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Research Program - overview My research and scholarly activity focuses on the study of human information behavior. The overall purpose of this research is to develop a deeper understanding of how people need, seek and use information in their professional and everyday lives. Ultimately the new knowledge generated by this research is used to inform the development or enhancement of resources, services and technologies that facilitate information access and use. My research and scholarly work features:
1. significant research problems; The theoretical underpinning for my research program has consistently been the user-oriented paradigm. Over the years, my research program has included human information behavior studies that:
1. expound contemporary theoretical and methodological
frameworks—the user-oriented paradigm, the cognitive viewpoint
in information science;
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Research
Awards
UMI ASIS Doctoral Dissertation Award Funded Projects Microsoft ($75,000) 2005-2006 “The Encarta Project” National Science Foundation - Information and Data Management ($428,389) 2001, 2002, 2003 "Keeping Found Things Found" Supplementary award ($70,000), 2004-2005 National Science Foundation – Information and Data Management ($34,361) 2004, 2005 “Sponsored workshop on personal information management” National Science Foundation - Information and Data Management ($246,208) 2003 “Information Retrieval and Databases: Synergies and Syntheses” – PI workshop, Seattle, September 2003.
Institute for Museum and Library Services ($212,023) 2003, 2004, 2005 "Project Athena: Spinning the Web of our Future"
Institute for Museum and Library Services ($74, 801) 2005, 2006 “Extending the Web”
National Science Foundation - Computation and Social Systems ($444,947) 1999, 2000, 2001 "Collaborative Information Retrieval"
Washington State Library ($7,995) 2000 "Information Literacy Project"
Washington State Library ($19,568) 1999 "Statewide Database Licensing User Study"
State Library of N.S.W. ($5,000) 1997, 1998 "Community access to the Internet via the local public library"
University of Canberra Internal Research Grant ($7,000) 1996 "Internet and academic work - a quantitative study"
DEET Evaluation and Investigations Program ($21,905) 1994, 1995 "AARNet and academic work: A longitudinal study"
Committee of Australian Directors of Information Technology (CAUDIT) ($6,300) 1993 "AARNet and academic work - an exploratory study"
University of Technology, Sydney Internal Research Grant ($1,235) 1992 "Information professionals' assumptions about the user: Developing and measuring behavioural indicators"
PhD Thesis
"A user oriented view of Internet as information infrastructure"
Master of Librarianship, M.Lib (by research) Thesis
"A cognitive view of the situational dynamism of user centred relevance estimation." |
Publications
Books
The User's View of the Internet, 2002, Scarecrow Press. Bruce, H., Fidel, R., Ingwersen, P., & Vakkari, P. (Eds.). Emerging frameworks and methods: Proceedings of the fourth international conference on conceptions of library and information science (CoLIS4). Greenwood Village: Libraries Unlimited, 2002. Applebee, A., Bruce, H., Clayton, P. Pascoe, C., and Sharpe, E. Academics Online: A nationwide quantitative study of Australian academic use of the Internet. Melbourne: Auslib Press, 1998. Bruce, H. Internet, AARNet and academic work: A longitudinal study. Canberra: Australian Government Printing Service, 1996. Book Chapters Bruce, H. The PAIN Hypothesis. In Fisher, K E., Erdelez, S., & McKechnie, E. F. (Eds.). Theories of information behavior: A researcher's guide. Medford, NJ: Information Today, 2005. Pettigrew, K., Fidel, R. and Bruce, H. "Conceptual frameworks in information behavior." The Annual Review of Information Science and Technology. 35, 2001, 43-78. Refereed Journal Articles
Bruce, H. Personal anticipated information need. Information Research, 10(3) paper 232 [Available at http://InformationR.net/ir/10-3/paper232.html] April, 2005.
Fidel, R., Pejtersen, A.M., Cleal, B., and Bruce, H. "A multi-dimensional approach to the study of human-information interaction: a case study of collaborative information retrieval." Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 55(11), 2004, 939-953.
