Information Horizons: A Framework for Understanding and Exploring Information Behavior (Global Perspectives on Library and Information Science)

Information Horizons is the updated, definitive resource for the Information Horizon Theory and Information Horizon Interview method.Embracing behavioral, cognitive and social aspects of information, the theory and method have been applied globally in information behavior research and education. The theory posits posits that information behavior is social, material, temporal, dynamic, situational and contextual, and that information behavior can be conceptualized as Information Horizons which include affordances and constraints on information behavior.It provides the foundation for the Information Horizon Interview method that combines semi-structured interview questions with a graphical elicitation technique in which the participant draws a visualization, or map, of their Information Horizon which illustrates their information seeking behavior in specific situations and context.This volume incorporates recent developments in scholarship, technology and methodology, updating the theory