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A shift from System-Oriented to User-Centered Approach In the early days of information science , research was largely system-oriented focusing on optimizing information systems, databases, and technologies, with users seen as generic recipients of information. The priority was to improve retrieval performance and deliver more information, often assuming that more was always better. By the 1970s-1980s, scholars began calling for a user centered approach that put people's needs and contexts at the forefront as stated by case  informationr.net . This user centered approach shifted the trajectory from the information system to a person as seeker and brainstormer  informationr.net . in summary information evolved from asking how is the system being used and by whom?" to "how and why do users seek information?" System- oriented vs Person Oriented Approaches There are a number of differences between the two approaches as far as studying information behavior is concerned. ...