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The information-seeking behavior of social science faculty studying stateless nations.

机译:研究无国籍国家的社会科学院教师的信息寻求行为。

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The purpose of this study was to describe and analyze the information needs and information-seeking behavior of social science faculty studying stateless nations (e.g., the Basques, Chechens, Kurds, and Tibetans) and to examine the feasibility and value of electronic mail interviewing for conducting qualitative research. The study focuses on developing a model that best describes the information-seeking behavior of this user group. This model builds on David Ellis's model of information-seeking behavior of social scientists.; Of the 106 faculty members invited, 60 from 18 different countries participated, making a response rate of 57%, In order to provide a “reality check” on the study findings, the investigator conducted in-depth semi-structured face-to-face (FTF) interviews with additional five faculty members located within practical geographical distance. Using content analysis, the interview data and memos resulted in the identification of several concepts, categories, and themes common to the participants.; Results of the study revealed that there were some clear and unique patterns of information used by social science faculty studying stateless nations. For example, fieldwork data, archival materials, and grey literature were among the most frequently used and relied on sources of information. Informal sources of information (e.g., colleagues, librarians, and friends) were found to be important as well. Government restrictions are considered the most significant barriers to information gathering. Nine other factors that influence the information-seeking behavior of the faculty were also identified.; This study shows that in addition to starting, chaining, browsing, differentiating, monitoring, and extracting—the six categories identified by David Ellis as sufficient to describe the information-seeking activities of social science faculty—four features should be added to the model: accessing, networking, verifying, and information managing.; Results indicated that many of the difficulties inherent in face-to-face interviews can be overcome in the electronic medium. Both the researchers and the interviewees were able to take the time to be thoughtful and careful in their responses to each other. Neither the researchers nor the interviewees had to schedule appointments. Although some caution remains regarding the reliability of responses collected in this way, general advantages of interviewing using electronic mail include: reduced cost; convenience; unimportance of geographic location and the possibility for more sampling diversity; the potential for large amount of data to be accumulated; the allowance for thorough and thoughtful follow-up and clarification; the generation of transcribed data; and the ability to continue the interview process until the researcher is satisfied that a saturation point has been reached. A list of guidelines are included for researchers who are considering conducting research via electronic mail using interviews. Implications on library services and suggestions for future research are presented.
机译:这项研究的目的是描述和分析研究无国籍国家(例如,巴斯克人,车臣人,库尔德人和藏族人)的社会科学学院的信息需求和信息寻求行为,并研究电子邮件采访对美国的可行性和价值。进行定性研究。该研究着重于开发一种最能描述该用户群的信息寻求行为的模型。该模型建立在大卫·埃利斯(David Ellis)的社会科学家的信息寻求行为模型的基础上。在邀请的106名教师中,来自18个不同国家的60名教师参加了调查,反馈率为57%。为了对研究结果进行“真实性检查”,研究人员面对面进行了深入的半结构化研究(FTF)对位于实际地理距离内的另外五名教员的采访。使用内容分析,访谈数据和备忘录可以确定参与者共有的几个概念,类别和主题。研究结果表明,研究无国籍国家的社会科学院教师使用了一些清晰独特的信息模式。例如,实地调查数据,档案资料和灰色文献是最常用的信息来源之一。非正式的信息来源(例如,同事,图书馆员和朋友)也很重要。政府的限制被认为是信息收集的最大障碍。还确定了影响教师信息寻求行为的其他九个因素。这项研究表明,除了开始,链接,浏览,区分,监视和提取(大卫·埃利斯(David Ellis)确定的足以描述社会科学系的信息搜寻活动的六个类别)外,还应向模型添加四个功能:访问,联网,验证和信息管理。结果表明,面对面访谈中固有的许多困难都可以通过电子媒介克服。研究人员和受访者都可以花一些时间去思考和谨慎地对待彼此。研究人员和受访者都无需安排约会。尽管对于以这种方式收集的答复的可靠性仍需谨慎,但使用电子邮件进行采访的一般优势包括:降低了成本;方便;地理位置不重要,并且可能有更多的采样多样性;可能会积累大量数据;允许进行彻底,周到的跟进和澄清;转录数据的生成;以及继续进行访谈过程直到研究人员对达到饱和点感到满意的能力。其中包括针对正在考虑通过电子邮件使用访谈进行研究的研究人员的指南列表。介绍了对图书馆服务的影响和对未来研究的建议。

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