Scientists’ Information Behavior for Bridging the Gaps Encountered in the Process of the Scientific Research Lifecycle (과학기술분야 연구활동 단계별 문제상황 극복을 위한 정보행동 연구)

Lee Jung Yeoun (이정연); Eunkyung Chung (정은경); Nahyun Kwon (권나현)

doi:10.3743/KOSIM.2012.29.3.099

Scientists’ Information Behavior for Bridging the Gaps Encountered in the Process of the Scientific Research Lifecycle

Journal of the Korean Society for Information Management
Abbr : JKOSIM
2012, 29(3), pp.99~122
DOI : 10.3743/KOSIM.2012.29.3.099
Publisher : 한국정보관리학회
Research Area : Interdisciplinary Studies > Library and Information Science
Received : August 5, 2012
Accepted : September 12, 2012
Published : September 30, 2012

Lee Jung Yeoun ¹, Eunkyung Chung ², Nahyun Kwon ³

¹Universitas Indonesia
²이화여자대학교
³명지대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study analyzed scientists information behaviors when they engage in solving specific research problems in various situations throughout the entire scientific R&D lifecycle process. In-depth interviews with a total of 24 scientists were conducted in their research laboratories, the scientists’ everyday workplace and the contexts of scientific research. The theoretical and methodological frameworks employed for this study were Dervin’s Sense-making, Savolainen’s Everyday Life Information Seeking, and Engeström's Activity Theory. The findings of this study informed context-specific research and information behaviors of the scientists in the 14 sub stages of the five-stage of R&D lifecycle. Specifically, the study revealed the research objectives and related information behaviors (e.g., information needs, information seeking, information sources and channels, information barriers, etc.) to achieve the objectives at each sub-stage. The study results provided essential information to re-design the information services and strategies that accommodate the scientific R&D lifecycle.

KEYWORDS

science and technology, R&D life cycle, human information behavior, scientific collaboration, scientific data sharing, information barriers, user study, problem solving, ELIS, Active theory, sense-making theory

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