Class Activity Examples Fall 2012 Dr Andrea Baer Week 1 Introduction see next slide Freewrite You amp Information Work Consider the information work you do or plan to do in the future ID: 617326
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IS 530: Information Access & RetrievalClass Activity Examples
Fall 2012
Dr. Andrea BaerSlide2
Week 1: Introduction
(see next slide)Slide3
Freewrite – You & Information Work
Consider the information work you do or plan to do in the future.
What role will reference or information retrieval play in this work?
How has/might changes in reference and information retrieval affect your work
?
(3 minutes for
freewrite
, followed by discussion)Slide4
Week 3: The Reference Interview
(See next 5 slides)Slide5
Kuhlthau’s Information Search Process
(ISP)
Uncertainty
increases and decreases
during information seeking (increases early on, decreases later)
Six stages:
task initiation
s
election
e
xploration
focus formulation
collection
presentation
“A Principle of Uncertainty for Information Seeking” (1993)
See
Kuhlthau
, “Information Search Process”
http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/~
kuhlthau/information_search_process.htm
for more infoSlide6
ISP and Info Services
Information searching
as uncertain process rather than as rational and orderly
Uncertainty as necessary part of constructing personal knowledge
goal of information services is not to decrease uncertainty but rather to support user’s constructive processes)
Kuhlthau
, “Information Search Process”
http
://comminfo.rutgers.edu/~kuhlthau/information_search_process.htmSlide7
Discussion: ISP in Practice
Remember
the
personal
example of information
seeking you considered
earlier in class
.
Does
Kuhlthau’s
model apply to your experience? How (not
)?
What implications might
Kuhlthau’s
ISP model have for reference services?
What strengths and weaknesses do you see in
Kuhlthau’s
ISP model?Slide8
Discussion: Info Seeking as Dynamic Process
How might the dynamic nature of info seeking affect the reference interview?
Challenges this presents to reference work?
Different approaches to addressing the “messiness” of info seeking?
Advantages and disadvantages of these varying approachesSlide9
Discussion:
Derwin
& Dewdney
R
eading on
Neutral Questioning
What is neutral questioning?
What are the differences among closed, open, and neutral questions?
(See page 5 of article for specific examples.)
Why use neutral questioning?
What advantages/disadvantages does neutral questioning have?
Dervin
. Brenda and Dewdney, Patricia. (1986)
Neutral Questioning: A New Approach to the Reference.
Interview.
https://
faculty.washington.edu/jwj/lis521/zennezdervindewd86nq-1.pdfSlide10
Week 8: Database Searching
(see next 2 slides)Slide11
Activity: Academic Search Premier vs. Project MUSE
Choose a research topic of interest.
(e.g., Internet AND cognition, web 2.0 AND libraries )
Use your search topic to explore
the databases ASP and Project MUSE.
Note similarities and differences between the search interfaces, as well as the results pages.
Take
notes that will help guide our discussion.
(7 minutes to explore)Slide12
Activity: Database Interfaces - LexisNexis
LexisNexis: news, company information
Activity:
Explore LexisNexis. Formulate answers to the following:
How does this interface compare to ASP and Project MUSE?
What kinds of information are available in it?
Compare features in the basic and advanced search interfaces.Slide13
Week 9: Internet Searching
(See next 4 slides)Slide14
Review: Operators
and More Search Help:
http://support.google.com/websearch/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=136861
Search Tips & Tricks:
http://www.google.com/insidesearch/tipstricks/
Google: Advanced Searching Slide15
Activity: Advanced Google Searching
Use
advanced Google searches to find information on these questions.
I need sources about Julius Caesar, but am not interested in the Shakespearean play
Julius Caesar
.
I need information about the concept of metadata. How can I find relevant sources which don’t use the word “metadata” in the page title?
What government websites address food safety?
What time is it now in New Zealand?
What is a good recipe that uses cardamom?
How many Euros can I get for a US dollar? Slide16
Activity: Proxy Searching
Go
to Live Proxy:
http://www.live-proxy.com/
. Search on a topic of interest.
Do the same search, this time in Google.
What are the differences in your results? Slide17
Proxy Searching
What are proxy servers and proxy searching?
Why use proxy searching
?
What larger issues does proxy searching raise about Internet research? About reference work? Slide18
Week 11: Library 2.0 & Virtual Reference
(See 3 next slides)Slide19
Discussion: Virtual Reference
What forms can virtual reference take
? (i.e., technologies/tools)
Your
experiences as users or reference staff?
Advantages?
Disadvantages?
Challenges?Slide20
Discussion: Virtual Reference (con’d
)
What should be considered when implementing virtual reference service
?
When providing virtual reference
?
Consider the ALA RUSA Guidelines for Virtual Reference:
http://www.ala.org/rusa/sites/ala.org.rusa/files/content/resources/guidelines/virtual-reference-se.pdf
(required reading)Slide21
A Librarian's 2.0 Manifesto (Video & Discussion)
Watch this video at
http://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZblrRs3fkSU
.
Consider what concepts, actions, and philosophies
are
ascribes to Library 2.0
. (Be prepared to discuss.)