Zipf's principle of least effort, Brenda Dervin's sensemaking, Elfreda Chatman's life in the round seek to understand the processes that surround information seeking.
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Librarian Thomas Mann lists the principle of least effort as one of several principles guiding information seeking behavior in his 1987 book, " A Guide to Library Research Methods ".
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This is due to the principle of least effort and is an example of the general phenomenon of coarticulation . ( On the other hand, Spanish speakers are very often careful to pronounce / nj / as two separate sounds to avoid possible confusion with .)
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Based on this thought, early assumptions said people were at least partially guided by the " principle of least effort . " This principle stated that in the interest of economy, the mind would often process with the least amount of effort ( heuristic ), and for more detailed information processing would use more effortful processing ( systematic ).
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A Canadian university study of instructors'use of folksonomy tools in a learning objects repository identified critical success factors, and affirmed the applicability of Zipf's Principle of Least Effort, concluding that a major benefit of " the folksonomical approach to knowledge management . . . is the fact that it is developed and maintained by the users of that body of knowledge, " fostering " the dual outcome of creating a more viable knowledge management tool while strengthening the bonds of the user community ."
