This debut curated “virtual special issue” of JASIST is on the theme of “information informing design.” It comprises several excellent scholarly research articles previously published in JASIST with important implications for the design of digital information environments. It covers articles that motivate the need for Information Science research to inform design and those that have empirically examined information‐related concepts such as information behavior, practices, interaction, and experience and, based on their findings, proposed recommendations or posed questions for design. This article argues that as JASIST exists at the intersection between information, systems, and users, it is natural to want to understand how people engage with information to inform design and, by doing so, Information Science research can build bridges between Information Science and computing disciplines and make contributions that transcend its discipline boundaries. It argues that Information Science research not only has the potential but also the duty to inform the design of future digital information environments.

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信息通知设计：对数字信息环境设计有影响的信息科学研究

此次JASIST首次策划的“虚拟特刊”以“信息通知设计”为主题。它包含之前发表在 JASIST 上的几篇优秀学术研究文章，对数字信息环境的设计具有重要意义。它涵盖了激发信息科学研究为设计提供信息的需求的文章，以及那些对信息相关概念（如信息行为、实践、交互和经验）进行实证研究的文章，并根据他们的发现，提出了设计建议或提出的问题。本文认为，由于 JASIST 存在于信息、系统和用户之间的交叉点，因此很自然地想要了解人们如何与信息互动来为设计提供信息，并通过这样做，信息科学研究可以在信息科学和计算学科之间架起桥梁，做出超越学科界限的贡献。它认为，信息科学研究不仅有潜力，而且有责任为未来数字信息环境的设计提供信息。