Information behavior and practices research informing information systems design
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| Title: | Information behavior and practices research informing information systems design |
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| Authors: | Huvila, Isto, Enwald, Heidi, Eriksson‐Backa, Kristina, Liu, Ying‐Hsang, Hirvonen, Noora |
| Source: | Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology |
| Publisher Information: | Wiley, 2021. |
| Publication Year: | 2021 |
| Subject Terms: | Systemvetenskap, informationssystem och informatik med samhällsvetenskaplig inriktning, Information systems development, Information behavior, 05 social sciences, Information Systems, Social aspects, 0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering, Informational needs, 02 engineering and technology, 0509 other social sciences, Design recommendations |
| Description: | Information behavior and practices (IBP) research has been repeatedly criticized for having little impact on information systems development (ISD). Claiming that there is a complete disconnect would be an exaggeration but it is apparent that it is not always easy to translate findings of IBP research to workable design recommendations. Based on a reading of earlier literature and a closer investigation of three illustrative example contexts, this article underlines that the value of IBP research for ISD lies in its capability to inform ISD of the variety of ways people deal with information beyond individual systems, their own wants and designers' assumptions. Moreover, it highlights that the implications of information systems go beyond their primary users. Instead of overemphasizing the contextuality of findings, a part of IBP research would benefit from an increased focus on explicating its epistemological extents and limits and identifying, which findings are transferable, what distinguishes specific contexts, what are their defining constraints and priorities, and what aspects of their uniqueness are assumptions and simple clichés. |
| Document Type: | Article |
| File Description: | application/pdf |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 2330-1643 2330-1635 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/asi.24611 |
| Access URL: | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1002/asi.24611 https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2985069 http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe2022082355995 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-477820 |
| Rights: | CC BY NC |
| Accession Number: | edsair.doi.dedup.....904a45f3b8b88f88e24f40e6ecd48047 |
| Database: | OpenAIRE |
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Nájsť tento článok vo Web of Science | Abstract: | Information behavior and practices (IBP) research has been repeatedly criticized for having little impact on information systems development (ISD). Claiming that there is a complete disconnect would be an exaggeration but it is apparent that it is not always easy to translate findings of IBP research to workable design recommendations. Based on a reading of earlier literature and a closer investigation of three illustrative example contexts, this article underlines that the value of IBP research for ISD lies in its capability to inform ISD of the variety of ways people deal with information beyond individual systems, their own wants and designers' assumptions. Moreover, it highlights that the implications of information systems go beyond their primary users. Instead of overemphasizing the contextuality of findings, a part of IBP research would benefit from an increased focus on explicating its epistemological extents and limits and identifying, which findings are transferable, what distinguishes specific contexts, what are their defining constraints and priorities, and what aspects of their uniqueness are assumptions and simple clichés. |
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| ISSN: | 23301643 23301635 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/asi.24611 |