Information behaviours in the context of casual and serious leisure

This is the first work-in-progress report of a research project supported by the Faculty of Arts and Education at Charles Sturt University. In this exploratory and qualitative research I am going to understand how people in the context of casual and serious leisure seek, use and share information; and how they evaluate the value and significance of information resources in this context.
During the past decades, research in the area of information behaviour has mainly focused on the work-related, professional or educational settings. However, in recent years a number of scholars realized we need to broaden our horizon and include other contexts. Therefore, they began exploring new grounds such as everyday life information seeking (ELIS) and serious leisure. They focused on information users who are involved in various forms of non-work activities such as amateurism, volunteering, and hobbies. In the current study I use their findings as my theoretical framework.