Information behaviour research is another area where there is some degree of cohesion around models and methods that have won some support (e.g., Wilson, 1981, 1999; Dervin, 1992; Kuhlthau, 1994) and, in that field, there is, perhaps, a developing consensus on an appropriate framework for investigation.
Contents contributed and discussions participated by Emily O
An Open Letter to New Graduate Students - ProfHacker - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 0 views
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"Build a personal research library. As a graduate student, one of the things you are most likely to be doing at any given time is reading (although you'll note that @j_l_r below recommends not doing all of what's assigned!). You will read articles, book chapters, and entire books much faster than you would have ever thought possible. And unless these articles fall into your area of interest, you might be inclined to forget about them as soon as the seminar meeting is passed. But we'd like to suggest that you begin as early as possible in your studies to build a personal research library. A personal research library is a record of what you've read and what you thought about it. It can be as simple as a citation, a few keywords, and a brief abstract. We'd recommend using Zotero (see Amy's posts on Getting Started with Zotero, parts One and Two) or EndNote, but even a box of 3x5 cards is better than trying to remember that really great essay from your first semester in grad school five years down the road when you're writing your dissertation. A little extra work now will pay big dividends in the future, especially if you change your research project."
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I see this as especially important for that e-portfolio I did for library school. I did a lot of extra research because I didn't remember/know where to find many of the articles I had read that would be useful support for my ideas on the competencies.
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I see this as especially important for that e-portfolio I did for library school. I did a lot of extra research because I didn't remember/know where to find many of the articles I had read that would be useful support for my ideas on the competencies.
Qualitative Inquiry: A Model of Disciplined Inquiry - 4 views
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The paradigm is all....
Nature of research - 2 views
Social Research Methods - 2 views
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I never took a research course so this site helps me organize and understand research concepts so I can figure out what I did in my SLIS career that points to my understanding of these concepts.
Kristin Yiotis E-Portfolio - 6 views
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Another model for clearly organized and well written portfolio.
Big6 Matrix: Use the Internet with Big6 Skills to Achieve Standards - 1 views
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In my opinion, Information Literacy Instruction is related to the research process and critical thinking skills.
College Level Research at Home - 0 views
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Discussion of primary vs. secondary sources, and high school vs. college level research papers (basic)
Library and information science ... - Google Books - 0 views
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First chapter gives ovrview of what research is and importance to LIS
SLIS E-Portfolio - 5 views
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Nicely organized e-portfolio
Evaluation Decision-Making Systems - 0 views
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Collection of resources pertaining to library evaluation
Purpose for this Diigo group and suggestions for use - 7 views
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This Diigo group is for fellow SLISers preparing for or enrolled in the culminating project for the Masters in Library and Information Science at San Jose State University, known as LIBR 289, the e-portfolio class. Working on the 14 competencies involved is like slaying a multi-headed Hydra (thus the icon I chose).
Research for each of the 14 competencies will be different for each student on what is a very personal and sometimes lonely journey; nevertheless, some of our research may be inspiring to others, and I hope this group can make it less arduous and less isolated!
Diigo is great for forming interest groups, sharing links, and communicating with each other. I envision this as a helpful tool to go along with the 289 Google group as well as the SLIS Yahoo group. Please use some naming conventions for your tags for the 14 competencies: Competency-A, Competency-B, and so forth. Also give each link another overall tag: 289-e-portfolio. Finally, share it with this group. Please invite fellow students to be part of Diigo and this group if it can be helpful for them.
Evaluation and library decision making - Google Book Search - 0 views
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Evaluation and library decision making By Peter Hernon, Charles R. McClure
Public administration: balancing ... McKinney & Howard - Google Book Search - 0 views
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Chapter on evaluation
HONcode: Principles - Quality and trustworthy health information - 0 views
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Health on the Net Principles (to evaluate a health web site for authority, complementarity, privacy, attribution, justifiability, transparency, financial disclosure, advertising policy
Ben Bolin: Research Methods - 0 views
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Sample portfolio for Comp L
Philosophical foundations and research relevance: issues for information research - 0 views
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It will be necessary to mention at least these names in the Comp J essay.
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The information retrieval specialist, on the other hand, conceives of information in terms of strings of symbols, matching query strings against indexed strings. The librarian sees information in terms of the macro containers; books, reports, journals and, now, electronic documents of various kinds, and, indeed of a higher level of organization, the library itself. In other words, information itself is not a unitary concept, but has different levels of organization, around which different theories are built and practices evolved. Consequently, there cannot be a unitary information science, but only different approaches to information from the perspective of the integrative level involved.
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Good idea to compare IR and the librarian approach (information seeking)
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Good background article by seminal thinker/researcher in area of information-seeking behavior (T.D. Wilson)
InfoMatters - No more information seeking models please - 1 views
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I consider the world not to be in need of any more models of information seeking behavior, since I consider there to be far too many of these out there already. Worse, most of these are not really models at all but vague representations involving arrows, boxes and circles that contain little more than common sense.
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I have to explain the main models or concepts behind information seeking for Competency J. The commentaries are good because some try to defend, others agree with the writer.
Library Research Models: Guide to ... - Google Book Search - 0 views
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Thomas Mann - chapter on Principle of Least Effort (inspired by Zipf's Law of Least Effort) and what most students live by!
Emily O
I pursued a masters in library and information science which integrates my interest in organization of information, public service, and love of learning that changes lives... working part time at my public library, serving my own community! Searching for a complementary part time job that challeng...