1) Week of August 27: Introduction and Examples, Part 1
Synchronous Session: Monday, August 27 @ 6:00 PM (Mandatory First Day Attendance Policy)
Readings:
- The syllabus, outline / calendar, and assignments for this class. Conduct of the course, including grading, will proceed the rest of the semester assuming you have carefully read, understand, and agree to adhere to all the requirements in all of these documents.
- Case, Ch. 1: Information Behavior: An Introduction
- Leckie, G. (1996). Desperately Seeking Citations: Uncovering Faculty Assumptions about the Undergraduate Research Process. Journal of Academic Librarianship (May 1996): 201-208.
No blog post or discussion leading this week.
No Class on September 3, Labor Day
2) Week of September 10: Introduction and Examples, Part 2
Synchronous Session: Monday, September 10 @ 6:00 PM (Class Participation Required)
Readings:
- Case, Ch. 2: Common Examples of Information Behavior
- Agosto, D. E. & Hughes-Hassell, S. (2005). People, places, and questions: An investigation of the everyday life information-seeking behaviors of urban young adults. Library & Information Science Research 27: 141-163. doi:10.1016/j.lisr.2005.01.002
BLOG POST: Select and describe an information behavior from your life. This should be purely descriptive. Make it interesting; be colorful, specific, and realistic. 500 words. Post Category: Paper 1 Post 1. Due Sunday, September 16.
No discussion leading this week.
3) Week of September 17: Concepts, Part 1
Synchronous Session: Monday, September 17 @ 6:00 PM (Class Participation Required)
Readings:
- Case, ch. 3: The Concept of Information
- Buckland, M. (1991). Information as Thing. Journal of the American Society for Information Science. 42: 351-360. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1097-4571(199106)42:5<351::AID-ASI5>3.0.CO;2-3
BLOG COMMENT: Respond to at least two other students' posts from the previous week, identifying and naming examples from their posts that demonstrate the concepts of information, information needs, information seeking, and information behavior. 200 words per comment. Due Sunday, September 23.
No discussion leading this week.
4) Week of September 24: Concepts, Part 2
Synchronous Session: Monday, September 24 @ 6:00 PM (Class Participation Required)
Readings:
- Case, ch. 4: Information Needs and Information Seeking
- Taylor, R. S. (1968). Question-Negotation and Information Seeking in Libraries. College and Research Libraries. 29: 178-194. [RESERVE]
BLOG POST: Using the responses you received last week, plus the course readings and in-class discussions so far, discuss what your information behavior demonstrates about the information sources you use, your information needs, your information seeking, and your other information behavior(s). 500 words. Post Category: Paper 1 Post 2. Due Sunday, September 30.
No discussion leading this week.
5) Week of October 1: Concepts, Part 3
Synchronous Session: Monday, October 1 @ 6:00 PM (Class Participation Required)
Readings:
- Case, ch. 5: Related Concepts
- Belkin, N. (1978). Information Concepts for Information Science. Journal of Documentation. 34: 55-85. [RESERVE]
- Kuhlthau, C.C., Heinstrom, J. & Todd, R.J. (2008). The 'information search process' revisited: is the model still useful? Information Research, 13(4). http://informationr.net/ir/13-4/paper355.html
BLOG COMMENT: Respond to at least two other students' posts from the previous week, identifying a model, paradigm, or theory (MPT) they might use to create a rich and fruitful analysis of their information behavior and explaining why you think this MPT would be useful. 200 words per comment. Due Sunday, October 7.
Discussion leading this week: Belkin: Melissa R., Kuhlthau: Sarah R.
6) Week of October 8: Models, Paradigms, and Theories, Part 1
Synchronous Session: Monday, October 8 @ 6:00 PM (Class Participation Required)
Readings:
- Case, ch. 6: Models of Information Behavior
- Wilson, T. (1999). Models in Information Behaviour Research. Journal of Documentation. 55(3): 249-270. doi:10.1108/EUM0000000007145
- Bowler, L. (2010). The self-regulation of curiosity and interest during the information search process of adolescent students. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. 61(7): 1332-1344. doi:10.1002/asi.21334
- Al-Muomen, N., Morris, A., & Maynard, S. (2012). Modelling information-seeking behaviour of graduate students at Kuwait University. Journal of Documentation 68(4).
