There is a significant body of information science literature on both tasks and 'work' and how they relate to human information behaviour. It is rather typical that in task based research, work is something broader , but it is seldom described in a very precise way. In work based research, on the other hand, the investigation seldom penetrates to the level of individual tasks and if it does, the references are typically far from being very rigorous.
(né Isto Vatanen)
PD, docent, forskarassistent
Ph.D., associate professor
Post-Doc Research Fellow
Department of ALM
Uppsala University
Docent in information management
School of Business and Economics
Department of Information Studies
Åbo Akademi University
Isto Huvila is researcher and lecturer working on management and organisation of what we know and how we know in contexts ranging from social media to more traditional arenas of learning and working. My special areas of expertise are virtual worlds, Web 2.0, archives, libraries, museums and cultural heritage.
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