Journal of Documentation: Volume 70 Issue 4

An information meta-state approach to documentation

The purpose of this paper is to bring both Simondonian and Deleuzian insights to bear upon the nature of documents and documentation by viewing them as non-representationalist…

Clownpants in the classroom? Hypnotizing chickens? Measurement of structural distraction in visual presentation documents

The purpose of this paper is to consider the structure of entertainment media as a possible foundation for measuring aspects of visual presentations that could enhance or…

Experiencing documents

The purpose of this paper is to invite further consideration of how people experience documents. By offering a model from Reader Response theory – Louise Rosenblatt's…

Characteristics of human perception and their relevance when studying information behavior

The purpose of this paper is to highlight findings regarding human perception in allied disciplines and to argue that information behaviour research needs to find ways to address…

A model of uncertainty and its relation to information seeking and retrieval (IS&R)

The purpose of this paper is to show that uncertainty may be caused not only by a knowledge gap in the mind of a user with respect to a given subject or topic, but also by the…

A tale of two images: the quest to create a story-based image indexing system

The purpose of this conceptual paper is to consider the possibility of designing a story-based image indexing system based on users’ descriptions of images. It reports a pilot…

The impact of mobile tablet devices on human information behaviour

Mobile computing devices are a significant access point for information activities. Theories and models of human information behaviour have developed over several decades but have…

Models explaining the perceived outcomes of public libraries

The benefits of public libraries as perceived by adults in everyday activities, in cultural activities and in career are modeled by multivariate techniques. The paper aims to…

The National Library of Singapore: creating a sense of community

– The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of the National Library of Singapore in the life of Singaporeans.

Interpreting the world across a boundary : The evolution of information from life's first decisions to the information society

The purpose of this paper is to examine the association between information and boundaries. Life depends on boundaries; but in order to survive an organism needs to make decisions…

Informational balance: slow principles in the theory and practice of information behaviour

– The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether the principles of the Slow Movement may be applied to information behaviour.

Logic and the organization of information