Information needs and information seeking behaviour of selected volunteers in Klang Valley / Eda Idoera Mohd Yusak

Knowledge about information needs and seeking behavior of volunteers could play a vital role in meeting their information needs effectively. This study explores information needs and seeking behavior of selected volunteers in Klang Valley area. The two main purpose of the study was to determine what...

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Main Author:	Mohd Yusak, Eda Idoera
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2002
Subjects:	Library information networks ZA Information resources (General)
Online Access:	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/57710/1/57710.PDF
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spelling	my-uitm-ir.577102022-04-08T08:17:17Z Information needs and information seeking behaviour of selected volunteers in Klang Valley / Eda Idoera Mohd Yusak 2002 Mohd Yusak, Eda Idoera Library information networks ZA Information resources (General) Knowledge about information needs and seeking behavior of volunteers could play a vital role in meeting their information needs effectively. This study explores information needs and seeking behavior of selected volunteers in Klang Valley area. The two main purpose of the study was to determine what are their information needs or requirements and to identify what information channels used by volunteers in order for the them to search and rely for their information needs. In order to meet the objective of the study, questionnaire and informal interviews were done. Thus from the data collected it was found that volunteers need information regarding their future activities or task-based activity. Having fulfill the task-based requirements, other needs may arises from this task based information. It was found out that respondents used various sources for acquiring the needed information. Volunteers largely preferred informal and interpersonal sources. Printed formal sources such as journals, books, newspaper recorded low frequency of use. Adequate knowledge about the information needs and seeking behaviour of volunteers is vital of any voluntary institution to develop more effective channels meet volunteers' information needs effectively 2002 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/57710/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/57710/1/57710.PDF text en public masters Universiti Teknologi MARA (Kampus Puncak Perdana) Faculty of Information Management Hashim, Laili
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topic	Library information networks ZA Information resources (General)
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description	Knowledge about information needs and seeking behavior of volunteers could play a vital role in meeting their information needs effectively. This study explores information needs and seeking behavior of selected volunteers in Klang Valley area. The two main purpose of the study was to determine what are their information needs or requirements and to identify what information channels used by volunteers in order for the them to search and rely for their information needs. In order to meet the objective of the study, questionnaire and informal interviews were done. Thus from the data collected it was found that volunteers need information regarding their future activities or task-based activity. Having fulfill the task-based requirements, other needs may arises from this task based information. It was found out that respondents used various sources for acquiring the needed information. Volunteers largely preferred informal and interpersonal sources. Printed formal sources such as journals, books, newspaper recorded low frequency of use. Adequate knowledge about the information needs and seeking behaviour of volunteers is vital of any voluntary institution to develop more effective channels meet volunteers' information needs effectively
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Mohd Yusak, Eda Idoera
author_facet	Mohd Yusak, Eda Idoera
author_sort	Mohd Yusak, Eda Idoera
title	Information needs and information seeking behaviour of selected volunteers in Klang Valley / Eda Idoera Mohd Yusak
title_short	Information needs and information seeking behaviour of selected volunteers in Klang Valley / Eda Idoera Mohd Yusak
title_full	Information needs and information seeking behaviour of selected volunteers in Klang Valley / Eda Idoera Mohd Yusak
title_fullStr	Information needs and information seeking behaviour of selected volunteers in Klang Valley / Eda Idoera Mohd Yusak
title_full_unstemmed	Information needs and information seeking behaviour of selected volunteers in Klang Valley / Eda Idoera Mohd Yusak
title_sort	information needs and information seeking behaviour of selected volunteers in klang valley / eda idoera mohd yusak
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Information needs and information seeking behaviour of selected volunteers in Klang Valley / Eda Idoera Mohd Yusak

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