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2.1 MEANING (OF INFORMATION)

Information as a process: When someone is informed, what they know is changed. In this change “Information is the act of information communication of the knowledge or new of some fact or occurrence; the act of telling fact or fact of being told of something.

[Aqui basta ser exposto a informação que isso já vira conhecimento, não requer ação]

Information as knowledge: Information is also used to denote that which is perceived in information as aprocess; the knowledge communicated concerning some particular fact, subject or event; that of which one is appraised or told, intelligence, news.

[Aqui a informação já carrega conhecimento]

Information as a thing: the term Information is also used attributively for objects like documents that are referred to as information they are regarded as having the imparting knowledge or communicating information that is instructive.

[A terceira se encaixa melhor com a definição que temos de conhecimento, informação é uma mensagem, a interpretação e uso depende de quem a recebe]

3. INFORMATION NEED

Information need referes to individual user needs regarding information needed by each person.

[O que motiva essa necessidade?]

Information Behaviour: Totality of human behavior in relation to sources and channels of information.

[Comportamento Humano, passivo, ativo, crédulo, incrédulo, ...]

Information Seeking Behaviour: Information seeking behavior is the purposive seeking for information as a consequence of a need to complete some goal.

[Existe um propósito de busca essa informação, curiosidade somente?, tomada de decisão?]

Information Search Behaviour: The micro-level behavior employed by the information searcher in interacting with information system of all kind.

[Interação do usuário com alguma fonte de informação]

Information Use Behaviour: this is comprises of mental and physical acts involved in incorporating information to existing knowledge base of a person.

[Além de saber, depois de exposto a informação que procurava, irá agir com base nessa informação caso confie na mesma para tal ação]

4. INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOUR

Information seeking behavior is a process where people search information and utilize the same to complete their assigned task.

[Buscar = Pesquisar e Usar]

Information seeking behavior involves a set of actions like information needs, seek information, evaluate and select information and finally use this information.

[Para buscar é necessário ter uma meta/objetivo/propósito]
[Para usar é necessário ter informações o suficiente que permitam avaliar e selecionar o que dará suporte a ação/tomada de decisão]

Information seeking is the process engaged in by humans to change their state of knowledge.

It is a highlevel cognitive process that is part learning or problem solving.

[Apendizado, que irá ser usado na resolução de problemas posteriores, ou Resolução de Problemas de curto prazo ou imediato]

Because the new information formats of information sources and new information tools, users are expected to acquire new knowledge and skills in information searching(Kaushik, 2011)

4.1. DEFINITION:

According to Wilson (2000) Information seeking behavior as purposive seeking of Information as aconsequence of a need to satisfy some goal.
According to King Information Seeking Behaviour is “a manner information in which a user conducts himself in relation to a given information environment”
According to Kritels “it refers to any activity of an individual that is undertaken to identify a message that satisfies a perceived need”.
According to Girija Kumar the information seeking behavior is mainly concerned with the need, what kind of information and for what reason and how information is found, evaluated and used and how the needs can be identified and satisfied.

There are two types of Information seeking behavior:

1) Compulsory Information seeking behavior: Compelling statures force a person to seek necessary information. Professional working in different field forced to access the information in their respective field of expertization to become more informatics. For example Advocates, Engineers, Sociologists, psychologists etc.

[Buscar informação para ter o conhecimento atualizado em seu campo de atuação ou para resolver um problema dentro do mesmo]
[As fontes são reconhecidas como válidas]

2) Discretionary Information Seeking: this type is different from compulsory information seeking. Itentails searching for information that may not be essential and/or whose source is not known with certainly.

[Buscar informação para ter o conhecimento atualizado sobre o mundo ou para resolver um problema cotidiano]
[As fontes não garantem o acesso a informação confiável]

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Livro: Looking for Information: A Survey of Research on Information Seeking, Needs, and Behavior (Library and Information Science)

Author(s): Donald O. Case
Year: 2002
ISBN: 012150381X,9780585469218,9780121503819

Description:
Looking for Information presents examples of information seeking and reviews studies of the information-seeking behavior of both general and specific social and occupational groups: scientists, engineers, social scientists, humanists, policy experts, the aged, the poor, and the public in general. It also discusses general research on information seeking, including basic research on human communication behavior as found in the literature of psychology, anthropology, sociology, and other disciplines.