Information som inspiration : En studie av yrkesverksamma konstnärers behov och användning av information

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Title: Information as inspiration: a study of professional artists needand use of information in their creative workKeywords: Information need, information behaviour, artists, creativework, user studiesThe main purpose of this essay is to investigate professional artistsexperience of the need and use of information in their creative work. Ihave collected the material through qualitative interviews with fourprofessional artist working with different materials and techniques.One of the results of the study is that the artists first of all usedinformation as a source of inspiration in their creative work. Theygathered their information from various scources, for example;pictures, exhibitions, visual arts, books and novells, depending onwhat project they are working with. Other important informationscources were colleges, especially for the technical information need.The artists also searched for infor...