[Asis-l] Call for Papers - Journal of Documentation Special Issue on Human Information Behavior

[Dr Amanda Spink]

CALL FOR PAPERS

Journal of Documentation Special Issue on HUMAN INFORMATION BEHAVIOR

Guest Editors:

Amanda Spink
Professor of Information Technology
Faculty of Information Technology
Queensland University of Technology, Australia

Allen Foster
Department of Information Studies
University of Wales Aberystwyth

IMPORTANT DATES:

Full papers due: February 1 2006
Authors receive reviews: April 1 2006
Final papers due: July 1 2006
Anticipated publication: Late 2006

ISSUE FOCUS

Human information behavior (HIB) is a basic element of human existence. Humans have sought, organized and used information for millennia as they evolved and learned patterns of HIB to help resolve their human problems and continue to survive. The field of library and information science (LIS) has historically been a leading discipline in conducting research that seeks to understand human information related behaviors. Various interdisciplinary perspectives to HIB have emerged, including an information seeking-problem solving approach, a sense-making approach, an everyday life information seeking approach, information foraging approach, and a more holistic approach integrating various approaches with information use and organization.

This special issue will explore all aspects of HIB. Theoretical and empirical papers discussing information seeking, information foraging, sense-making, information use, information organizing, or other aspects of HIB are encouraged. 

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Full papers are due by February 1 2006. Authors will receive reviews by April 1 and final papers will be due July 1.

Submissions should be emailed in PDF format to the special issue editors, Amanda Spink at ah.apink at qut.edu.au or Allen Foster at aef at aber.ac.uk





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Amanda Spink
Professor of Information Technology
Faculty of Information Technology
Queensland University of Technology
Gardens Point Campus
2 George St, GPO Box 2434
Brisbane QLD 4000 Australia
http://www.fit.qut.edu.au
Tel: 61-7-3864-2782 Fax: 61-7-3864-2703
Email: ah.spink at qut.edu.au
Homepage: http://sky.qut.edu.au