INLS 180 Day 7 Notes

January 29, 2002

 

  1. One-Minute Papers

Midterm projects due March 5

Term project ideas coming along

Note CMC results from faculty candidate talk on Monday

Note newspaper headline: Enron a product of groupthink

My mantra:  Seek the Balance

 

Big Points

CMC changing community or not  [note the dangers of either/orness]

Info specialists as change agents or not, and related ethics

Importance of context in comm.

The S curve for adoption

Innovation is a social process

Roles of trust in promoting change

Questions

internet impact group?

Can we help people know what they need?

Is the definition of community changing?

Role of economics in adoption?

Is change acceptance a personal characteristic [see personal rigidity scales]

How different are UNC Ugs and grads wrt computing?

How to accept if not available (e.g., Dvorak)?

How to speed up adoption? (e.g., advertising)

Is the Internet really a different medium?

Can we use ‘rumor’ effectively?

Will the Internet create a world of introverts? [note that Internet may be affecting TV viewing more]

Why do people reveal innermost secrets in chat rooms but not to family/friends? [see bartenders]

How is CMC influencing globalization?

Why does at first class ILS program not have first class classrooms?

Why do we believe we are at the pinnacle of societal evolution?

Will I give people using laptops in class dirty looks?

 

  1. Information Seeking Perspective

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. Needs assessment (PP slides)
  2. Thursday we discuss:

Belkin, N. J. (1980). Anomalous states of knowledge as a basis for information retrieval. (Donald Sizemore and Cynny Scott)
Chatman, Elfreda. (1996). The impoverished life-world of outsiders.  (JASIST online) (Christy Richards)
Taylor, R. S. (1968). Question-negotiation and information seeking in libraries. (Rebecca Rhodes)

 

5. One-minute paper

What was the big point you learned in class today?

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