Thomas D. Wilson
Thomas D. Wilson | |
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Wilson in 2018 | |
| Born | 18 January 1935 Shincliffe Station, Co. Durham, England |
| Alma mater | University of London, University of Sheffield |
| Known for | Information management, information seeking behaviour, |
| Spouse | Nyra Tully (m. 1960, died 2024) |
| Awards | 2020 Jason Farradane Award;
2017. Award of Merit Association for Information Science and Technology; 2010. Honorary doctorate from the University of Murcia, Spain; 2008."Bobcat of the year"; 2005. Honorary doctorate, Gothenburg University; 2000. ASIS&T SIG USE award; 1993 Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Information Scientists. |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Library and Information Science |
| Institutions | Newcastle upon Tyne Polytechnic (now Northumbria University, University of Sheffield, University of Borås |
Thomas D. Wilson (born 18 January 1935) is a British researcher in information science and his research has focused on information management and information seeking behaviour. He has been contributing to the field since 1961, which was when he received his Fellowship from the British Library Association. He is the founder of the online journal for the information sciences, Information Research. Dr. Wilson has created and revised a model of information behavior as well as the Nested Model. He has won a number of prestigious awards, the two most recent being the Award of Merit Association for Information Science and Technology in 2017 and the Jason Farradane Award in 2020.
Currently, he is Professor Emeritus at the University of Sheffield Information School and University of Borås, Sweden.