INLS 500

Day 11 Notes:  Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006

1. One-minute papers from Tue

Points:

Info value and econ value may be related but are not mutually dependent; info wealth is in eye of beholder

Intelligence is not how much info you have but what you do with the info you’ve got

MPACT as alternative/augmentation of citation impact

Use more than one citation database, look at more than one article to learn about CA

Qs:

How do we help info poor become info rich? [assumes they want to]

Should we not think of a person’s info usefulness on a situational basis?

How ‘careful’ should librarians/IPs be in providing controversial info?

Other info rich/poor articles [hint, can you use your citation database skills to answer this?]

Are there objective ‘goodness(es)’ in the info professions?  [yes!]

Who are we to think we know what info is good for others? [professionals!]

How has the www affected insider/outsider roles? (e.g., soc net)

Is Chatman paper more psychology or sociology?

2. Needs assessment (slides)

3. One-minute paper concept

What was the big point you learned in class today?

What is the main, unanswered question you leave class with today?