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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

reference information searching search information reference search searching virtual proxy discussion amp http neutral google activity work seeking questioning

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Slide1

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.)