"Blanket" Extension for LRM! Hey all – I have heard from a few of you that life has intervened in your coursework. Let’s invoke a blanket extension for the LRM for all […]

Greetings from Scotland

Research-Based vs Community-based – Thoughts? A helpful comparison developed by a student in INFO 200 a few semesters ago that can guide you as you select your resources: A Research-based […]

Getting Started with…Information Sources Survey This guide will help you get started with the Information Sources Survey assignment: View a video about the assignment: Web Version […]

Making Use of Pew Research Hey all – You may find Pew Research or Pew Internet & Tech very useful for your community descriptions in the formal assignments. Their […]

Welcome to Module 6: Research-based Information Resources This week, we explore the many types of research-based information sources and their various uses. Action Items: Download and use the […]

Useful Video on Serious LeisureFrom LIS professor Dr. Jenna Hartel – The second episode of the *Information and Leisure* video series focuses entirely on the concept of […]

Grad Writer Toolbox Greetings all – The Writing Center created the Grad Writer Toolbox.It my be helpful as you continue to work on your academic writing. Find it here:  

Getting Started with…Literature Review Matrix The Literature Review Matrix is intended to be critical exploration and evaluation of scholarly writings on a topic(in this case, your […]

Blog Report #3 Extension for All As I mentioned in class chat – I am extending the due date for Blog Report #3. It will now be due by October 9. Then, select one of the […]

Scotland Bound Greetings all – As I said in our class chat I am leaving for Scotland today! I will just be an email away if you have questions, etc. I will be […]

New(ish) Article: Student Use of Mobile Devices Hey all – Honored to do research with Lecturer Emeritus Debbie Faires and SJSU School of Information graduate Nikki Rudiger. This article was […]

Blog Report Grading & More Some thoughts for you all related to a question I had about our Blog Report assignment as you work on Blog Report #3 & #4 and beyond. Start […]

Thoughts on Future Assignments Greetings all! I just finished grading all the submitted LIS Theory/Model assignments. Overall, everyone did very well. You’ll find your scores […]

APA Style for In-Text Citations Greetings All, We have been getting a lot of questions from INFO 200 students on how to incorporate APA 7.0 style into blog posts and […]

Useful Article: Serious Leisure Hey all – If you are looking at the Serious Leisure Perspective please take a look: The Serious Leisure Frontier in Library and Information Science: Hobby Domains by Jenna Hartel! I am loving this table:

Assignment Q & A Recording! 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 […]

Welcome to Module 5: Information Communities & Diverse Information Needs In module five, we move from last week’s focus on information-seeking behavior to consider the diverse information needs of information c […]