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Daisy Griffin posted an update in the group
21st Century Libraries & Environments 2 hours, 33 minutes ago
Looks like it’s time to choose the complimentary professional membership. Anyone have thoughts on which membership to choose?
https://ischool.sjsu.edu/webform/complimentary-professional-membership-sign-form
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Trisha Philip posted an update in the group
Choosing Your Community Discussion 4 hours, 56 minutes ago
I haven’t decided which community I’ll be choosing yet, but I’m leaning towards two ideas right now.
One is the transplant donor and recipient community. I think a large aim of this community would be communication and awareness about the transplant process and information about donation. I also think there would be some overlap in this community…[Read more] -
Iris Barreto posted an update in the group
Course Site Help 1 day, 9 hours ago
Hi all! One of my questions is changing the settings to the comment section: I don’t want to have to approve comments. Is there a way to do so? (My blog, if anyone is interested in, the following: https://ischoolblogs.sjsu.edu/info/iabnook/
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Not a good paste but trying changing those.
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Perfect – thank you! Already fixed.
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Sarah Mangham joined the group
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Chris Mason posted an update in the group
Choosing Your Community Discussion 1 day, 18 hours ago
Before the course began, I was set on choosing the information community that I serve in my work as an archivist in a television news network library. I wanted to focus on content creators (reporters, producers, show teams, etc.) in the context of broadcast television archives, but struggled to find no more than a couple of peer-reviewed articles…[Read more]
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Homeyra posted an update in the group
Choosing Your Community Discussion 1 day, 22 hours ago
I haven’t finalized my decision yet, and I am still considering a few options. But one community that I am thinking about is Persian Twitter. Twitter as a “community” can seem broad, but it always fascinated me. I am from Iran, where Twitter has been banned since the 2009 presidential election. Over the past decade, the Iranian government has tak…[Read more]
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@homeyra I think this could work. There is literature related to activism on social media that could apply. This might be a good thing to discuss with our library liaison Andrew Chae. Also, there is a book called “Twitter and Tear gas” that me useful as a citation.
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Ruby Huber posted an update in the group
Choosing Your Community Discussion 1 day, 22 hours ago
I too have been struggling to decide on a topic that I find interesting enough to think about for the rest of the semester, but broad enough to be workable. What I first thought about was a way to look at various groups involved with environmental preservation/restoration by way of native plants. There are groups focused on homeowner action as…[Read more]
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@rubyhuber Thanks for coming to chat. The first group might be called environmental activists? Or perhaps enthusiasts (Serious Leisure approach?) Bird watchers is spot on. I have had successful papers on this group through the lens of citizen science.
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Jamie Murphy posted an update in the group
Choosing Your Community Discussion 2 days ago
I’m struggling a bit with my topic. I’m wondering if my ideas are too broad to provide me the opportunity to find a real focus for my final paper. I’m the Systems Librarian at a small rural public library. In order to achieve our goal of “a library card for every student” we recently merged catalogs and acquired 3 new branches. We now consist of…[Read more]
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@jmurphy I ❤️ what you are doing to get library cards to students. I agree…I think your work in this class focused on the communities you serve could be useful. I would suggest rural teenagers as a top choice. Families would work too. For teens you could pull from a rich amount of LIS research related to young people’s info behaviors and needs.…[Read more]
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Becky Steenburg posted an update in the group
Choosing Your Community Discussion 2 days, 15 hours ago
My first thought was something related to early literacy and/or music and movement since that is my main focus as a library professional, but then I thought I might enjoy exploring a totally different topic. I thought about what is currently of interest to my and my family. My husband is currently immersing himself in how to videos for making a…[Read more]
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Hi Becky, I seem to be going through similar thought processes as you in trying to figure out my topic, ie what is too easy/broad versus too academic or perhaps too obscure to find literature about. I actually think parents of children 0-5 would be an interesting community to research because of the early literacy / “ready to read” opp…[Read more]
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The interesting part, to me, being the intersection of all three.
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Oh, that sounds fascinating, though! I worked for 6 years as the children’s librarian in a rural town in Colorado. I had no idea such an occupation existed, and it was so great. I’d be interested to know how all this goes for you. Sounds like choosing the right angle of focus will be key for you.
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@thegab2022 Parents of young ones would be a good choice as would your other thoughts with varying degrees of research available. The YT guitar video angle could be broadened out to the YT community or similar as well. Agree with @jmurphy about “ready to read.”
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“Caregivers and Early Childhood Development” – would this be an appropriate working title? I started to define it as “parents” but thought it could be broadened to be anyone caring for young children, parents, grandparents, daycare providers, even siblings.
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@thegab2022 I would aim more for Information Behaviors and Needs of Caregivers of Young Children. Long – but exactly what all the assignments are about. 😀
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Got it – that makes sense. Thanks. 🙂
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Becky Steenburg joined the group
Choosing Your Community Discussion 2 days, 15 hours ago
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Marlinda Gallardo posted an update in the group
Choosing Your Community Discussion 3 days, 12 hours ago
When I first heard about this assignment, my mind immediately went to classic rock enthusiasts. I was afraid that there would not be enough literature on any one band/musician, so was going to keep it a broad subject. Unfortunatley, I found only 8 peer-reviewed articles on the subject, and decided to focus on another community.
After some…[Read more]
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@marlinda Both of these are good choice. There is some interesting LIS research on the area of fan communities of all kinds including music fans. I have had many successful papers on fan groups. The community of those with chronic diseases also has compelling literature. You will find it in the are of health or medical information seeking and…[Read more]
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Carly Gove posted an update in the group
Choosing Your Community Discussion 3 days, 18 hours ago
The first thing I thought of for my paper was skaters. Skating (roller skating and skate boarding) utilizes this cool blend of real spaces and internet resources to share information, in that people make connections and learn from each other at skate parks and also alone online. I’m kind of fascinated by the role of youtube tutorials in people’s…[Read more]
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@carlygove Skaters would probably fall into Serious Leisure in the LIS field. Queer Youth is a compelling and important community right now and there is strong LIS research out there. I have had many successful papers on this and related communities.
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Rie Lee (she/her) posted an update in the group
Icebreaker: Winding Down & Taking Care 4 days, 3 hours ago
I don’t know that I really have a decent wind-down routine at the moment; for the past week or so, it’s been trying to finish readings until I just get too exhausted and can’t process any more information. I think I prefer self-care in more of a wind-up routine: getting up early around 5 or 5:30 and having the peace and quiet of the house all to…[Read more]
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@dgriffin This is great thing to discuss!