For background, please see: https://www.wndu.com/2023/08/29/discussion-sexually-explicit-books-st-joseph-county-public-library/ I worked for 15 years at SJCPL. This issue felt close to home for me. This is the statement read by Dawn Mathews, Director of Branch Services at SJCPL at the meeting. I think it is powerful and I wanted to share. The first amendment to the Constitution protects our […]
Hey all – if you need help with search strategies as you choose your community – please contact Andrew! Meet Andrew Chae, our King Library Liaison! Contact him via the Help page here. Learn all about King Library Services for the School of Information here. And do not miss the INFO 200 LibGuide! The INFO 200 […]
Hi all – As you work on your Blog Report #2, don’t forget about the helper section of all of our assignments and the assignment synthesis examples. These resources may serve as inspiration as you craft the description of your chosen community.
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 […]
This “Getting Started” post will help you with:
Greetings all – Here is a post I share each semester about surveys and interviews. We had a question come in about students in INFO 200 interviewing or surveying members of their chosen community. This prompted some discussion amongst the 200 instructors and the chair of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) on campus. Some […]
Hey all – Up here in northern Michigan there is the tiniest bit of fall in the air. “And summer became the fall…” goes the song. Our new module will go up on Monday as usual but please also enjoy the last holiday of the summer if you can. It’s always good to take a […]
Hey all – From the Writing Center: We offer writing workshops, including special programs for graduate-level students and multilingual learners. All our regular workshops are one-hour long and conducted virtually through Zoom. Each workshop topic is led by either a writing tutor or a professional staff member, and you will join other participants to learn […]
Greetings all! I finished reading and commenting on all of your Blog Report #1 entries. I was happy to read about all of the different information communities that are part of your lives. I went to the grade book and gave everyone that submitted their URLs 2 points. I will share this information again as […]
Hey all – Everyone has an @username at this site and on the Community Site. Mine in both places is @Michael. You can use that to reply to me. I used your @userrname in all of my comments on your Blog Report #1. You probably received a notification from the system. There are two ways […]
