Collaborative information behaviour of graduate students in Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS)

Zakerhamidi, Maryam

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Title

Collaborative information behaviour of graduate students in Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS)

Author(s)

Zakerhamidi, Maryam

Issue Date

2013-02

Keyword(s)

• information seeking behaviour
• collaborative information behaviour
• Tehran University of Medical Sciences
• HCI
• collaboration
• searching behaviour
• information behavior

Abstract

Collaborative information behavior is an important and growing area of research in the field of information behavior. Although collaboration is a key component of work in organizational and other settings Studies when two or more actors identify, seek, search, and use information to accomplish a task. This poster reports on a recent research investigating the collaborative information behavior of graduate students in Tehran University of Medical sciences, students of in the context of Medical science research groups projects. A total of 25 graduate students who participated in a collaborative research project were asked to complete process surveys throughout the project. Data analysis showed that collaborative information behaviors dynamically occur in different stages of the project through different levels depending on the corresponding project tasks that trigger different collaborative information related activities.

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iSchools

Type of Resource

text

Language

en

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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/42078

DOI

https://doi.org/10.9776/13514

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Copyright © 2013 is held by the authors. Copyright permissions, when appropriate, must be obtained directly from the authors.

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