GIFT KAYUNI'S INFO CORNER (MLISDL0425)

A SHIFT FROM INFORMATION SYSTEMS TO INFORMATION USER The shift from information systems to information user research reflects a growing emphasis on understanding how people seek, use, and interact with information, rather than just designing systems to store and retrieve it. Historically, research in information science centered on information systems, databases, search engines, and retrieval algorithms.  This approach was rooted in a bibliographic paradigm, where the system was the primary object of study, and users were secondary or abstracted. The shift began when researchers recognized that users’ cognitive, emotional, and behavioral experiences were central to successful information seeking.  Instead of asking “How can we improve the system?”, researchers began asking “How do people experience the search process?”. MYTHS ABOUT INFORMATION BEHAVIOUR AND INFORMATION SEEKING 1. Only objective information is valuable This myth assumes people are purely rational decision-maker...