INLS 500

Day 14 Notes:  Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2006

1. One-minute papers from last week

Points:

Info seeking behaviors are dependent on person, domain, task

Dervin seems sensible/easy

We study ISB to improve search systems [more than this]

Qs:

Where do push technologies fit on the search-browse continuum?

Is less time the best measure of good search? [NO! only for some kinds of searching]

Differences in analytical and browse searching?  [see slides]

Must we deliver customized systems to each person?

2.Project commits

3. Asking Questions Assignment debriefing

4. Readings  and the blog post questions (is every document psychologically relevant?)

               Why this is important?  (the ILS masses are asking ;-)
                               Theoretical import: Relevance---objectivist to subjectivist continuum
                               Practical import: Relevance---basis for evaluation of info services
Debate: professional indexing vs social tagging by anybody

5. 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?