BLOG POST: Share an annotated citation to a published article, book, or book chapter that we did not already read for class that includes information about one of the models/paradigms/theories (MPT) you are using in your Paper 1. You might find where the MPT originator first explicated the MPT, or where they applied or revised it; or where another scholar applied or tested the MPT. The annotation should summarize the content and significance of the item in your own words, and should share what you learned about the MPT itself (not your info behavior) from this additional reading. 300 words. Post Category: Paper 1 Post 3. Due Sunday, October 14.
Discussion leading this week: Wilson: Min Sook P., Bowler: Jacqueline M., Al-Muomen: Anna M.
7) Week of October 15: Models, Paradigms, and Theories, Part 2
Synchronous Session: Monday, October 15 @ 6:00 PM (Class Participation Required)
Readings:
- Case, ch. 7: Perspectives, Paradigms, and Theories
- Chatman, E. (1996). Impoverished Life World of Outsiders. Journal of the American Society for Information Science 47(3): 193-206. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1097-4571(199603)47:3<193::AID-ASI3>3.0.CO;2-T
- Savolainen, R. (2011). Asking and sharing information in the blogosphere: The case of slimming blogs. Library & Information Science Research 33(1): 73-79. doi:10.1016/j.lisr.2010.04.004
- Head, A. J., & Eisenberg, M. B. (2011). How college students use the web to conduct everyday life research. First Monday, 4(4). http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/3484/2857
BLOG POST: Analyze your information behavior using the MPT you wrote about in the previous week's post. Your presentation of this analysis should be very linear and explicit, matching your own problems, needs, activities, behaviors, thoughts, sources, etc. directly to those in the MPT. 400 words. Post Category: Paper 1 Post 4. Due Sunday, October 21.
Discussion leading this week: Chatman: Sarah M., Savolainen: Mairelys L-R., Head: Mary K.
8) Week of October 22: Methods, Part 1
Synchronous Session: Monday, October 22 @ 6:00 PM (Class Participation Required)
Readings:
- Case, ch. 8: The Research Process
- Dervin, B. (1989). Users as Research Inventions: How Research Categories Perpetuate Inequities. Journal of Communication 39: 216-232 [RESERVE]
BLOG POST: Identify the population you want to write about for Paper 2. Try to be somewhat specific, and if possible, explain what aspect of this population's information behavior interests you. This is a short post, and you don't need to think about it or work on it until after your Paper 1 has been handed in! 200 words. Post Category: Paper 2 Post 1. Due Sunday, October 28.
No discussion leading this week.
Paper 1 due Wednesday, October 24
9) Week of October 29: Methods, Part 2
Synchronous Session: Monday, October 29 @ 6:00 PM (Class Participation Required)
Readings:
- Case, ch.9: Methods: Examples by Type
- Saracevic, T., Kantor, P., Chamis, A.Y., & Trivison, D. (1988). A study of information seeking and retrieving, part I: Background and methodology. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 39(3), 161-176. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1097-4571(198805)39:3<161::AID-ASI2>3.0.CO;2-0
- Johnson, C.A. (2010). Do public libraries contribute to social capital? A preliminary investigation into the relationship. Library & Information Science Research 32(2), 147-155. doi:10.1016/j.lisr.2009.12.006
- Counts, S. & Fisher, K.E. (2010). Mobile social networking as information ground: A case study. Library & Information Science Research 32(2): 98-115. doi:10.1016/j.lisr.2009.10.003
BLOG POST: Annotated Bibliography, Part 1. Post citations to five (5) peer-reviewed published research articles that report research findings related to your population. Each citation should be a complete citation PLUS a brief (50 word) annotation explaining: (a) the theme(s) you see emerging from this item and (b) the major knowledge point about this population you took away from this item. Post Category: Paper 2 Post 2. Due Sunday, November 4.
Discussion leading this week: Saracevic: Timothy K., Johnson: Natalia J., Counts: Patric H.
