INFORMATION USE
Explain in your own words the meaning and difference between: • An information need and • An information problem Explain the difference between conducting an information search by • Yourself (as end user) • An intermediary (like a professional) who conducts the search on your behalf INFORMATION NEED AND INFORMATION PROBLEM Wilson (1999), considers information use to incorporate individuals' physical and mental acts to join information into their current base of knowledge. Utilization of information is imagined as the last phase of a cycle that starts with acknowledgment of a information need, which leads to information problem.In my own opinion information problem is when users need has been recognized, individuals look for information to address that issue, and afterward they apply or utilize the information that is found. This cycle is iterative and complex, and it is affected by various elements. The reasons why individuals don't utilize info...