%0 Journal Article %1 palmer_aligning_1999-1 %A Palmer, C. L %D 1999 %J Journal of the American Society for Information Science %K Library analysis,User and information science,Models,Subject surveys %P 1139-1140 %T Aligning studies of information seeking and use with domain analysis %V 50 %X Contribution to Part 2 of 2 issues to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Journal of the American Society for Information Science (JASIS). 2 different conceptions of domain analysis exist in LIS: one emphasizes theories of knowledge, and the other is grounded in the study of literatures. While studies of information seeking and use have been more widely associated with information retrieval, they can make an important contribution to domain analysis, and perhaps help integrate the 2 approaches. Because of the mutable and overlapping nature of discourse communities and the knowledge they produce, the most operative user studies will demarcate user groups based on the conceptual requirements of the information problems under investigation, rather than by domain. As our understanding of information use develops, models can be constructed that represent the dimensions of use for specific domains and that take into account relationships between domains. (Original abstract - amended)

@article{palmer_aligning_1999-1, abstract = {Contribution to Part 2 of 2 issues to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Journal of the American Society for Information Science (JASIS). 2 different conceptions of domain analysis exist in LIS: one emphasizes theories of knowledge, and the other is grounded in the study of literatures. While studies of information seeking and use have been more widely associated with information retrieval, they can make an important contribution to domain analysis, and perhaps help integrate the 2 approaches. Because of the mutable and overlapping nature of discourse communities and the knowledge they produce, the most operative user studies will demarcate user groups based on the conceptual requirements of the information problems under investigation, rather than by domain. As our understanding of information use develops, models can be constructed that represent the dimensions of use for specific domains and that take into account relationships between domains. (Original abstract - amended)}, added-at = {2007-12-03T17:48:07.000+0100}, author = {Palmer, C. L}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/285598612fff47d7f84771120f5007bca/sercarfe}, interhash = {d886347bd958580f567786aff258dde2}, intrahash = {85598612fff47d7f84771120f5007bca}, journal = {Journal of the American Society for Information Science}, keywords = {Library analysis,User and information science,Models,Subject surveys}, month = {October}, pages = {1139-1140}, timestamp = {2007-12-03T17:48:27.000+0100}, title = {Aligning studies of information seeking and use with domain analysis}, volume = 50, year = 1999 }