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| author | Steinerová, Jela Šušol, Jaroslav |
| author_facet | Steinerová, Jela Šušol, Jaroslav Steinerová, Jela Šušol, Jaroslav |
| collection | Education Resources Information Center |
| contents | Users' Information Behaviour--A Gender Perspective Steinerová, Jela Šušol, Jaroslav Users (Information) Questionnaires Surveys Research Libraries Data Analysis Gender Differences Statistical Analysis Information Seeking Electronic Libraries Information Literacy Electronic Publishing Information Processing Use Studies Library Science Information Science Information Management Research Methodology Qualitative Research Likert Scales Foreign Countries Universities College Students Student Surveys Researchers College Faculty Statistical Distributions Computer Software Questioning Techniques Librarians Females Males Comparative Analysis Models User Satisfaction (Information) Introduction: The paper is based on the study of library users in Slovakia as part of a larger research project on the use of information. Method: A large-scale questionnaire survey was conducted in 2002 in sixteen academic and research libraries with 793 subjects, especially students and educators. Analysis: The data were analysed with the use of statistical package SPSS. Gender differences are analysed with regard to ways of information seeking, use of electronic resources and publishing. Results: Results indicate that men prefer individual information seeking and women apply collaborative information use. By sorting user types it was found out that women tended to manifest a pragmatic way of information use (the S type). Men confirmed analytic information processing (the A type). Women declared less experience in the use of electronic resources and publishing. Differences in orientation, collaboration and feelings have been noted. Conclusion: Gender as a variable can be productive for better understanding of cognitive and social background of human information processing. Findings can inform design of services and systems and information literacy policies. |
| format | Recurso educativo Open Access |
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| institution | ERIC Institute of Education Sciences |
| language | en |
| publishDate | 2007 |
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| spellingShingle | Users' Information Behaviour--A Gender Perspective Steinerová, Jela Šušol, Jaroslav Users (Information) Questionnaires Surveys Research Libraries Data Analysis Gender Differences Statistical Analysis Information Seeking Electronic Libraries Information Literacy Electronic Publishing Information Processing Use Studies Library Science Information Science Information Management Research Methodology Qualitative Research Likert Scales Foreign Countries Universities College Students Student Surveys Researchers College Faculty Statistical Distributions Computer Software Questioning Techniques Librarians Females Males Comparative Analysis Models User Satisfaction (Information) Users' Information Behaviour--A Gender Perspective Steinerová, Jela Šušol, Jaroslav Users (Information) Questionnaires Surveys Research Libraries Data Analysis Gender Differences Statistical Analysis Information Seeking Electronic Libraries Information Literacy Electronic Publishing Information Processing Use Studies Library Science Information Science Information Management Research Methodology Qualitative Research Likert Scales Foreign Countries Universities College Students Student Surveys Researchers College Faculty Statistical Distributions Computer Software Questioning Techniques Librarians Females Males Comparative Analysis Models User Satisfaction (Information) Introduction: The paper is based on the study of library users in Slovakia as part of a larger research project on the use of information. Method: A large-scale questionnaire survey was conducted in 2002 in sixteen academic and research libraries with 793 subjects, especially students and educators. Analysis: The data were analysed with the use of statistical package SPSS. Gender differences are analysed with regard to ways of information seeking, use of electronic resources and publishing. Results: Results indicate that men prefer individual information seeking and women apply collaborative information use. By sorting user types it was found out that women tended to manifest a pragmatic way of information use (the S type). Men confirmed analytic information processing (the A type). Women declared less experience in the use of electronic resources and publishing. Differences in orientation, collaboration and feelings have been noted. Conclusion: Gender as a variable can be productive for better understanding of cognitive and social background of human information processing. Findings can inform design of services and systems and information literacy policies. |
| title | Users' Information Behaviour--A Gender Perspective |
| topic | Users (Information) Questionnaires Surveys Research Libraries Data Analysis Gender Differences Statistical Analysis Information Seeking Electronic Libraries Information Literacy Electronic Publishing Information Processing Use Studies Library Science Information Science Information Management Research Methodology Qualitative Research Likert Scales Foreign Countries Universities College Students Student Surveys Researchers College Faculty Statistical Distributions Computer Software Questioning Techniques Librarians Females Males Comparative Analysis Models User Satisfaction (Information) |
| url | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1104701 |