Information-Seeking Behavior of Gatekeepers in Ethnolinguistic Communities: Overview of a Taxonomy.

Metoyer-Duran, Cheryl

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Publication Date: 1991

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Information-Seeking Behavior of Gatekeepers in Ethnolinguistic Communities: Overview of a Taxonomy.

Metoyer-Duran, Cheryl

Library and Information Science Research, v13 n4 p319-46 Oct-Dec 1991

Discusses the concept of gatekeepers in the area of information and culture and presents a model for the information-seeking behavior of ethnolinguistic gatekeepers. Highlights include information needs and use models; information inequity in information and retrieval programs; affective and cognitive domains; and research implications for developing nations. (80 references) (LRW)

Descriptors: Access to Information, Affective Behavior, Change Agents, Cognitive Processes, Cultural Context, Developing Nations, Ethnolinguistics, Foreign Countries, Information Retrieval, Information Utilization, Models, Research Needs

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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