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While many studies of information retrieval and information seeking and use take individual characteristics or system features as the starting point for their research, a growing body of work has focused on the socio\u2010cultural perspective. This approach examines the relationship between tasks and search processes, as well as information\u2010intensive task features and anticipated learning or work outcomes in a given context. This latter perspective has been utilized in the emerging work on collaborative information behavior, which recognizes the interplay of actors, environments, and task demands in understanding information seeking.<\/jats:p><jats:p>Building on prior discussions of task\u2010oriented research, this panel of well\u2010known and emerging scholars from Australia, North America and Scandinavia will further explore how tasks may guide information seeking and retrieval theory and research. Panelists will present a balance of conceptual investigations, as well as recent empirical studies, to illustrate the wide\u2010array of issues and insights in this area.<\/jats:p><jats:p>Of particular concern to this panel will be the role of diverse perspectives in understanding tasks: how cultural and contextual dimensions of user behavior condition the manner in which we conceptualize tasks, as well as how tasks are utilized in contextually\u2010sensitive information seeking and retrieval research. The strength of this panel is its diversity: in the spirit of the 2009 ASIS&amp;T Annual Meeting theme, we will explore how, in a pluralistic society, no one presentation on \u201ctask\u201d can truly encompass the concept. The topics covered will span life\u2010long (childhood through adult) as well as life\u2010wide (formal and informal) contexts of behavior. 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