{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,20]],"date-time":"2026-05-20T15:02:50Z","timestamp":1779289370107,"version":"3.51.4"},"reference-count":73,"publisher":"Emerald","issue":"4","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2024,2,26]],"date-time":"2024-02-26T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1708905600000},"content-version":"tdm","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/www.emerald.com\/insight\/site-policies"}],"content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["JD"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2024,6,26]]},"abstract":"<jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Purpose<\/jats:title><jats:p>The aim of this study is to investigate how the information needs satisfaction of visual art teachers affects their creativity. Visual art teachers\u2019 information seeking behaviour and specifically the association of information needs satisfaction with creativity has been an understudied area, despite competent information seeking being considered essential for high quality practices of art teachers.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Design\/methodology\/approach<\/jats:title><jats:p>A questionnaire survey was developed addressing the information seeking behaviour of art teachers, informed by Wilson\u2019s model (1981), including visual art teachers\u2019 information needs, information resources, obstacles faced while seeking information and the perceived impact of information needs satisfaction on visual art teachers\u2019 creativity.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Findings<\/jats:title><jats:p>The study included 298 visual art teachers in Greece. The results demonstrated that the key information needs of art teachers were mainly related to materials\u2019 properties, techniques for creating artwork and artwork promotion methods. Online information sources were the preferred sources of art information, followed by colleagues, personal collections and visits to galleries and museums. Our study identified lack of time, lack of specialized libraries and copyright, as the main barriers to information seeking.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Originality\/value<\/jats:title><jats:p>Information about art plays a substantial role in visual art education, while visual art teachers\u2019 information needs satisfaction positively influences their creative endeavours. There is a need to further explore the digital information needs of visual art teachers.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1108\/jd-11-2023-0233","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,2,28]],"date-time":"2024-02-28T07:22:15Z","timestamp":1709104935000},"page":"898-921","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["The impact of information needs satisfaction on the creativity of visual art teachers"],"prefix":"10.1108","volume":"80","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3167-8503","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Spyros","family":"Kolyvas","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8974-1128","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Petros A.","family":"Kostagiolas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3435-6606","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Konstantina","family":"Martzoukou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"140","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,2,26]]},"reference":[{"issue":"2","key":"key2024062601432278000_ref001","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"357","DOI":"10.1037\/0022-3514.45.2.357","article-title":"The social psychology of creativity: a componential conceptualization","volume":"45","year":"1983","journal-title":"Journal of Personality and Social Psychology"},{"issue":"1","key":"key2024062601432278000_ref002","first-page":"123","article-title":"A model of creativity and innovation in organizations","volume":"10","year":"1988","journal-title":"Research in Organizational Behavior"},{"key":"key2024062601432278000_ref003","volume-title":"Creativity in Context: Update to the Social Psychology of Creativity","year":"1996"},{"issue":"4","key":"key2024062601432278000_ref004","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"333","DOI":"10.1037\/0003-066X.56.4.333","article-title":"Beyond talent: John Irving and the passionate craft of creativity","volume":"56","year":"2001","journal-title":"American Psychologist"},{"key":"key2024062601432278000_ref005","unstructured":"Association of Visual Art Teachers (2024), available at: https:\/\/www.art-teachers.com\/i-enosi\/"},{"key":"key2024062601432278000_ref006","unstructured":"Bates, M.J. (2001), \u201cInformation needs and seeking of scholars and artists in relation to multimedia materials\u201d, available at: https:\/\/pages.gseis.ucla.edu\/faculty\/bates\/scholars.html (accessed 12 May 2023)."