A helpful comparison developed by a student in INFO 200 a few semesters ago that can guide you as you select your resources:
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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 … Continue reading “Virtual Communities References List”
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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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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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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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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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From LIS professor Dr. Jenna Hartel – The second episode of the *Information and Leisure* video series focuses entirely on the concept of leisure and a theoretical framework of leisure known as the Serious Leisure Perspective, or SLP. After defining leisure, the SLP’s key concepts are introduced and illustrated, namely: casual leisure, serious leisure, devotee … Continue reading “Useful Video on Serious Leisure”
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In our recent assignment chat (now available as a recording), we talked about a model that many INFO 200 students have found extremely useful when analyzing their chosen information communities: Anders Hektor’s model of information activities. I want to highlight it again because it can be such a strong organizing framework for your work. In … Continue reading “Revisiting Hektor’s Model of Information Activities”
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Thanks to all who attended! We covered a lot of ground with the Sources Survey, LRM and more. I hope the questions highlighted the way to navigate the assignments to culminate at the research paper. Please be sure to view this recording for a deep dive on the assignments.
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This guide will help you get started with the Information Sources Survey assignment: