The Literature Review Matrix is intended to be critical exploration and evaluation of scholarly writings on a topic(in this case, your information community). In your formal research paper, the literature review provides context and background for your own study and illustrates how your research will contribute to a particular area of study.This assignment meets the […]
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Greetings all – I realized yesterday that there had been some issues on and off with the King library databases recently so I extended the due date for the LIS model/theory assignment until Thursday. Thanks to everyone that has gotten it in and I will start grading right after the assignment closes on Thursday.
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Hey all – If you are looking at the Serious Leisure Perspective please take a look: https://www.nomos-elibrary.de/10.5771/0943-7444-2003-3-4-228.pdf The Serious Leisure Frontier in Library and Information Science: Hobby Domains by Jenna Hartel! I am loving this table:
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Hello all, I am collaborating with Professor Sue Alman and two of our students on an independent study to develop infographics for various courses in the MLIS program. We have created a draft of the revised version of the Infographic 200. To gather feedback from our students, we have shared the draft with you. Please […]
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In module five, we move from last week’s focus on information-seeking behavior to consider the diverse information needs of information communities. There are a variety of information-seeking studies to illustrate the vast range of information communities that LIS scholars have studied and the diverse needs of these unique communities. As you learn about concepts within this […]
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Hey all – I have graded all of the Blog Report #2 posts in Canvas! Thanks for your hard work! I enjoyed reading about your communities and the connections you made to Fisher & Fulton’s characteristics of ICs. Going forward, be sure to follow the Blog Report descriptions and helpers for each one. Also: Make […]
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Conference website https://blogs.sjsu.edu/cids has all the details. Opening Session, March 4, 2025, 12:00-1:00 pm (PST) ● Live Opening Session on Zoom: https://sjsu.zoom.us/j/86962576183 ● Keynote speaker: Dr. Leo Lo, Dean and Professor of the College of University Libraries & Learning Sciences at the University of New Mexico ● Keynote Title: Thriving in an AI-Drive Professional Environment: Skills […]
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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 getting very serious about weaving your peer reviewed sources and studies you are finding into your posts. That will set you up to have draft chunks of […]
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The Information Sources Survey assignment has been revised to include the Assignment Helper, which provides additional guidance to support your work. Please review the updated version before you begin. Additionally, please note an important change regarding the word count: The Information Sources Survey, including the reference list, should now be a minimum of 1400 words […]
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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 research papers… Here is a basic outline for better understanding the various types of “In-Text Citations” in both narrative and parenthetical formats: Type of Citation Narrative Format Parenthetical Format One […]