},{"issue":"2","key":"key2024062601432278000_ref007","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"180","DOI":"10.1177\/0165551508095781","article-title":"The dark side of information: overload, anxiety and other paradoxes and pathologies","volume":"35","year":"2009","journal-title":"Journal of Information Science"},{"issue":"12","key":"key2024062601432278000_ref008","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2587","DOI":"10.1002\/asi.22971","article-title":"No such thing as society? On the individuality of information behavior","volume":"64","year":"2013","journal-title":"Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology"},{"issue":"2","key":"key2024062601432278000_ref009","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"24","DOI":"10.1086\/adx.30.2.41244062","article-title":"Finding visual information: a study of image resources used by archaeologists, architects, art historians, and artists","volume":"30","year":"2011","journal-title":"Art Documentation: Journal of the Art Libraries Society of North America"},{"issue":"2","key":"key2024062601432278000_ref010","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"73","DOI":"10.1037\/1931-3896.1.2.73","article-title":"Toward a broader conception of creativity: a case for \u2018mini-c\u2019 creativity","volume":"1","year":"2007","journal-title":"Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts"},{"issue":"1","key":"key2024062601432278000_ref011","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"15","DOI":"10.7559\/citarj.v5i1.84","article-title":"Virtual studio practices: visual artists, social media and creativity","volume":"5","year":"2013","journal-title":"Journal of Science and Technology of the Arts"},{"key":"key2024062601432278000_ref012","unstructured":"Challener, J. (1999), \u201cInformation-seeking behavior of professors of art history and studio art\u201d, available at: https:\/\/eric.ed.gov\/?id=ED435405 (accessed 12 May 2023)."},{"issue":"4","key":"key2024062601432278000_ref013","first-page":"343","article-title":"The information-seeking behavior of artists: exploratory interviews","volume":"66","year":"1996","journal-title":"The\u00a0Library Quarterly"},{"key":"key2024062601432278000_ref014","volume-title":"The Story of Art","year":"2007"},{"issue":"2","key":"key2024062601432278000_ref015","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"177","DOI":"10.15760\/comminfolit.2013.7.2.150","article-title":"Information literacy and digital literacy: competing or complementary?","volume":"7","year":"2013","journal-title":"Communications in Information Literacy"},{"issue":"3","key":"key2024062601432278000_ref016","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"143","DOI":"10.1017\/alj.2018.21","article-title":"Developing a research-led practice: a case study examining the information needs and behaviours of first year undergraduates at the University for the Creative Arts","volume":"43","year":"2018","journal-title":"Art Libraries Journal"},{"key":"key2024062601432278000_ref017","unstructured":"Dervin, B. and Nilan, M. (1986), \u201cInformation needs and uses\u201d, in Williams, M.E. (Ed.), Annual Review of Information Science and Technology, Knowledge Industry Publications, White Plains, NY, Vol.\u00a021, pp.\u00a03-33."},{"key":"key2024062601432278000_ref018","volume-title":"Strong Arts, Strong Schools: the Promising Potential and Shortsighted Disregard of the Arts in American Schooling","year":"1996"},{"issue":"6","key":"key2024062601432278000_ref019","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"445","DOI":"10.1016\/S0099-1333(99)00077-4","article-title":"Student artists in the library: an investigation of how they use general academic libraries for their creative needs","volume":"25","year":"1999","journal-title":"The Journal of Academic Librarianship"},{"key":"key2024062601432278000_ref020","first-page":"40","article-title":"Information world of visual artists","volume":"17","year":"2002","journal-title":"South African Journal of Art History"},{"issue":"2","key":"key2024062601432278000_ref021","first-page":"79","article-title":"Arts instruction in the age of technology: providing library services to support studio and survey faculty who use technology for instruction","volume":"22","year":"2003","journal-title":"Information Technology and Libraries"},{"issue":"1","key":"key2024062601432278000_ref022","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"83","DOI":"10.15760\/comminfolit.2015.9.1.177","article-title":"Connecting inspiration with information: studio art students and information literacy instruction","volume":"9","year":"2015","journal-title":"Communications in Information Literacy"},{"issue":"2","key":"key2024062601432278000_ref023","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"57","DOI":"10.1086\/adx.26.2.27949470","article-title":"Under-served or under-surveyed: the information needs of studio art faculty in the southwestern United States","volume":"26","year":"2007","journal-title":"Art Documentation: