Forecasting the next 10 years in information behavior research: A fish bowl dialogue

Abstract

On the afternoon of the third day of the 2009 ASIS&T conference in the drizzly downtown of Vancouver, British Columbia, Special Interest Group/Information Needs, Seeking and Use convened a session celebrating its 10th anniversary. The result was a lively discussion including many voices and visions of what the future should hold for information behavior research. One of the co-authors predicted that the future of information behavior research would be impacted by the disappearance of information "context". In discussions of future research trends -- especially in a domain marked by ongoing and rapid changes in available technology -- it can be tempting to envision new directions that, in whole or in part, signify radically new directions, approaches and concerns.