Welcome to Module 3! Information – creation, accession, consumption, and dissemination – pervades everything we do and is a foundational characteristic of information communities. From studying the information seeking behaviors of varied and diverse populations to analyzing information activities in online settings, the importance of the exchange is foundational to understanding libraries, emerging information technologies … Continue reading “Welcome to Module 3: Information Seeking Behavior”
Written by Michael Stephens
This week’s module introduces you to graduate-level writing and research in the LIS discipline. This week, we move into research mode. In Module 2, you’ll build the core skills needed for graduate-level research in INFO 200. We’ll focus on graduate-level writing expectations, understanding and evaluating information sources, using APA 7 style for this course, and … Continue reading “Welcome to Module 2: Researching Information Communities”
Written by Michael Stephens
Greetings all! Module 1 begins today. This module explores the nature of information, definitions of community, and how communities form around information and knowledge sharing/creation.