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The changing information needs of users in electronic information environments

Gashaw Kebede (Gashaw Kebede is a Lecturer, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.)

The Electronic Library

ISSN: 0264-0473

Article publication date: 1 February 2002

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Abstract

Focuses on the information needs of users that are changing as a result of changes in the availability of information content in electronic form. In the course of the discussion, the paper first highlights the trend and nature of the physical form in which information content is currently being made available for users’ access and use in electronic information environments. It then attempts to determine why the prevailing information needs of users are coming into being and how they are shaped in electronic information environments. Finally, makes suggestions regarding how to go about identifying and meeting the prevailing needs in electronic information.

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Kebede, G. (2002), "The changing information needs of users in electronic information environments", The Electronic Library, Vol. 20 No. 1, pp. 14-21. https://doi.org/10.1108/02640470210418227

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