The role of information in a community of hobbyist collectors

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 621-637

  Lee, Charlotte P ^a   Trace, Ciaran B ^b  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX INTERACTIONS; CRITICAL RESOURCES; FORMAL SYSTEMS; INFORMATION FLOWS; INFORMATION NEEDS; INFORMATION SEEKING; INFORMATION SOURCES; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE; QUALITATIVE APPROACHES; SOCIAL SYSTEMS;

DUST COLLECTORS; INFORMATION USE;

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION;

EID: 62549148222     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.20996     Document Type: Article

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