Reijo Savolainen

"I had to read this book for school. It was boring and stupid."

Reading this really brought out my inner high school student. To be fair, it was a useful resource, mostly because of the detailed summaries of other literature in the field. I've read some of Savolainen's other work, and here as elsewhere he is well-informed but lacking in penetrating analysis. The sample populations for his research are, once again, ludicrously small and limited to Tampere, Finland. Of course, if you have the misfortune of doing research in ELIS (everyday-life information seeking), Savolainen is one of the people that you are obligated to read.… (más)