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Vol.29 No.3
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Scientists' Information Behavior for Bridging the Gaps Encountered in the Process of the Scientific Research Lifecycle

Journal of the Korean Society for Information Management / Journal of the Korean Society for Information Management, (P)1013-0799; (E)2586-2073
2012, v.29 no.3, pp.99-122
https://doi.org/10.3743/KOSIM.2012.29.3.099



& (2012). Scientists' Information Behavior for Bridging the Gaps Encountered in the Process of the Scientific Research Lifecycle. Journal of the Korean Society for Information Management, 29(3), 99-122, https://doi.org/10.3743/KOSIM.2012.29.3.099
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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.

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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, 과학기술, R&D 라이프사이클, 문제해결, 정보행동, 정보장애, 협업, 정보공유, 정보이용자연구, 의미형성 이론, 일상생활 정보탐색 이론, 활동이론, 과학기술자

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