Information seeking behavior of Greek astronomers
Authors: Brindesi, Hara 
Kapidakis, Sarantos 
Issue Date: 1-Jan-2011
Conference: 1st Workshop on Digital Information Management, Corfu, Greece, 30-31 March, 2011 
Is Part of: Proceedings of the First Workshop on Digital Information Management 
Keywords: Information seeking behaviour, User studies
Abstract: 
This study examines three aspects of information seeking behaviour of astronomers in Greece including a) the importance they place in keeping upto-date with current developments b) the methods they depend on for keeping up-to-date and c) the information sources they mostly use. We adopted an intradisciplinary approach in order to investigate similarities and differences in information seeking behaviour among astronomers when examining them as groups bearing different characteristics, including academic status, subfieldresearch area of astronomy, age, and affiliated institution. The analysis of our results a) revealed that although some similarities exist, there are significant variations in the behaviour of the different groups of our participants, and b) highlighted the need for deeper investigation of narrower subject communities within disciplines in order to acquire deeper understanding of their information seeking behavior.
URI: https://uniwacris.uniwa.gr/handle/3000/616
Type: Conference Paper
Department: Department of Archival, Library and Information Studies 
School: School of Administrative, Economics and Social Sciences 
Affiliation: University of West Attica (UNIWA) 
Appears in Collections:Conference Papers or Poster or Presentation / Δημοσιεύσεις σε Συνέδρια

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