Information Needs and Information Seeking Behavior of Dissertation Indexers

To explore the impact of information seeking behavior of theses indexers to meet their information needs.

35 indexers at the National Library and Archives of Iran (NLAI) and the Iranian Research Institute for Information Science and Technology (IRANDOC) composed the statistical population. A Likert scaled questionnaire was used for data collection. SPSS software was used for data analysis.

Information seeking behavior of indexers meets their information needs in 7 components, not for "using sample documents" with a (mean lower than average: 2.66). The total mean of the 8 components studied was 3.63 (above the average). The research hypothesis is confirmed as the overall mean exceeds 3 on Likert scale.

Respondents have sufficient expertise and experience. Their information-seeking behavior fulfills a high level of information needs at various stages of indexing.