29 Sep 2004
CS 5244: Reference Interviews /
Information Seeking
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Situational Factors
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Often the most important situational
factor:
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Perceived source accessibility
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Principle of Least Effort – Zipf 49
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Rural libraries get less utilized than
urban ones
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RBR / ILL services / acquisition library
features rarely used
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