id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt pipe-0158 Editorial Board State of the Pipe 2014 .html text/html 6332 335 47 This article is an exploration of information behaviors and structures in library workplaces, particularly the behaviors of withholding and sharing information, and the effect they have on service to patrons and overall quality of the work environment. I’d like to start with Donald Case’s definition of information behavior (from an information science perspective) as not just active information seeking but also “the totality of unintentional or passive behaviors (such as glimpsing or encountering information), as well as purposive behaviors that do not involve seeking, such as actively avoiding information” (2002). cache/pipe-0158.html txt/pipe-0158.txt