The Information Behavior of Religious Clergy in North America

Authors

Alicea Peyton, Dominican University and The University of ChicagoFollow

Date of this Version

Spring 4-4-2019

Abstract

This paper describes the unique characteristics of the religious clergy community. It assesses the amount of information and behavior research available on this population. It provides a clear description of the main research theme(s) emerging from the review of the literature. It examines selected theory used currently as a lens to examine the religious clergy population, and gaps about this population are revealed. The theory of Library Anxiety was discussed to address a specific gap in information behavior and provide a useful lens towards new research aimed at the population of religious clergy in North America.