Ecological framework of information interactions and information infrastructures

Isto Huvila

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    There has been notably little convergence between information organization and information use studies. A framework for explicating the contextual interplay of information interactions and infrastructures of information, and more specifically the interface of information work and knowledge organization systems, is proposed. The theoretical foundations of the framework are based on systems theory and ecological approach. It is suggested that the interplay of information use and information infrastructures may be conceptualized as a systemic interaction, which is driven by the simultaneous influence of human activity related warrants and infrastructural affordances and constraints. The model provides an instrument that explicates the interplay of human information use and information infrastructures.
    OriginalspråkOdefinierat/okänt
    Sidor (från-till)695–708
    TidskriftJournal of Information Science
    Volym35
    Nummer6
    DOI
    StatusPublicerad - 2009
    MoE-publikationstypA1 Tidskriftsartikel-refererad

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