Information seeking behaviour of different types of users in selected libraries of Delhi

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2013-06

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Libraries and information systems are designed and built with the primary objective of meeting the information needs of a group of people who constitute their clientele. In the past, information systems and services were developed based more on ‘literary warrant’ rather than ‘users warrant’. In fact, the key to the aims, directions and contents of any and all information activities is the users.

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According to P.L. Leggate observation on information users are “Unlike retrieval systems and computer systems, users are human and therefore difficult to classify.

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Information seeking, Different types of users

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