Theories of information behavior
Theories of information behavior
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信息行为理论
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2005
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通讯作者：
L. McKechnie
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K. Fisher;S. Erdelez;L. McKechnie
过去，图书馆和信息科学研究在很大程度上被描述为“非理论的”[1]。这本内容丰富的著作表明，信息行为研究不再如此，并且该领域正在建立正式的理论基础。这是第一次，信息行为研究中的大多数重要概念框架和理论发展集中在一起并在一本书中呈现。这本新编辑的书分为两部分，由三个介绍性章节组成，后面是 72 个较短的章节或对近年来出现的与信息行为相关的许多概念、模型和理论的概述（平均每章约五页长）。虽然书中提出的大多数理论都是在过去25年中出现的，但也有少数是在20世纪80年代之前出现的，例如维果茨基的最近发展区（由麦基奇尼提出），它是由苏联心理学家维果茨基在1920年代和1930年代提出的，但在接下来的30年里没有被翻译成英文； Zipf 的最小努力原则（按案例），1949 年；以及 20 世纪 60 年代开发的泰勒信息使用环境（Palmquist）。本书的想法源于 2003 年美国信息科学技术学会信息需求、寻求和使用特别兴趣小组 (SIG USE) 的研究研讨会，该研讨会重点关注信息行为的理论框架。 《信息行为理论》专门献给已故的 Elfreda Chatman，其收益将用于支持 ASIS&T SIG USE 的活动。共有八十多位学者做出贡献，其中大多数是国际知名的信息行为研究人员。在许多情况下，撰写特定理论或模型的人与开发该理论或模型的人是同一个人。编辑们在该书集的序言中指出，该书的目的是“促进信息行为研究中的理论构建和使用”（第 xix 页）。他们将这本书描述为“研究人员指南，对既定的和新提出的概念框架的实用概述，人们可以用它来研究信息行为的不同方面。” （第 xx 页）。本书的第一部分由三章组成，它们共同为本书的其余部分建立了知识和理论背景，其中包括 JDOC 62,3
Library and information science research has, in the past, been described as being, to a large extent, “atheoretical”[1]. This substantial tome demonstrates that this can no longer be said of information behaviour research, and that a formal theoretical base is being established in this area. For the first time, most of the significant conceptual frameworks and theoretical developments in information behaviour research are drawn together and presented in a single volume. This new edited book, organised in two parts, is a collection of three introductory chapters, followed by 72 shorter chapters or overviews of many of the concepts, models, and theories relating to information behaviour that have emerged in recent years (each, on average, about five pages long). While most of the theories presented in the book have emerged during the last 25 years, there are a small number that pre-date the 1980s that are also included, for example, Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development (by McKechnie), that was developed by Vygotsky, a Soviet psychologist, in the 1920s and 1930s but not translated into English for a further 30 years; Zipf’s Principle of Least Effort (by Case), from 1949; and Taylor’s Information Use Environments (by Palmquist), developed in the 1960s. The idea for this book arose from the 2003 Research Symposium of the Special Interest Group on Information Needs, Seeking, and Use a(SIG USE) of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, which focused on theoretical frameworks of information behaviour. Theories of Information Behavior is dedicated to the late Elfreda Chatman, with the proceeds going to support the activities of ASIS&T SIG USE. There are contributions from more than eighty scholars, most of whom are internationally known information behaviour researchers. In a number of cases, the person writing about a particular theory or model is the same individual that developed it. In their preface to the collection, the editors state that the aim of the book is to “facilitate theory building and use” (p. xix) in information behaviour research. They describe the book as a “researcher’s guide, a practical overview of both well-established and newly proposed conceptual frameworks that one may use to study different aspects of information behavior.” (p. xx). The first part of the book comprises of three chapters, which collectively establish an intellectual and theoretical context for the rest of the book, which comprises of JDOC 62,3