The document discusses everyday life information seeking (ELIS). It defines ELIS as focusing on how social and cultural factors influence how people acquire information to solve daily problems. It notes two main reasons for seeking information: for orientation and for solving specific problems. The document also discusses who seeks information, usually people in problematic situations, and how they seek it through information sharing with others or exploring different information source horizons based on content and accessibility.

1. Topic:
EVERYDAY LIFE
INFORMATION SEEKING

2. Group members:
 Nawal Kashif
 Asma Mehar
 Javeria shafique

3. OUTLINE:
INTRODUCTION
WHAT IS INFORMATION SEEKING?
QUESTIONS RELATED TO ELIS.
INFORMATION SHARING
INFORMATION SOURCE HORIZONS
APPLICATIONS
CONCLUSION

4. INTRODUCTION
Best known for the research into the area of
everyday life information seeking. Daily
problem solving is increasingly dependent
on critical selection and use of information
sources. ELIS focuses on how social and
culture factors affect how people acquire
information in daily life.

5. What is information seeking?
 “A conscious effort to acquire information
in response to a need or gap in your
knowledge. (case 2002)
 Two core concepts:
1. Way of life
2. Mastery of life

6. Questions related to ELIS:
 Why Seek?
 Who Seek?
 How do they Seek?

7. Why Seek?
There is two context for ELIS
 Seeking orienting
 Seeking problem-specific information

8. Who Seek?
 Patrons, who are in problematic situations
,seek information. (Belkin)
 A person, who is seen as being locked in a
situation unable to move further, because
of some kind of gap in his knowledge.
(Brenda Dervin)

9. How do they Seek?
There are two ways of seeking
information:
1. Information sharing
2. Information source horizon

10. Information sharing:
 It involves giving information to others to
be shared and receiving information for
that purpose.
 Through information, people add to their
knowledge structure and also creates
solidarity.

11. Information source horizons:
The criteria for source preference are
content of information and availability and
accessibility. Usability is less important.

12. Applications:
 It is applied in LIS
 It is applied in the internet.

13. Conclusion:
Information seeking is still the major topic of
interest. Information seeking for many years
took pride of place in research into how
humans interact with information.

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