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Brian Detlor

Researcher at McMaster University

Publications -  88
Citations -  3047

Brian Detlor is an academic researcher from McMaster University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Information seeking & Information literacy. The author has an hindex of 27, co-authored 85 publications receiving 2848 citations. Previous affiliations of Brian Detlor include University of Toronto.

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Information seeking on the Web: An integrated model of browsing and searching

TL;DR: The study suggests that a behavioral framework that relates motivations (Aguilar) and moves (Ellis) may be helpful in analyzing patterns of Web-based information seeking.
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Web Work: Information Seeking and Knowledge Work on the World Wide Web

TL;DR: This chapter discusses the structure and Dynamics of Organizational Knowledge, and the role of the Intranet as Infrastructure for Knowledge Work, in the context of knowledge work on the World Wide Web.
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Information culture and information use: An exploratory study of three organizations

TL;DR: It is concluded that it is possible to identify behaviors and values that describe an organization's information culture, and that the sets of identified behaviors andvalues can account for significant proportions of the variance in information use outcomes.

A behavioral model of information seeking on the web: preliminary results of a study of how managers and IT specialists use the web

TL;DR: The study suggests that a behavioral framework which relates motivations (strategies and modes of viewing and searching) and moves (tactics used to find and use information) may be helpful in analyzing Web-based information seeking.
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The corporate portal as information infrastructure: towards a framework for portal design

TL;DR: The framework stresses the need for developers to incorporate value-added processes that match the information needs and uses of organizational participants and improve the organization's informational context to help promote corporate portal designs that function as infrastructure for information access and use.