Information Seeking and Communicating Behavior of Scientists and Engineers(English, Hardcover, Steinke Cynthia)

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Information Seeking and Communicating Behavior of Scientists and Engineers(English, Hardcover, Steinke Cynthia) is written by Steinke Cynthia and published by Taylor & Francis Inc. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1560241357 (ISBN 10) and 9781560241355 (ISBN 13).

This inspiring book addresses a topic that is far too often ignored or disregarded by sci-tech librarians: Exactly how do scientists and engineers really discover, select, and use the countless information and communications resources available to them when conducting research? The answer to this question should be a major influence on the way information specialists develop information systems in their libraries. Unfortunately, many librarians are not as familiar with the work, information needs, and communicating behavior of the research worker. Information Seeking and Communications Behavior of Scientists and Engineers looks at this question from several perspectives to give an overall view of how to best serve the needs of the scientific community.This book is an encouragement and a challenge to sci-tech librarians to make an ever greater effort to understand the work of their users, the differing information channels and sources they employ, and thus tailor the library's systems and services to best support their information-seeking behavior.