2010 Awards for Excellence

Citation

(2011), "2010 Awards for Excellence", Journal of Documentation, Vol. 67 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/jd.2011.27867aaa.004

2010 Awards for Excellence

Article Type: Awards for Excellence From: Journal of Documentation, Volume 67, Issue 1

The following article was selected for this year's Outstanding Paper Award for Journal of Documentation"Information use and information processing: comparison of conceptualizations''Reijo SavolainenDepartment of Information Studies, University of Tampere, Tampere, FinlandPurpose -- the processes of information use by comparing conceptualizations provided by the constructivist approach and the human information processing approach.Design/methodology/approach -- The article is a conceptual analysis of major articles characterizing information use and human information processing in the fields of information studies and consumer research.Findings -- It is found that both research approaches share the assumption that interpreting, relating and comparing qualities of things is fundamental to the information use process.Research limitations/implications -- The picture of information use processes is based on the comparison of two research approaches only.Originality/value -- Compared to the numerous studies on information needs and seeking, the questions of information use have remained under-researched. The study elaborates the conceptual picture of information use processes by identifying similarities and differences between two major research approaches.Keywords Consumer behaviour, Customer satisfaction, Decision making, Information retrievalwww.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/00220410910937570

This article originally appeared in Volume 65 Number 2, 2008, pp. 187-207, Journal of Documentation

The following articles were selected for this year's Highly Commended Award"Dimensions of tasks: influences on information-seeking and retrieving process''Iris XieThis article originally appeared in Volume 65 Number 3, 2009, Journal of Documentation

"Information science: communication chain and domain analysis''Lyn RobinsonThis article originally appeared in Volume 65 Number 4, 2009, Journal of Documentation