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ID: 186 / [Single Presentation of ID 186]: 1 Panels 90 minutes Confirmation 1: I/we acknowledge that all session authors/presenters have read and agreed to the ASIS&T Annual Meeting Policies Topics: Information Behavior (information behavior; information-seeking behavior; information needs and use; information practices; usability; user experience; human-computer interaction; human-technology interaction; human-AI interaction) Keywords: information gaps, lack of information, missing information, secretive information behaviours, silences
Managing Information Gaps and Non-Information
Isto Huvila1, Lisa Andersson1, Crystal Fulton2, Jutta Haider3, J. Tuomas Harviainen4
1Uppsala University, Sweden; 2University College Dublin, Ireland; 3University of Borås, Sweden; 4Tampere University, Finland
While the focus of information science and technology research is in information, sometimes the lack of information, information gaps and non-information can make an equally great or even greater difference. The purpose of this panel is to nuance the understanding of the absence of information and addressing the gap in theorising, investigating and working with information gaps and ‘non-information’ across the information field. Panelists present research conceptualising, documenting, and describing information gaps and non-information and how they are dealt with in the information field specifically addressing: 1) how conceptualisations of information gaps and non-information influence how they emerge as describable entities; 2) what approaches to manage information gaps and non-information exist in information science and technology research; 3) what aspects of information gaps and non-information different approaches address, make visible and invisible; and 4) how novel insights from the current state-of-the-art research can be translated to practice, policies and actions. Prof. J. Tuomas Harviainen (Tampere University) has participated in developing the panel.
