I must remember to include this principle. It certainly is universal to humans, of any expertise level, at least in most situations.

An expert in the field of user studies gives some background to the topic.

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.

Good summary of Belkin's ASK model

Good rundown on all the most prominent researchers on information seeking models

A 2005 article by Kuhlthau, attempting to find a conceptual framework that incorporates allied areas (not just LIS)

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).

Useful for summarizing state of research on information seeking

Records Management and Web 2.0

Francis Miksa, The Genius of Library Cataloging and Its Possible Future

Good explanation of RDA in brief, a write up of a workshop.

Good discussion of Millennials, nature of catalogs and databases, library reference services, and whether these meet the needs of today's students

TITLE: Resource Description and Access: Background / Overview SPEAKER: Barbara Tillett EVENT DATE: 05/14/2008 RUNNING TIME: 67 minutes TRANSCRIPT: View Transcript (link will open in a new window) DESCRIPTION: RDA (Resource Description and Access), the next generation cataloging code designed for the digital environment, is under development. This presentation provides background on its development and a general overview of the conceptual models, international principles, and structure of this new code. Speaker Biography: Dr. Barbara Tillett is chief of the Cataloging Policy and Support Office at the Library of Congress.

Waymarking.com provides tools for you to catalog, mark­ and visit interesting and useful locations around the world.

All kinds of presentations on taxonomy and metadata design for business. That's Dublin, Ohio...not Ireland.

Cataloguing as an imperfect art