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Journal of Documentation | 2015

Music, musicians and information seeking behaviour

Petros A. Kostagiolas; Charilaos Lavranos; Nikolaos Korfiatis; Joseph Papadatos; Sozon Papavlasopoulos

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine information seeking behaviour targeted to music information seeking by amateur musicians, accompanied with empirical evidence from a survey on a community concert band. While several studies in the literature have examined information seeking in the context of hedonic motives (e.g. entertainment oriented), music information can also be used for utilitarian purposes by providing amateur musicians the necessary tools to improve their skill and become better in their practice. Design/methodology/approach – A review of the literature on music information seeking and an empirical study on members of an amateur concert band are presented. The theoretical construct of the survey is informed by Wilsons’ macro model of information seeking behaviour. This is employed in order to understand information motives and needs, as well as obstacles in information seeking of musicians. Findings – Musicians seek information not only for entertainment but for educational purpo...


Journal of Documentation | 2015

Music information seeking behaviour as motivator for musical creativity: conceptual analysis and literature review.

Charilaos Lavranos; Petros A. Kostagiolas; Konstantina Martzoukou; Joseph Papadatos

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the connection between musicians’ information seeking behaviour and the creative process in music, providing a framework for understanding the role of information needs satisfaction in musical creativity. A number of studies in information science literature have been carried out attempting to model cognitive, affective, behavioural and contextual factors associated with music information seeking behaviour. However, only few studies have addressed the relationship between information seeking behaviour and musical creative activities such as composition, performance and improvisation, listening and analysis. Design/methodology/approach – The focus of this paper is to provide a framework for the study of information seeking behaviour for the purposes of satisfying musical creativity information needs, combining the theoretical basis of an established model of information behaviour developed by Wilson and the theoretical perspectives of a music creative t...


Library Management | 2015

Keeping the score: outreach services and collaboration for academic music libraries in financially straitened times.

Petros A. Kostagiolas; Charilaos Lavranos; Konstantina Martzoukou; Joseph Papadatos

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study the role of academic music libraries in financially straitened times. The academic music library aims to cover the information needs of the academic community; yet the unique nature of music information also allows academic libraries to develop services for a broad spectrum of different user groups. Design/methodology/approach – The theoretical analysis is supported by empirical evidence from a nationwide survey in Greece. The survey was carried out from July to September 2013 and presents results from interviews with the directors of all academic music libraries in Greece. Findings – The results suggest that the period of economic crisis is also a period of challenges and innovation for music libraries which calls them to redefine policies and priorities, and further consider the needs and expectations of wider audiences, i.e. musicians outside the academic community. The financial downturn can be seen as an opportunity for restructuring the academic music ...


Journal of Documentation | 2015

Music, Musicians, and Information Seeking Behaviour: A Case Study on a Community Concert Band

Petros A. Kostagiolas; Charilaos Lavranos; Sozon Papavlasopoulos; Nikolaos Korfiatis; Joseph Papadatos


association for information science and technology | 2016

Information seeking for musical creativity: A systematic literature review

Charilaos Lavranos; A. Petros Kostagiolas; Nikolaos Korfiatis; Joseph Papadatos


Archive | 2016

Theoretical and Applied Issues on the Impact of Information on Musical Creativity: An Information Seeking Behavior Perspective

Charilaos Lavranos; Petros A. Kostagiolas; Konstantina Martzoukou


Archive | 2016

Trends in Music Information Seeking, Behavior, and Retrieval for Creativity

Petros A. Kostagiolas; Konstantina Martzoukou; Charilaos Lavranos


Archive | 2016

Information Retrieval Technologies and the “Realities” of Music Information Seeking

Charilaos Lavranos; Petros A. Kostagiolas; Joseph Papadatos


Library Management | 2018

Music librarianship and creativity: The case of International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres (IAML)

Charilaos Lavranos


Information Research: An International Electronic Journal | 2017

The role of personality in musicians? Information seeking for creativity.

Petros A. Kostagiolas; Charilaos Lavranos; Konstantina Martzoukou; Joseph Papadatos

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