Usability Views Article Details  home | timeline | recent | popular | e-reports | userati | about this site Information Foraging (12 Jan 1999) Information Foraging Theory is an approach to understanding how strategies and technologies for information seeking, gathering, and consumption are adapted to the flux of information in the environment. The theory assumes that people, when possible, will modify their strategies or the structure of the environment to maximize their rate of gaining valuable information. Article URL: http://www2.parc.com/istl/groups/uir/pubs/items/UIR-1999-05-Pirolli-Report-InfoForaging.pdf Read 92 more articles from findability.org sorted by date, popularity, or title. Next Article: Visual Design and Web Site Creation This site is a labour of love built by Chris McEvoy