Journal of the Art Libraries Society of North America"},{"issue":"3","key":"key2024062601432278000_ref024","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"343","DOI":"10.1108\/00220410810867579","article-title":"The information-seeking behavior of visual artists: a literature review","volume":"64","year":"2008","journal-title":"Journal of Documentation"},{"issue":"4","key":"key2024062601432278000_ref025","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"682","DOI":"10.1108\/00220410910970302","article-title":"An empirical study of the information-seeking behavior of practicing visual artists","volume":"65","year":"2009","journal-title":"Journal of Documentation"},{"key":"key2024062601432278000_ref026","first-page":"430","article-title":"Playing dice with a digital library: analysis of an artist using a new information resource for her art production","year":"2015"},{"issue":"10","key":"key2024062601432278000_ref027","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"8554","DOI":"10.1007\/s12144-021-02349-4","article-title":"Technology and Creativity on early adolescence: a case study during COVID-19 pandemic","volume":"42","year":"2023","journal-title":"Current Psychology"},{"issue":"3","key":"key2024062601432278000_ref028","first-page":"590","article-title":"Information seeking behaviour of parents of paediatric patients for clinical decision making: the central role of information literacy in a participatory setting","volume":"18","year":"2013","journal-title":"Information Research: An International Electronic Journal"},{"key":"key2024062601432278000_ref029","first-page":"189","article-title":"Information in the personal collections of writers and artists: practices, challenges and preservation","year":"2022","journal-title":"Journal of Information Science"},{"issue":"3","key":"key2024062601432278000_ref030","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"257","DOI":"10.30958\/aje.2-3-6","article-title":"Nature of the information seeking behaviour of teachers engaged in general degree colleges and teachers' training colleges: a critical analysis","volume":"2","year":"2015","journal-title":"Athens Journal of Education"},{"issue":"1","key":"key2024062601432278000_ref031","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"49","DOI":"10.1086\/adx.29.1.27949539","article-title":"Looking to the future while learning from the past: information seeking in the visual art","volume":"29","year":"2010","journal-title":"Art Documentation: Journal of the Art Libraries Society of North America"},{"issue":"47","key":"key2024062601432278000_ref032","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"23","DOI":"10.1300\/J120v22n47_03","article-title":"Artists, art historians, and visual art information","volume":"22","year":"1994","journal-title":"The Reference Librarian"},{"key":"key2024062601432278000_ref033","unstructured":"Lee, H.L. and Haddow, G. (2017), \u201cArtists' information seeking behaviour\u201d, available at: http:\/\/ifla-test.eprints-hosting.org\/id\/eprint\/2158\/ (accessed 12 May 2023)."},{"key":"key2024062601432278000_ref034","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","volume-title":"Creativity in Art, Design and Technology","year":"2023","DOI":"10.1007\/978-3-031-24869-6_8"},{"issue":"31-32","key":"key2024062601432278000_ref035","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"27","DOI":"10.1300\/J101v16n31_03","article-title":"Selecting and acquiring art materials in the academic library: meeting the needs of the studio artist","volume":"16","year":"2004","journal-title":"The Acquisitions Librarian"},{"issue":"2","key":"key2024062601432278000_ref036","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"355","DOI":"10.3402\/edui.v4i2.22078","article-title":"Digital media embedded in Swedish art education\u2013a case study","volume":"4","year":"2013","journal-title":"Education Inquiry"},{"issue":"1","key":"key2024062601432278000_ref037","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"159","DOI":"10.1108\/00220411111105498","article-title":"The information-related behaviour of emerging artists and designers: inspiration and guidance for new practitioners","volume":"67","year":"2011","journal-title":"Journal of Documentation"},{"issue":"4","key":"key2024062601432278000_ref038","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"367","DOI":"10.1007\/s00799-018-0250-1","article-title":"Image libraries and their scholarly use in the field of art and architectural history","volume":"19","year":"2018","journal-title":"International Journal on Digital Libraries"},{"issue":"5","key":"key2024062601432278000_ref039","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"268","DOI":"10.1080\/00094056.2003.10521211","article-title":"Voices and implementation technology in an elementary school classroom: a Hong Kong case study","volume":"79","year":"2003","journal-title":"Children Education"},{"issue":"4","key":"key2024062601432278000_ref040","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"494","DOI":"10.1177\/0165551510371883","article-title":"Researchers\u2019e-journal use and information seeking behaviour","volume":"36","year":"2010","journal-title":"Journal of Information Science"},{"key":"key2024062601432278000_ref041","volume-title":"Six Psychological Studies. Anita Tenzer (Trans.)","year":"1968"},{"issue":"1","key":"key2024062601432278000_ref042","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"107","DOI":"10.1086\/675710","article-title":"From hieroglyphs to hashtags: the information-seeking behaviors of contemporary Egyptian artists","volume":"33","year":"2014","journal-title":"Art Documentation: Journal of the Art Libraries Society of North America"},{"issue":"1","key":"key2024062601432278000_ref043","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"17","DOI":"10.1080\/00043125.2010.11519049","article-title":"Preparing art teachers to teach in a new digital landscape","volume":"63","year":"2010","journal-title":"Art Education"},{"issue":"2","key":"key2024062601432278000_ref044","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"215","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1476-8070.2009.01608.x","article-title":"The creation of the \u2018Hong Kong visual art education web\u2019and the use of the inquiry\u2010based teaching approach","volume":"28","year":"2009","journal-title":"International Journal of Art and Design Education"},{"key":"key2024062601432278000_ref045","volume-title":"Leading 21st-Century Schools: Harnessing Technology for Engagement and Achievement","year":"2009"},{"issue":"2","key":"key2024062601432278000_ref046","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"21","DOI":"10.1017\/S0307472200009329","article-title":"Artists and art libraries","volume":"20","year":"1995","journal-title":"Art Libraries Journal"},{"issue":"4","key":"key2024062601432278000_ref073","article-title":"Revisiting the user-centred turn in information science research: an intellectual history perspective","volume":"12","year":"2007","journal-title":"Information Research"},{"issue":"1","key":"key2024062601432278000_ref047","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"40","DOI":"10.1080\/00043125.2011.11519110","article-title":"Creativity, technology, art, and pedagogical practices","volume":"64","year":"2011","journal-title":"Art Education"},{"issue":"2","key":"key2024062601432278000_ref048","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"373","DOI":"10.17723\/0360-9081-81.2.373","article-title":"First there is the creative decision, then there is the dollar decision: information-Seeking Behaviors of Filmmakers Using Moving Image Archives","volume":"81","year":"2018","journal-title":"The American Archivist"},{"issue":"37","key":"key2024062601432278000_ref049","first-page":"77","article-title":"Information use in art: a citation analysis of sources used in art theses in Turkey","volume":"1","year":"2011","journal-title":"The Journal of Academic Librarianship"},{"key":"key2024062601432278000_ref050","first-page":"451","article-title":"Information seeking in context: a challenging metatheory","year":"1997"},{"key":"key2024062601432278000_ref051","volume-title":"Mind in Society","year":"1978"},{"issue":"1","key":"key2024062601432278000_ref052","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"3","DOI":"10.1108\/eb026702","article-title":"On user studies and information needs","volume":"37","year":"1981","journal-title":"Journal of Documentation"},{"issue":"3","key":"key2024062601432278000_ref053","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"249","DOI":"10.1108\/EUM0000000007145","article-title":"Models in information behaviour research","volume":"55","year":"1999","journal-title":"Journal of Documentation"},{"issue":"4","key":"key2024062601432278000_ref054","article-title":"A Re-examination of information seeking behaviour in the context of activity theory","volume":"11","year":"2006","journal-title":"Information Research: An International Electronic Journal"},{"issue":"1","key":"key2024062601432278000_ref055","first-page":"32","article-title":"Seeing is believing. Or is it?: visual literacy in art & design education","volume":"41","year":"2016","journal-title":"Art\u00a0Libraries Journal"},{"issue":"1","key":"key2024062601432278000_ref056","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"77","DOI":"10.1177\/0961000616658341","article-title":"A qualitative analysis of the digital literacy of arts education teachers in Chinese junior high and high schools","volume":"50","year":"2018","journal-title":"Journal of Librarianship and Information Science"},{"issue":"1","key":"key2024062601432278000_ref057","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"104","DOI":"10.1086\/714661","article-title":"The information needs and sources of arab visual artists","volume":"40","year":"2021","journal-title":"Art Documentation: Journal of the Art Libraries Society of North America"},{"key":"key2024062601432278000_ref058","volume-title":"The Arts and Crafts Computer: Using Your Computer as an Artist's Tool","year":"2001"},{"key":"key2024062601432278000_ref059","unstructured":"Atkin, C. (1973), \u201cInstrumental utilities and information seeking\u201d, in Clarke, P. (Ed.), New Models for Mass Communication Research, Sage, available at: https:\/\/psycnet.apa.org\/record\/1974-32376-001 (accessed 12 May 2023)."},{"issue":"1","key":"key2024062601432278000_ref060","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"55","DOI":"10.1080\/10400419.2012.649181","article-title":"The measurement of creativity: from definitional consensus to the introduction of a new heuristic framework","volume":"24","year":"2012","journal-title":"Creativity Research Journal"},{"issue":"6","key":"key2024062601432278000_ref061","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"671","DOI":"10.1108\/00220410610714903","article-title":"Users, user studies and human information behaviour: a three\u2010decade perspective on Tom Wilson's \u2018On user studies and information needs\u2019","volume":"62","year":"2006","journal-title":"Journal of Documentation"},{"issue":"1","key":"key2024062601432278000_ref062","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"119","DOI":"10.1108\/JD-12-2012-0157","article-title":"A framework of image use among archaeologists, architects, art historians and artists","volume":"70","year":"2014","journal-title":"Journal of Documentation"},{"key":"key2024062601432278000_ref063","volume-title":"Looking for Information: A Survey of Research on Information Seeking, Needs, and Behavior","year":"2016"},{"issue":"3","key":"key2024062601432278000_ref064","first-page":"29","article-title":"Public art libraries and artists and designers: a symbiotic scheme for success","volume":"12","year":"1987","journal-title":"Art\u00a0Libraries Journal"},{"issue":"2","key":"key2024062601432278000_ref065","first-page":"165","article-title":"Critical thinking dispositions: their nature and assessability","volume":"18","year":"1996","journal-title":"Informal Logic"},{"key":"key2024062601432278000_ref066","volume-title":"Health Information Seeking (Health Communication)","year":"2012"},{"key":"key2024062601432278000_ref067","article-title":"The impact of culture on creativity","author":"KEA European Affairs","year":"2019","journal-title":"A Study Prepared for the European Commission (Directorate-General for Education and Culture)"},{"issue":"1","key":"key2024062601432278000_ref068","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"13","DOI":"10.1080\/20476965.2017.1390050","article-title":"Information seeking behavioural paths of physicians for diabetes mellitus care: a qualitative comparative analysis of information needs, sources, and barriers","volume":"7","year":"2018","journal-title":"Health Systems"},{"issue":"3","key":"key2024062601432278000_ref069","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"259","DOI":"10.1016\/0740-8188(95)90048-9","article-title":"Everyday life information seeking: approaching information seeking in the context of \u201cway of life\u201d","volume":"17","year":"1995","journal-title":"Library and Information Science Research"},{"key":"key2024062601432278000_ref070","volume-title":"Thinking Based Learning: Activating Students' Potential","year":"2008"},{"key":"key2024062601432278000_ref071","volume-title":"Exploring Information Behaviour. An Introduction","year":"2020","edition":"Preliminary edi"},{"issue":"3","key":"key2024062601432278000_ref072","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1346","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ipm.2007.10.003","article-title":"Users' evaluation of digital libraries (DLs): their uses, their criteria, and their assessment","volume":"44","year":"2008","journal-title":"Information Processing and Management"}],"container-title":["Journal of Documentation"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/www.emerald.com\/insight\/content\/doi\/10.1108\/JD-11-2023-0233\/full\/xml","content-type":"application\/xml","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/www.emerald.com\/insight\/content\/doi\/10.1108\/JD-11-2023-0233\/full\/html","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2025,7,24]],"date-time":"2025-07-24T22:35:31Z","timestamp":1753396531000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"http:\/\/www.emerald.com\/jd\/article\/80\/4\/898-921\/1228248"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2024,2,26]]},"references-count":73,"journal-issue":{"issue":"4","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,2,26]]},"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2024,6,26]]}},"alternative-id":["10.1108\/JD-11-2023-0233"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1108\/jd-11-2023-0233","relation":{},"ISSN":["0022-0418"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0022-0418","type":"print"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2024,2,26]]}}}