The changing information needs of users in electronic information environments
- 1 February 2002
- journal article
- Published by Emerald Publishing in The Electronic Library
- Vol. 20 (1) , 14-21
- https://doi.org/10.1108/02640470210418227
Abstract
Focuses on the information needs of users that are changing as a result of changes in the availability of information content in electronic form. In the course of the discussion, the paper first highlights the trend and nature of the physical form in which information content is currently being made available for users’ access and use in electronic information environments. It then attempts to determine why the prevailing information needs of users are coming into being and how they are shaped in electronic information environments. Finally, makes suggestions regarding how to go about identifying and meeting the prevailing needs in electronic information.Keywords
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