INLS 180 Day 6 Notes

January 24, 2002

 

  1. One-Minute Papers (none due to project discussions)

Big Points

 

Questions

 

Brief notes on the IRB Process for projects.  See http://www.med.unc.edu/irb/Education.htm for overview and forms (both HTML and pdf) are available at http://research.unc.edu/ors/aairb.html.  There are some sample IRB packages online at http://www.ils.unc.edu/iimpact/IRB_samples.htm   When the package is complete, give to Marcia Tauber in SILS Main Office.  Routing time takes about a week.

 

  1. Information Seeking Perspective  (defer until next Tue)

We have been discussing underlying abstractions for basic processes in information science.  We have tried to isolate ‘information,’ ‘communication,’ and ‘information’ from the contexts in which they typically co-occur.  One important context is information seeking, where multiple interaction, communication processes and information processes/products are coordinated as part of larger problem solving missions.  PP slides

 

 

  1. Readings discussion

Rogers, E. M. (1995). Diffusion of Innovations. pp 1-37. (Note: this item is on reserve in the SILS library.) (Karen Waller and Carla Valetich) 

Rogers is a ‘classic’ work and you will encounter the ideas in many fields.


Pool, I. D. S. (1973). Communication systems. pp 3-36. (Betsy Spackman and Sarah Snow)

Pool provides an abstract model for communication systems—defining the components and processes (and their associated parameters) and the relationships among them.  He then illustrates the components and processes with examples.  Note that the fundamental work that is being rediscovered in the WWW was done in the early post WWII period!

 

4. One-minute paper

What was the big point you learned in class today?

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