TY  - CHAP
AB  - David Ellis is Professor in the Department of Information Studies at Aberystwyth University. He was previously lecturer and senior lecturer in the Department of Information Studies, University of Sheffield. He has a PhD and an MA in Information Studies from the University of Sheffield, and a BA in Philosophy and Politics from the University of Durham. His PhD study of the information behaviour of academic social scientists represented one of the first attempts to apply a rigorous qualitative methodology to modelling the information seeking patterns of social science researchers and was subsequently extended to studies of scientists in both academic and industrial research environments. These interests were further developed in the course of the uncertainty in information seeking project carried out in collaboration with researchers at the University of Sheffield and the University of North Texas. Professor Ellis has published extensively in the information studies field, his work has been recognised as representing a distinct, substantive and methodological contribution to the fields of information behaviour and information retrieval research, and is widely cited in both. His current research interests are in the areas of information behaviour, information and knowledge management and information systems. Professor Ellis's professional activities have included service on the UK Research Assessment Exercise, Peer Review Panel for Library and Information Management, and Research Convenor of the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Peer Review Panel for Librarianship, Information and Museum Studies. He is a member of the AHRC and the Economics and Social Sciences Research Council (ESRC) Peer Review Colleges and Research Notes Editor of the International Journal of Information Management.
VL  - 6
SN  - 978-1-78052-714-7, 978-1-78052-715-4/1876-0562
DO  - 10.1108/S1876-0562(2012)0000006017
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S1876-0562(2012)0000006017
ED  - Amanda Spink
ED  - Jannica Heinström
PY  - 2012
Y1  - 2012/01/01
TI  - About the Authors
T2  - Library and Information Science Trends and Research: Europe
T3  - Library and Information Science
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 297
EP  - 305
Y2  - 2024/04/20
ER  -