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http://dx.doi.org/10.4275/KSLIS.2020.54.2.269

An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis on University Members' Information Needs and Behaviors  

Min, Yoonkyung (연세대학교 문헌정보학과 대학도서관발전연구소)
Kim, Giyeong (연세대학교 문헌정보학과)
Lee, Jee Yeon (연세대학교 문헌정보학과)
Kim, Hyeyoung (연세대학교 대학원 문헌정보학과)
Seo, Jung Sun (연세대학교 대학원 문헌정보학과)
Lee, Go Eun (연세대학교 대학원 문헌정보학과)
Lee, Na Ri (연세대학교 교육대학원 사서교육전공)
Jung, Minji (연세대학교 대학원 문헌정보학과)
Chae, Hyun Soo (연세대학교 대학원 문헌정보학과)
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Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science / v.54, no.2, 2020 , pp. 269-297 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study aims to understand the information needs and behaviors of university members given the societal shifts incited by the fourth industrial revolution as well as the changes in university research and education. We first conducted several in-depth interviews with diverse university members, and then adopted interpretative phenomenological analysis(IPA) to search the university members' information needs and behaviors including the contexts for such needs. The interviewees demonstrated more complex and convergent information needs than traditional information needs. They had very individualized information needs according their particular situations and took integrated problem-solving methods through their personal networks and/or making their own communities. When the interviewees' information needs were not satisfied by libraries, they tended to show low awareness of the libraries.
Keywords
University Members; Information Needs; Information Behaviors; IPA, Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis; Integrated Information Needs;
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