Information Behavior
What is Information Behavior?
Research in information behavior considers (1) what information a user group seeks, (2) how they find it, and (3) how they use it.
Our Specialties
Information Needs
An information need is the information that a user or user group desires whether consciously or unconsciously and is not always expressed. Research and identification of information needs may be used to predict information seeking and use, discover needs currently unmet in information institutions, or inform information system design.
Faculty Experts
Dr. Kendra Albright Dr. Belinda Boon Dr. Lala Hajibayova Dr. Athena Salaba Dr. Yin Zhang
Information Seeking
Research in information seeking investigates the actions involved in the process of locating information (whether successful or not).
Faculty Experts
Dr. Belinda Boon Dr. Lala Hajibayova Dr. Athena Salaba Dr. Catherine Smith Dr. Yin Zhang
Information Use
Research of information use investigates the ways in which people apply information to make sense of their lives and of situations.
Faculty Experts
Dr. Kendra Albright Dr. Belinda Boon Dr. Lala Hajibayova Dr. Athena Salaba Dr. Yin Zhang
Faculty Experts
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Goodyear Endowed Professor in Knowledge Management
