tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6457727646928172068.comments2020-11-24T10:59:39.077+00:00The Inf6350 2012 blogSheila Webberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06443224062722725139noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6457727646928172068.post-63472988919320499022012-09-28T10:22:00.925+01:002012-09-28T10:22:00.925+01:00Thanks for the information and reference. It has b...Thanks for the information and reference. It has been useful and allowed me to fill in the gaps for the questions. I did try searching some of the above author's names in Star but could not see the article in question. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6457727646928172068.post-89497213909651471582012-09-27T23:20:31.015+01:002012-09-27T23:20:31.015+01:00Here's a proper reference for that paper: Erde...Here's a proper reference for that paper: Erdelez S. (1996) Information encountering: a conceptual framework for accidental information discovery. In: Vakkari P, Savolainen R, and Dervin B (eds.) Information seeking in context: proceedings of an international conference on research on information needs, seeking and use in different contexts: Tampere, Finland. London: Taylor Graham, pp. 412-421. Retrieved 27 September 2012 from http://informationr.net/isic/ISIC1996/96_Erdelez.pdfSheila Webberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06443224062722725139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6457727646928172068.post-53196430838901746942012-09-27T22:46:36.728+01:002012-09-27T22:46:36.728+01:00No, there are gaps in what she tells us about her ...No, there are gaps in what she tells us about her research methods, we can discuss that a bit more on Tuesday. Her PhD was before they tended to get archived in an easily accessible form. There is a bit more information in a 1996 conference paper she produced, which has recently been scanned and put on the web: http://informationr.net/isic/ISIC1996/96_Erdelez.pdf Sheila Webberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06443224062722725139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6457727646928172068.post-61787771694342266462012-09-27T13:52:20.328+01:002012-09-27T13:52:20.328+01:00I enjoyed reading the article and saw many traits ...I enjoyed reading the article and saw many traits of information encountering that I would attribute to myself. However, I cannot discover how she chose her interviewees or the precise research method, despite looking at journal article titles on Emerald and trying to find her original Phd thesis which I assume has the answer. Unless of course, I have misunderstood and the answer is staring me in the face! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com