Bruce, H., Jones, W. and Dumais, S. “Information behavior that keeps found things found” Information Research, Vol. 10 No. 1, October 2004.
Bruce, H., Fidel, R., Pejtersen, A.M., Dumais, S., Grudin, J. et al. "A comparison of the collaborative information retrieval of two design teams." The New Review of Information Behavior Research. 4, 2003, 139-153.
Bruce, H. and Lampson, M. "Information professionals as agents for information literacy." Education for Information. 20(2), 2002, 81-106. Applebee, A., Bruce, H., Clayton, P. and Pascoe, C. "Australian academic use of the Internet: Implications for university administrators." Internet Research: Electronic Networking Applications and Policy. 10(2), 2000, 141-149. Reprinted: "Australian academic use of the Internet: Implications for university administrators." Library Computing: Internet & Software Applications for Information Professionals. 19(3/4), 2000, 198-206. Bruce, H. and Clayton, P. "An Internet role for the academic librarian." Australian Academic and Research Libraries, 30(3), 1999, 171-187. Bruce, H. "A new perspective on information education from Australia." Education for Information. 17(3), 1999, 187-198. Bruce, H. "Perceptions of the Internet: What people think when they search the Internet for information." Internet Research: Electronic Networking Applications and Policy. 9(3), 1999, 187-199. Bruce, H. "The PhD process - torture, tension and triumph." Education for Library and Information Science: Australia. 15(2), 1998, 57-60. Edwards, S., Bruce, H., and Coombs, M. "Internet use via the local public library." Internet Research: Electronic Networking Applications and Policy. 8(5), 1998, 468-471. Bruce, H. "User satisfaction with information seeking on the Internet." Journal of the American Society for Information Science. 49(6), 1998, 541-556. Bruce, H. and Todd, R. "Indicators of assumptions and orientations that underpin the reference process." Australian Academic and Research Libraries. 26(4), 1995, 217-228. Bruce, H. "A methodology for researching AARNet use." Australian Academic and Research Libraries. 26(2), 1995, 76-85. Bruce, H. "Internet and developing countries." Development Bulletin. 35, October, 1995, 11-13. Bruce, H. "Internet and academic teaching in Australia." Education for Information. 13(3), 1995, 171-191. Bruce, H. "Internet: an information infrastructure." Library Automated Systems Information Exchange. 24(4&5), 1994, 77-83. Bruce, H. "Internet services and academic work: an Australian perspective." Internet Research: Electronic Networking Applications and Policy. 4(2), 1994, 24-34. Bruce, H. "Media center automation: a watershed for the school library media specialist." School Library Media Quarterly. 22(4), 1994, 206-212. Bruce, H. "A cognitive view of the situational dynamism of user-centred relevance estimation." Journal of the American Society for Information Science. 45(3), 1994, 142-148. Bruce, H. and Paull, N. "Networking drives your dollar further." Scan. 8(6&7), 1989, 24-25.
Refereed Conference Papers
Bruce, H. & Delap, A. Building an Interdisciplinary Research Community and Culture in an Information School. The Society for Research Administrators International. Salt Lake City, Utah, October 23-27, 2004.
Bruce, H., Jones, W., and Dumais, S. "Keeping and Re-finding information on the Web: What do people do and what do they need?" ASIST 2004: Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. Managing and enhancing information: Cultures and conflicts. Providence, RI, November 13-18, 2004.
Bruce, H., Jones, W., and Dumais, S. "Information behaviors that keep found things found." ISIC 2004: Proceedings of the 5th Annual Information Seeking in Context Conference. Dublin, Ireland, September 1-3, 2004.
