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IS 530: Information Access & Retrieval Class Activity Examples. Fall 2012 Dr. Andrea Baer. Week 1: Introduction. (see next slide). Freewrite – You & Information Work. Consider the information work you do or plan to do in the future.
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IS 530: Information Access & RetrievalClass Activity Examples Fall 2012 Dr. Andrea Baer
Week 1: Introduction (see next slide)
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)
Week 3: The Reference Interview (See next 5 slides)
Kuhlthau’s Information Search Process (ISP) • Uncertainty increases and decreases during information seeking (increases early on, decreases later) • Six stages: • task initiation • selection • exploration • 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 info
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.htm
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?
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 approaches
Discussion: Derwin& Dewdney Reading 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.pdf
Week 8: Database Searching (see next 2 slides)
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)
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.
Week 9: Internet Searching (See next 4 slides)
Google: Advanced Searching 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/
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?
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?
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?
Week 11: Library 2.0 & Virtual Reference (See 3 next slides)
Discussion: Virtual Reference What forms can virtual reference take? (i.e., technologies/tools) Your experiences as users or reference staff? Advantages? Disadvantages? Challenges?
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)
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 areascribes to Library 2.0. (Be prepared to discuss.)