The major purpose of this paper is to describe i~portant tec~niques _ by wh~ch library users avoid information overload. The paper also clarifies the termmology m the mformatwn load literature and reviews its major findings. The paper applies these findings to a library context and discusses their implications for users and librarians.ow are library users handling the increasing amounts of information available to them in college and research libraries? This question has drawn the attention of numerous commentators in recent years.
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