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Close examination of perception, intentionality, and interpretation is integral to individuals\u2019 activities related to searching for and retrieving information, determining relevance, and using technology. Essential to the realization of phenomenology's potential is adoption of communication by dialogue so that an information seeker is able both to conceptualize need and to articulate that need. Some promising work in information studies demonstrates an openness to the ongoing and continuous perceptual experiences of information seekers and the relation of that process of perceiving to the growth of knowledge.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Originality\/value<\/jats:title><jats:p>Offers a different way of thinking about human\u2010information relationships and the ways that information professionals can interact with information seekers.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1108\/00220410510578005","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2005,2,9]],"date-time":"2005-02-09T11:07:23Z","timestamp":1107947243000},"page":"44-59","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":61,"title":["Phenomenology and information studies"],"prefix":"10.1108","volume":"61","author":[{"given":"John M.","family":"Budd","sequence":"first","affiliation":[]}],"member":"140","reference":[{"key":"key2022021419530862700_b1","unstructured":"Bakhtin, M.M. 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