Main point

Importance of linguistic styles

Impact of communication (e.g., health)

Info specialists are change agents

Know your audience!

Questions

IS covers so much territory, how to master?

What is new or beyond intuition here? (e.g., Rogers)

Do laggards have any positive traits (e.g., skepticism)? (Rogers is highly biased against them)

Why were these readings clustered?

Has the internet (modernity) changed perception of innovation and/or diffusion process?

Do the cancer communication techniques apply to other cancers? Diseases?

What is the most innovative new idea you have heard lately? (sigir examples)

2. SIGIR conference report

3. Reading discussions:

Information seeking: a problem solving process that has many interacting factors from human (e.g., psychology, sociology, communication), information e.g., (documents, organizational structures), and system (e.g., libraries, networks) perspectives. This set of readings reflect emphasis on human-centered factors (strongly evident in the last third of the 20^th century).

Belkin, N. J. (1980). Anomalous states of knowledge as a basis for information retrieval. Amy Davis

Chatman, Elfreda. (1996). The impoverished life-world of outsiders. (JASIST online) Krystie Grubb

Taylor, R. S. (1968). Question-negotiation and information seeking in libraries. Noel Fiser

Dervin, B., & Nilan, M. (1986). Information needs and uses.

Harris & Dewdney (1994). Chapter 2: Theory and research on information seeking.

Optional: Solomon, 1977 Conversation in information-seeking contexts: A test of an analytical framework (LISR, 19(3), 217-248 Adessa

4. Readings for next meeting:

Kwasnik, B. (1992). A descriptive study of the functional components of browsing. Margaret Deyoung

Marchionini, G. (1995). Information Seeking in Electronic Environments. pp 27-60. (Note: this item is not in the reading packet, and may instead be found on reserve in the SILS library. The book is located

behind the reference desk.)

Harter, S. P. (1992). Psychological relevance and information science. (JASIST online) Audrey Cash

Schamber, L., Eisenberg, M. B., & Nilan, M. S. (1990). A re-examination of relevance: Toward a dynamic, situational definition. James Britton

Amento, B., Terveen, L., & Hill, W. (2000). Does ‘authority’ mean quality? Predicting expert quality ratings of web documents. Proceedings of ACM SIGIR (Athens, July 24-28). 296-303. ( ACM Digital

Library). Brandy Bourne

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?