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 … Continue reading “Describing Your Community”
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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 … Continue reading “Welcome to Module 8: Research & Study Week”
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Highlighted from Module 0: Please note that you should not create or use any form of data gathering tools—such as surveys or formal interviews—for any assignments in INFO 200. … Continue reading “Reminder Important: Surveys & Interviews”
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Hey all – if you are looking at fan communities: https://blogs.city.ac.uk/ludiprice/model-of-fan-information-behaviour/ Please cite published studies as those are peer reviewed!
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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: … Continue reading “Word Counts & Future Assignments”
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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 … Continue reading “Welcome to Module 7: Community-Generated Information Resources”
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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 … Continue reading “Thoughts on Future Assignments & Academic Writing”
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In this nine-minute screencast SJSU Writing Center tutor Arthur Kolat introduces various resources you can use to improve your writing. Familiarize yourself with these resources so you can return to … Continue reading “New Video from Arthur Kolat on Writing Center Resources”
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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 … Continue reading “Making Use of Pew Research”
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Greetings everyone, I just wanted to let you know I am doing a six-hour workshop/discussion for a group of librarians in Tennessee today. I will keep an eye on my … Continue reading “Workshop Today”