Foundations of Information Science
Information, behaviors and architecture
Two videos this week, but we'll separate them with readings.
First, another from Dr. Jenna Hartel
This video is a general introduction to information behavior, as a research area in LIS and as something people do.
Then, follow that with this reading
Hearst, Marti. Models of the Information Seeking Process. In Search User Interfaces. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2009.
In particular, read
Explaining Information Architecture
explaining information architecture from Dan Klyn on Vimeo.
Read more from Dan Klyn.
Read these if you desire more background on behaviors and retrieval.
Croft, W. Bruce, Donald Metzler, and Trevor Strohman.
Architecture of a Search Engine, 13-29, chapter 2
and
Retrieval Models, 233-241, chapter 7
in Search Engines: Information Retrieval in Practice. Boston: Addison-Wesley, 2010.
There's a lot to consider about IA. These are just a few.
- From TUG Managing Conceptual Debt: Using Modeling to Gain Understanding
- From N/N Group Information Architecture: Study Guide
One song, two versions
Cantaloupe Island by Hugh Masekela
Hugh Masekela, who has died aged 78, was one of the world's finest and most distinctive horn players, whose performing on trumpet and flugelhorn mixed jazz with South African styles and music from across the African continent and diaspora. Exiled from his country for 30 years, he was also a powerful singer and songwriter and an angry political voice, using his music and live performances to attack the apartheid regime that had banished him from his homeland. (from the Guardian obit)