Approaches to Studying Public Library Networked Community Information Initiatives: A Review of the Literature and Overview of a Current Study.

Pettigrew, Karen E.; Durrance, Joan C.; Vakkari, Pertti

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Publication Date: 1999

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Approaches to Studying Public Library Networked Community Information Initiatives: A Review of the Literature and Overview of a Current Study.

Pettigrew, Karen E.; Durrance, Joan C.; Vakkari, Pertti

Library & Information Science Research, v21 n3 p32760 1999

Reviews current trends in the networked community information literature, including public library involvement, and discusses a present study for which multiple methods are being used to collect data from users, librarians, and service providers in three states. Particular attention is given to explaining use of theory specification to apply Dervin's sensemaking framework in an online environment. (Contains 139 references.) (Author/AEF)

Descriptors: Community Information Services, Data Collection, Information Centers, Information Networks, Information Theory, Library Networks, Library Services, Library Statistics, Public Libraries, Trend Analysis, User Needs (Information)

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