(University of Namibia, 2014) Matsveru, David; Nengomasha, Cathrine T.; Yule, Wilson
This paper is based on a study entitled “Information needs and information seeking
behaviour of Namibian pastors”. The study aimed to establish the information
required by pastors to carry out their work; how they seek information and the
problems they encounter in doing so. One of the study’s objectives was to come up
with a framework for setting up pastoral information services in Namibia. The
study used a mixed methods research design employing both qualitative and
quantitative methodologies. In this paper, the authors propose a framework for
setting up pastoral information services for Namibian pastors. The framework is
based on the premise that information service providers need to analyse the pastors’ contexts, motivating factors, prevailing circumstances, information seeking
behaviours and information use.