This unique book presents authoritative overviews of more than 70 conceptual frameworks for understanding how people seek, manage, share, and use information in different contexts. A practical and readable reference to both well-established and newly proposed theories of information behavior, the book includes contributions from 85 scholars from 10 countries. Each theory description covers origins, propositions, methodological implications, usage, links to related conceptual frameworks, and listings of authoritative primary and secondary references. The introductory chapters explain key concepts, theory–method connections, and the process of theory development.
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A solid overview of theories of information behavior,
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I read about a third of this book for my Intro to Information Behavior class in my MLIS program. Although the sheer number of theories/paradigms/whatevers was overwhelming at first, and the information in the introductory chapters was debatable and at times clear as mud, I quickly came to appreciate this book.Each of the 70+ chapters is a 1 - 3 page summary of a particular IB theory. These summaries are extremely helpful for beginning MLIS students who need a quick explanation of a theory mentioned in class, or an overview of a theory they read about a few weeks ago but can't quite remember, or who just want to browse through some more IB theories.
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[...]My concerns with the book are related to ``what is theory?'' and ``what are the important theories?''. First, the ``what is theory?''. To say that some of the positions presented in each chapter are theories is really pushing the label of theory. Certainly, many of the paradigms do not measure up to the definition of theory that the editors of the book state in the preface or which are in the leading chapter of section one.
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