Greetings all – I think it would be useful for the next assignments for all of you to work on refining your description of your information community. You wrote a blog post a few weeks ago: Blog Post #2: Describe the Information Community you are choosing to explore for the course and the research paper. … Continue reading “Describing Your Community”
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Greetings all! Please use this week to work on your research and future assignments. I would suggest focusing on the Information Sources Survey and the LRM as well as start thinking about your Blog Report #5. If you have questions, please reach out via site message, email or Zoom IM. Class Social Time & Chats: … Continue reading “Welcome to Module 8: Research & Study Week”
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Highlighted from Module 0: Please note that you should not create or use any form of data gathering tools—such as surveys or formal interviews—for any assignments in INFO 200. These methods are beyond the scope of the course and introduce issues related to privacy, data reliability, and ethical considerations. Research involving human subjects requires … Continue reading “Reminder Important: Surveys & Interviews”
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Hey all – if you are looking at fan communities: https://blogs.city.ac.uk/ludiprice/model-of-fan-information-behaviour/ Please cite published studies as those are peer reviewed!
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I finished grading the LIS Model/Theory Research Summary assignments Saturday and noticed that quite a few papers went over the word count limit. As a reminder, the assignment instructions state: The LIS Model/Theory Research Summary, including the reference list, should be a minimum of 1000 words in length and no more than 1250 words. It … Continue reading “Word Counts & Future Assignments”
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Module 7 can be found here. This module explores community-created information communities and how libraries are working with these groups to enhance services. This module will frame your explorations of community-based resources for future assignments.
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Greetings, all! I’ve finished grading the LIS Theory/Model assignments, and overall, you did very well! Your scores are in Canvas. I was especially impressed by the strong connections many of you made to information science theories, models, and course resources. Several papers included robust reference lists, showing you’ve found valuable studies—this level of research is … Continue reading “Thoughts on Future Assignments & Academic Writing”
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In this nine-minute screencast SJSU Writing Center tutor Arthur Kolat introduces various resources you can use to improve your writing. Familiarize yourself with these resources so you can return to them throughout the semester whenever you have questions about scholarly writing. This video will live in Module 2 but I wanted to share it here … Continue reading “New Video from Arthur Kolat on Writing Center Resources”
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Hey all – You may find Pew Research or Pew Internet & Tech very useful for your community descriptions in the formal assignments. Their research can be very useful for background and supporting demographic data, data on technology use and access, etc. For example: http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/11/30/key-findings-about-u-s-immigrants/
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Greetings everyone, I just wanted to let you know I am doing a six-hour workshop/discussion for a group of librarians in Tennessee today. I will keep an eye on my email during breaks and lunchtime, so please email me if anything comes up and you have a question. I started grading the model in theory … Continue reading “Workshop Today”