Jones, W., Dumais, S., and Bruce, H. "Once found, what then?: A study of "keeping" behaviors in the personal use of web information." ASIST 2002: Proceedings of the 65th ASIST Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 20, 2002. Jones, W., Bruce, H., and Dumais, S. "Keeping found things found on the Web." Conference on Information and Knowledge Management. Atlanta, Georgia, November 6, 2001. Download PDFEfthimiadis, E. and Bruce, H. "A study of the impact of statewide database licensing on information provision in the state of Washington." Annual Conference of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. Knowledge innovations: Celebrating our heritage, designing our future. Chicago, November 11-16, 2000. Fidel, R. Bruce, H. Pejtersen, A. Dumais, S. Grudin, J. and Poltrock, S. "Collaborative Information Retrieval" In L. Hoglund (Ed)., The New Review of Information Behaviour Research: Studies of Information Seeking in Context. Papers from Information Seeking in Context 2000: The Third International Conference on Information Needs, Seeking and Use in Different Contexts. Goteborg, Sweden, August 16-18, 2000. London & Los Angeles: Taylor Graham, pp. 235-247. Clayton, Peter, Applebee, Ann, Bruce, Harry, Pascoe, Celina, and Sharpe, Edna. "Australian Academic Use of the Internet." In Pathways to Knowledge: Conference Proceedings, ALIA 5th Biennial Conference, Adelaide. 1998. Bruce, H. "A user oriented view of Internet as information infrastructure." Information Seeking in Context Conference. Tampere, Finland, August 1996 pp. 319-334. Meloche, J. and Bruce, H. "Inhouse CD-ROM publishing: local development and network accessibility." Drinking from a fire hose: managing networked information; Proceedings of the 7th Biennial Conference of the Victorian Association for Library Automation. Melbourne, November, 1993, pp. 209-218. Bruce, H. and Todd, R. "Cultural dimensions of the reference service: Is their unity in diversity?" Infobridges: Linking Australia and Asia; Proceedings of the 1993 RAISS National Conference. Darwin, July, 1993, pp. 85-95. Bruce, H. and Meloche, J. "An Australian perspective on education for information and document retrieval." NIT '93; Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on New Information Technology. Puerto Rico, November, 1993, pp. 33-39. Bruce, H. and Mattick, B. "Developing a hypertext package for self directed learning of information technology. "A Future Promised; Proceedings of the Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education. Sydney, December, 1992, pp. 220-228. Bruce, H. "Developing application of AARNet to acquisition of software for units in information technology." A Future Promised: Proceedings of the Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education. Sydney, December, 1992, pp. 260-266. Research Reports
Bruce, H. Lampson, M. and Klein, R. Information Literacy Project Report. Final report to the State Library Information Literacy Committee. Efthimiadis, E. N., Bruce H., James L. & Merrigan, K. A study of the impact of Statewide Database Licensing on Information Provision in the State of Washington. Final Report to the Washington State Library. February 2000. Keynote Addresses
Bruce, H. "Does OASIS Library represent a watershed for the profession?" Information technology: The wider educational perspective The Australian Library and Information Association and the School Library Association of N.S.W. Sydney May 1993.
Major Book Reviews
Arnold, Stephen. Publishing on the Internet (in) Australian Academic and Research Libraries 28(2), 1997, pp.173-4. Kahin, Brian and Keller, James (eds), Public Access Agenda for the Internet (in) Prometheus 14(1), 1996, 116-118. McClure, Charles, R. and Lopata, Cynthia, L., Assessing the academic networked environment: strategies and options. (in) Internet Research: Electronic Networking Applications and Policy 6(4), 1996.
Workbooks Published for Teaching and Learning
Bruce, H. Internet and electronic information networking. UTS, 1997. Bruce, H. Using the Internet for Research. UTS, 1996 (a workbook prepared for the Institute for Interactive Multimedia). Bruce, H. An Introduction to the Internet. UTS, 1996, 1997 (a workbook prepared for the Summer Institute - Department of Information Studies). Bruce, H. Searching Dialog. UTS, 1994. Bruce, H. and Meloche, J. Selected and suggested readings in information retrieval. UTS, 1993. Bruce, H. An introduction to DOS, Wordperfect 4.2, Firstpublisher, dBASE III Plus and Lotus 123 with suggested and selected readings in information technology for information professionals UTS, 1992.
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