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INLS 200

INLS 200. tuesday , january 14. housekeeping items. Restrooms 2 nd floor (1 floor below us) Women ’ s room right below us Men ’ s room at other end of hallway Water fountain – back in hallway 3 rd floor Elevator (basement, SILS Library, 2 nd & 3 rd floor)

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INLS 200

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  1. INLS 200 tuesday, january 14

  2. housekeeping items • Restrooms • 2nd floor (1 floor below us) • Women’s room right below us • Men’s room at other end of hallway • Water fountain – back in hallway 3rd floor • Elevator (basement, SILS Library, 2nd & 3rd floor) • SILS Library/Lab – 1st floor • BSIS Maj/Min – admission date / requirement • Online version of INLS 200

  3. What would you like to learn?

  4. UNC Libraries Resources

  5. UNC Libraries Resources

  6. Brain approximately $25K/year

  7. human information interaction • people interact with information routinely • seekers • targeted audience • “innocent bystanders” • prospectors • interactions are influenced by situational variables • information as a personal construct

  8. Carefully craft one sentence to answer: WHAT IS INFORMATION?

  9. information as Thing Something that is evidence that: • we can study • has meaning • can pass from one person to another Tangible physical objects, items, and entities are examples. Knowledge and ideas must be represented –and representations are “things”

  10. information as Thing Information appears to us in a material form … and can be described in a language of physical things. As material objects, [information] can then be collected, organized, and retrieved for use. Raber, 2003 *Western view/perspective

  11. information as Process Involves learning, it is the act of informing – as you learn, you change Information as a “verb” –transfer of information, communication.

  12. information as Knowledge When information is internalized – it becomes part of you Intangible ideas, etc. are examples

  13. more definitions of information • Marchionini • Anything that changes one’s understanding • Shannon & Weaver • Uncertainty reduction

  14. Data= “are sets of symbols not necessarily understood by, found meaningful by, or causing a change of state in the destination.” (e.g. hieroglyphics) Information= “if a message is understood, found meaningful, or changes the state, then it is properly called information.”“….it gets through to the recipient’s mind (or mechanical equivalent).” Knowledge= when information is used to make a decision, take an action, to understand future messages… “…knowledge is seen as the …integration of information received by any given entity”

  15. …but he actually makes his shots in only a few select areas Kevin Durant’s closely guarded attempts happen all over the court

  16. Information Interactions Caveat • We interact with information constantly • Our interactions are related to our past experiences, our current situation, and our goals (among other things) • We do not have the same reactions to the same piece of information • We do not notice the same things • Designing interaction is a complex problem

  17. Voting and purchasing an automobile are just two examples in Case's discussion of how information behavior can affect decision making. Although one person's vote or one automobile purchase does not make a huge difference, studying what kinds of information a population encounters and how that can affect their decisions is of great importance. What are other examples of important decisions that can be affected based on what types of information is offered to a population? -Jillian

  18. The Looking for Information reading states that "people tend to settle for the first satisfactory solution to a problem, rather than the best" (p. 8). Do you think this is because it is effortless and finding the best solution would be more difficult? -Sydney

  19. “satisficing” Herbert Simon

  20. 10 dubious assumptions • In small groups discuss one or two of the ten myths surrounding information seeking asdescribed by Case/Dervin • Do you agree / disagree with myth label? How strongly? • Identify an example that supports the label of myth • Identify an example that contradicts the label of myth

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