10) Week of November 5: Research Results and Reflections, Part 1
Synchronous Session: Monday, November 5 @ 6:00 PM (Class Participation Required)
Readings:
- Case, ch. 10: Reviewing the Research: Its History, Size, and Topics
- Dervin, B. & Nilan, M. (1986). Information Needs and Uses. Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST) 21: 3-33. [RESERVE]
- Blessinger, K. & Hrycaj, P. (2010). Highly cited articles in library and information science: An analysis of content and authorship trends. Library & Information Science Research 32(2): 156-162. doi:10.1016/j.lisr.2009.12.007
BLOG POST: Annotated Bibliography, Part 2. Post citations to five (5) peer-reviewed published research articles that report research findings related to your population. Each citation should be a complete citation PLUS a brief (50 word) annotation explaining: (a) the theme(s) you see emerging from this item and (b) the major knowledge point about this population you took away from this item. Post Category: Paper 2 Post 2. Due Sunday, November 11.
Discussion leading this week: Dervin: Erin G., Blessinger: Twanisha G-P.
No Class on November 12, Veterans Day
11) Week of November 19: Research Results and Reflections, Part 2
Synchronous Session: Monday, November 19 @ 6:00 PM (Class Participation Required)
Readings:
- Case, ch. 11: Research by Occupation
- Gorman, P. (1995). Information needs of physicians. Journal of the American Society for Information Science. 46: 729-736. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1097-4571(199512)46:10<729::AID-ASI3>3.0.CO;2-2
- Lustria, M.L.A, Kazmer, M.M., Glueckauf, R.L., Hawkins, R.P., Randeree, E., Rosario, I.B., McLaughlin, C., & Redmond, S. (2010). Participatory design of a health informatics system for rural health practitioners and disadvantaged women. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. doi:10.1002/asi.21390
- Michels, D. H. (2012). Seeking God's will: The experience of information seeking by leaders of a church in transition. Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science 36(1-2): 16-27. doi: 10.1353/ils.2012.0003
BLOG POST: Share the major concepts, themes, and unanswered (or partially answered) research questions that emerged when you reviewed the research literature about your population. 400 words. Post Category: Paper 2 Post 3. Due Sunday, November 25.
Discussion leading this week: Gorman: Johanna G., Lustria: Katie D., Michels: Bethany D-P.
12) Week of November 26: Research Results and Reflections, Part 3
Synchronous Session: Monday, November 26 @ 6:00 PM (Class Participation Required)
Readings:
- Case, ch. 12: Research by Social Role and Demographic Group
- Gross, Melissa, & Saxton, Matthew L. (2002).Integrating the imposed query into the evaluation of reference: A dichotomous analysis of user ratings. Library & Information Science Research , 24, 251-263. doi:10.1016/S0740-8188(02)00125-1
- Lu, Y. L. (2010). Children's information seeking in coping with daily-life problems: An investigation of fifth- and sixth-grade students. Library & Information Science Research 32(1): 77-88. doi:10.1016/j.lisr.2009.09.004
- Hartel, J. (2011). Information in the hobby of gourmet cooking: Four contexts. In W. Aspray & B. Hayes (Eds.), Everyday Life Information. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Retrieved from http://works.bepress.com/jenna_hartel/7
BLOG POST: Last week you shared the major unanswered research questions(s) you found from analyzing the literature about your population. This week, describe and discuss a research study you would design to answer these question(s) in the future. What questions would you ask? What research methodologies would you use? How would you analyze the data you gather? 400 words. Post Category: Paper 2 Post 4. Due Sunday, December 2.
Discussion leading this week: Gross: Laura B., Lu: Demetrius B., Hartel: Crystal B-G.
13) Week of December 3: Research Results and Reflections, Part 4
Synchronous Session: Monday, December 3 @ 6:00 PM (Class Participation Required)
Readings:
- Case, ch. 13: Reviewing, Critiquing, Concluding
- Dervin, B. (1976). Strategies for dealing with human information needs: Information or communication? Journal of Broadcasting 20(3): 324-351. [RESERVE] NB: You should feel free to read only Dervin's part; the others parts are optional.
BLOG POST: Using examples from your chosen population, discuss some of the specific benefits (focusing where possible on benefits to the users) of applying research findings in real-life information settings (such as libraries). How might the research you reviewed improve our ability to provide information services to your population? 400 words. Post Category: Paper 2 Post 5. Due Sunday, December 9.
No discussion leading this week.
Paper 2 due Wednesday, December 12