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. Upcoming Blog Report Due Dates: […]
Hey all – One of you may have cited this in your Blog report #4…I had it open in a tab and thought it would be good to share: https://informationr.net/ir/12-2/paper291.html Might be useful to this of you looking at information grounds, students, etc. Fisher, K.E., Landry, C.F. and Naumer, C. (2006). “Social spaces, casual interactions, […]
Hey all – There was an ongoing issue with the directories for our groups. I have deleted the older group and created a new one: https://infocom.hyperlib.sjsu.edu/community/groups/info-200-assignment-q-a/ Please join! We will use this discussion group throughout the semester for questions about each assignment. Please use a hashtag to designate what assignment you are asking about: #lismodel […]
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. […]
A helpful comparison developed by a student in INFO 200 a few semesters ago that can guide you as you select your resources:
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.
Hey all – We mentioned this in our assignment chat. If anyone needs extra days past March 26 for the Information Sources Survey, please take them! This will be a blanket extension for all. I am working through your Blog Report #3s and WOW they are good so far! I am thrilled with all the […]
Hey all – Honored to do research with Debbie Faires and SJSU School of Information graduate Nikki Rudiger. This just came out in a recent issue of the Journal of Education for Library and Information Science 2021 Vol. 62, No. 4 DOI: 10.3138/jelis-62-4-2020-0093. It was published online a few months ago. Take a look if interested. […]
Some thoughts for you all related to a question I had about our Blog Report assignment as you work on Post #4 and beyond. Start getting very serious about weaving your peer reviewed sources and studies you are finding into your posts. That will set you up to have draft chunks of your paper. Utilizing […]
Hey all – The first serious lit review I wrote in my doc program was on virtual communities. Here’s the reference list. It may be of interest, especially for those of you looking closely at communities born on the Web, etc. Note – there has been much more research published in the last 15+ years […]
