The concept of information need and its operationalization in CHIIR research

Katriina Byström; Sanna Kumpulainen; Nils Pharo; Ian Ruthven

doi:10.1145/3627508.3638290

The concept of information need and its operationalization in CHIIR research

Katriina Byström, Sanna Kumpulainen, Nils Pharo, Ian Ruthven

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One of the most utilized concepts in CHIIR research is 'information need', which has been used as part of research designs in both qualitative and quantitative studies, either as an integral element of experiments and evaluations or as an explanatory aspect of information searching. Its definitions and operationalizations are likewise many and they often remain vague hindering the possibility to credibly compare findings. This tutorial will help participants to use the concept more precisely and appropriately in their own research. The tutorial consists of talks by experienced researchers combined with small group and plenary sessions.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHIIR '24: Proceedings of the 2024 Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval
Editors	Paul Clough, Morgan Harvey, Frank Hopfgartner
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Pages	431-432
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Electronic)	9798400704345
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3627508.3638290
Publication status	Published - 10 Mar 2024

Keywords

Contextual information seeking
Information need
Task-based information searching
User studies

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Byström, K., Kumpulainen, S., Pharo, N., & Ruthven, I. (2024). The concept of information need and its operationalization in CHIIR research. In P. Clough, M. Harvey, & F. Hopfgartner (Eds.), CHIIR '24: Proceedings of the 2024 Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval (pp. 431-432). Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). https://doi.org/10.1145/3627508.3638290

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CHIIR '24: Proceedings of the 2024 Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval. ed. / Paul Clough; Morgan Harvey; Frank Hopfgartner. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2024. p. 431-432.

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Byström K, Kumpulainen S, Pharo N, Ruthven I. The concept of information need and its operationalization in CHIIR research. In Clough P, Harvey M, Hopfgartner F, editors, CHIIR '24: Proceedings of the 2024 Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). 2024. p. 431-432 Epub 2024 Mar 10. doi: 10.1145/3627508.3638290

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