attitudes and perceptions of faculty members in the process adopting innovation: The OpenCourseWare initiative at the University of Valencia, Spain
2014
The OpenCourseWare project, an open learning resource repository, was established at the University of Valencia between 2008 and2009. It initially consisted of only 10 subjects, none of which was in the field of Health Sciences. The objective of this research was toinvestigate the attitudes and perceptions of faculty members in the field of Health Sciences with regard to the project to identify strategies to increase its use and expand its coverage. We applied Rogers’ innovation-diffusion theory along with a qualitative approach using theoretical sampling, semi-structured interviews and open coding. The results indicate the existence of two categories of faculty members. In the first group,…
Mapping recent information behavior research: an analysis of co-authorship and cocitation networks
2015
There has been an increase in research published on information behavior in recent years, and this has been accompanied by an increase in its diversity and interaction with other fields, particularly information retrieval (HR). The aims of this study are to determine which researchers have contributed to producing the current body of knowledge on this subject, and to describe its intellectual basis. A bibliometric and network analysis was applied to authorship and co-authorship as well as citation and co-citation. According to these analyses, there is a small number of authors who can be considered to be the most productive and who publish regularly, and a large number of transient ones. Ot…
Diffusion of theories and theoretical models in the Ibero‐American research on information behavior
2021
Ibero-American research on information behavior (IB) lacks the visibility typical of other parts of the world, and little is known about it in countries outside the area. The objective of this paper has therefore been to analyze the way in which Ibero-American research incorporates various theoretical references to empirical research on IB. The results point to the existence of different focuses of research in the past 10 years, in the sense of a reduced empirical approach and a moderate to minimal use of theories in the design of such research. Furthermore, the most cited theories and models of IB at an international level are those most widely applied in this geographical area, and the us…
Referentes teóricos y dimensiones aplicadas en el estudio del usuario de la información
2017
En los últimos años, el estudio de los usuarios de la información ha sido uno de los campos, en el contexto de la Biblioteconomía y Documentación (ByD), donde mayores desarrollos teóricos ha habido. En la actualidad, la abundancia y riqueza de propuestas teóricas ha derivado en dispersión y confusión, y obliga a adoptar una perspectiva amplia. Esta perspectiva, por una parte, debe asumir los desarrollos teóricos habidos hasta el momento y, por otra, analizar y sistematizar las nuevas propuestas. Para ello, en primer lugar, se exponen las tradiciones teóricas de la investigación sobre comportamiento informacional. Se parte de la concepción de los dos paradigmas de las ciencias sociales: para…
Valoración de las necesidades de información de los médicos: publicaciones en el periodo 1990-1998 y estudio de un caso
2000
Los estudios de necesidades de información aportan una metodología con lo cual investigar, de manera sistemática, las características de los usuarios con relación a la información que necesitan para el desarrollo de su trabajo. Igualmente proporcionan criterios objetivos para tomar decisiones a la hora de planificar nuevos sistemas de información o adecuar los ya existentes. Esta tesis ha profundizado en los estudios de necesidades de información en el entorno hospitalario desde dos puntos de vista. Por una parte, se ha establecido un marco teórico de referencia que guíe las investigaciones en este campo. Para ello se ha buscado exhaustivamente la información publicada sobre la materia apor…
La biblioteca en el espacio ciudadano. Reflexiones a partir de la investigación española sobre el usuario de la información, 2005-2019
2021
Los últimos datos sobre el escaso uso de las bibliotecas españolas cuestionan la utilidad de este servicio en la cotidianidad ciudadana. Paralelamente, un movimiento dentro de la Biblioteconomía y Documentación que habla de la biblioteca social, participativa o del bien común, busca ampliar el espacio ciudadano que ésta ocupa. Este trabajo se centra en las implicaciones que para este propósito tienen las últimas investigaciones españolas sobre usuarios de la información. Primero, los datos revelan la escasa participación de los profesionales en estas investigaciones. Segundo, abundan aquellas que se centran en la evaluación de unidades de información, pero escasean las dirigidas a obtener d…
Accordance of Online Health Information on Prostate Cancer with the European Association of Urology Guidelines.
2017
<b><i>Background:</i></b> The internet is an emerging source of information for prostate cancer (PCa) patients. Since little is known about the quality of information on PCa provided online, we investigated its accordance to the latest European Association of Urology (EAU) guidelines. <b><i>Methods:</i></b> A total of 89 German web pages were included for analysis. A quality model classifying the provider of information and its expertise was introduced. Correctness of provided information was systematically compared to the EAU guidelines. <b><i>Results:</i></b> Information was provided by medical experts (41%), media (1…
Quality Model - Master Plan and DNA of an Information System
2012
Every theory has its surroundings and postulates. So has a theory about quality models, and it is better to make the main lines of these ideas explicit before presenting the theory itself. A human made information system (IS) as a technical artifact exists and operates always in the context of societies, organizations, personal lives etc. It is a tool used for gathering, storing, processing, presenting and exchanging (communication) information. These activities can be termed “information behavior” (Allen et al., 2011). Accordingly the context of an information system has a two-tiered structure (Figure 1). The inner tier, information behavior, is subordinate to the outer tier, human society…
Grounded theory for generating theory in the study of behavior
2012
The use of grounded theory procedures for the study of information behavior has contributed to generating theory in this field. Thirty-one works were analyzed with regard to a) their relationship to the context in which the research was carried out, b) the aspect of information behavior researched, c) the use of grounded theory procedures, and d) the generation of theory. Most of the studies were carried out in the context of health information, and grounded theory procedures were for the most part only partially applied. The theoretical propositions produced depended on the subject being studied. Although this methodology is suitable for the study of an individual's interaction with inform…
Grounded theory for generating theory in the study of information behavior
2012
The use of grounded theory procedures for the study of information behavior has contributed to generating theory in this field. Thirty-one works were analyzed with regard to a) their relationship to the context in which the research was carried out, b) the aspect of information behavior researched, c) the use of grounded theory procedures, and d) the generation of theory. Most of the studies were carried out in the context of health information, and grounded theory procedures were for the most part only partially applied. The theoretical propositions produced depended on the subject being studied. Although this methodology is suitable for the study of an individual’s interaction with inform…