INLS 180 Day 27 Notes

11/25/02

 

ASIST debriefing.

 

  1. one-min papers
    1. Point

Virtual environments are taken literally/seriously by some people

Cyber-rules are emerging, will gain in importance

Intelligence is not (only) about memory

Laws only constrain the lawful

MOOs as environments for political/social/psychological research

    1. Questions

Would graphical MOOs lead to richer communities?

Can we/should we judge the way that people feel?

How to stop Mr. Bungles? Should we?  Security controls (e.g., logins?, 3rd party referees?)

Does the anonymity of a MOO exacerbate extreme behavior?

 

  1. Information issues

Intellectual property (economics of information)

Privacy (Post 911) and security

Extending information to cyberspace

Information profession ethics

 

3. Project schedule

MOO (3): Dec 2

BLOG (3): OS/COM

BLOG: News

Online newspapers (5):

Search results (2)

Doc South (Roberts)

Music diffusion (Lazorchak)

E-books (Wilbur)

Comm. Paper (Petersen)

Email content analysis (Pope)

Art search systems (Fiore)

e-resources in courses (Bielawski)

info lit (Ovitt)

 

4. 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?