Introduction

There is a constant stream of studies focusing on young undergraduates’ information behaviour. Distance learners and mature students, if included in the studies are not usually identified as such. These students are often mature students who have other needs than young undergraduates living near the university. In the literature some problems and barriers faced by these students are noted, e.g. reasons for dropout. However, an increasing number of universities are offering distance learning programmes as an additional educational facility. Flexible learning requires a different type of pedagogics and service than the university and the university library traditionally offer. Many of the participants in these distance learning programmes live far away from their host institution, and therefore do not

Information Seeking Behaviour
Analysis, Distance education, information behaviour, information seeking, information sources, Kvale, Library and Information Studies, Limberg, programmes, research, Swedish School, Theoretical framework, undergraduate