Hey all – Honored to do research with Lecturer Emeritus Debbie Faires and SJSU School of Information graduate Nikki Rudiger. This article was published in the Journal of Education for Library and Information Science 2021 Vol. 62, No. 4 DOI: 10.3138/jelis-62-4-2020-0093. Take a look if interested. I am fascinated by what we called the Student […]
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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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Greetings all! I just finished grading all the submitted LIS Theory/Model assignments. Overall, everyone did very well. You’ll find your scores in Canvas. I was super impressed with the summaries that offered strong connections to information science theory and models and other resources from our course. Some papers included robust references list that lets me […]
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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 […]
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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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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 navigate the assignments to culminate at the research paper. Please be sure to view this recording for a deep dive on the assignments.
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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 will be reading your Blog Report #2 posts this week. I am excited to read about your communities. Here are some thoughts for going forward:
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Greetings all – We will have an assignment Q & A session on Zoom on Sunday. Students are encouraged to attend if schedules allow. The session will be recorded. September 22: INFO 200 Assignment Q & A Session at 12pm PT. We will go over you might have about the Sources Survey and LRM. Join from PC, […]
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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 aspects of ICs. Going forward, be sure to follow the Blog Report descriptions and helpers for each one. As we […]