It will be necessary to mention at least these names in the Comp J essay.
Good background article by seminal thinker/researcher in area of information-seeking behavior (T.D. Wilson)
It will be necessary to mention at least these names in the Comp J essay.
Good idea to compare IR and the librarian approach (information seeking)
Useful for summarizing state of research on information seeking
Good summary of Belkin's ASK model
Good rundown on all the most prominent researchers on information seeking models
Summary of Question-Negotiation and Information Seeking in Libraries by Robert S. Taylor
The Web has changed patterns of information weeking, necessitating elaborating on the previous models of information seeking.
A 2005 article by Kuhlthau, attempting to find a conceptual framework that incorporates allied areas (not just LIS)
Recommends a good book for rethinking presentation design; slide show worth viewing
I must remember to include this principle. It certainly is universal to humans, of any expertise level, at least in most situations.
"The fact that more information = more need for librarians (since often people don't care about others or think about disaster situations) usually gets people agreeing with me when put into that context. People don't know how to create complex, or even good, search strategies and people don't know how to evaluate the information they get."
What is the Internet, who controls the content and how information is getting to us?
Ofcom International Conference: Communications and Convergence Challenges For 21st Century Digital Economies: Launch of publication 'Communications -- The next decade:
Birger Hjørland
Mooers actually suggested that it was too much trouble to have information because then you'd have to do something about it, and it wasn't about building better databases; his law was adapted to the LIS field to mean the same as the Law of Least Effort. It's an intellectual climate that is the problem. He was pointing to certain specific environments where this is true (such as some companies or laboratories).
An expert in the field of user studies gives some background to the topic.
Thomas Mann - chapter on Principle of Least Effort (inspired by Zipf's Law of Least Effort) and what most students live by!
"crash course in learning theory"
An easy to understand explanation of behaviorism, crossed with cognitivism and Bandura's social learning theory.
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Resources for the e-portfolio to be completed in Spring Semester 09 at SJSU/SLIS
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