[Siguse-l] Message #8: The Literature – Information Research

[Jenna Hartel]

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Dear SIG-USErs,

This final post on the introductory theme of “The Literature” turns 
attention to a resource containing a high concentration of articles on 
information behavior.

/Information Research/ <http://informationr.net/ir/> (/IR/) is a 
web-based, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to “making accessible the 
results of research across a wide range of information-related 
disciplines.” It is privately published by Professor T.D. Wilson 
<http://informationr.net/tdw/>, professor emeritus of the University of 
Sheffield, with in-kind support from Lund University Libraries and the 
Swedish School of Library and Information Science.

The subject index of /IR/ <http://informationr.net/ir/irsindex.html#i> 
lists 65 articles on information behavior, not to mention others within 
the related topics of information need, information seeking behavior, 
and information use.

According to Professor Wilson, with whom I recently spoke at the ASIS&T 
Annual Meeting in New Orleans,/IR/ is associated with information 
behavior scholarship because it has published the proceedings of the 
Information Seeking in Context conference since 2004. (Students, this is 
a /fantastic/ development; earlier proceedings were only available in an 
expensive and hard-to-come-by print volume.)

Here are quick links to the ISIC materials:

·*Fifth ISIC conference, Dublin, 2004**,*/Information Research/, Volume 
10, Number 1 <http://informationr.net/ir/10-1/infres101.html>and Number 
2 <http://informationr.net/ir/10-2/infres102.html>

·*Sixth ISIC conference, Sydney, 2006**,*/Information Research/, Volume 
11, Number 4 <http://informationr.net/ir/11-4/infres114.html>and Volume 
12, Number 1 <http://informationr.net/ir/12-1/infres121.html>

·*Seventh ISIC conference, Vilnius, 2008**,*/Information Research/, 
Volume 13, Number 4 <http://informationr.net/ir/13-4/isic08.html>

·*Eighth ISIC conference, Murcia, 2010**,*/Information Research/, Volume 
15, Number 4 <http://informationr.net/ir/15-4/infres154.html>and Volume 
16 Number 1 <http://informationr.net/ir/16-1/infres161.html>

In addition to the ISIC proceedings, through the years /IR/ has been the 
site of important developments in our research community. The journal 
hosted an discussion between Professor Wilson and Reijo Savolainen about 
“the behaviour/practice debate 
<http://informationr.net/ir/14-2/paper403.html> ”.As well, Marcia Bates’ 
writings that sparked a public exchange with Birger Hjørland appeared in 
/IR/ (see my prior post, Message #4 – Newsflash 
<http://www.jennahartel.com/1/post/2011/09/newsflash-bates-hjrland-debate.html>). 
/Information Research/ has also significantly expanded the information 
behavior specialty around the world 
<http://clustrmaps.com/counter/maps.php?url=http://InformationR.net/ir/index.html> 
by its open access, international editorial board and associates, and 
decision to publish articles in languages other than English.

The next theme is “The History” and will be a riveting tour of 
foundational publications on information behavior that all devotees of 
the topic should know and love <http://www.jennahartel.com/love.html>.

Jenna Hartel

-- 
Jenna Hartel, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Faculty of Information
University of Toronto
140 St. George Street
Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G6
website: www.jennahartel.com


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