180 Day 18 Notes
March 30, 2000
One Minute Papers
Big Point
Move toward user-centered rather than info-centered services
Blurring of primary/secondary resources and services
Much of the tech work in info sci was rooted in scientific info (but note cultural informatics)
Can educators prepare students for advanced info services (and what are roles of info specialists)?
How can L/I centers afford to pay for proactive services? Are there cost studies of training patrons to save time later?
Is automatic abstracting really possible? What works? How does it work with websites?
How to balance user profiles and situational aspect of need?
With full text online, won’t the abstracts become the users’ queries?
2. Project progress—last reality check before presentations!
Semester plan
Tue: MOO overview and Moorhead et al (Gretchen Westman)
Thur: independent project work
Tue (4/11) meet in lab
Thur (4/13) debrief on MOO, discuss Dibbel;
Tue (4/18) Sonnenwald (Lesley Whedbee) & Constant et al (Sharon Yang)
Thur (4/20) Pool (Laura Agnew) communication networks; Smith and citation analysis
Tue (4/25) Doctor and Anderson et al. social informatics (note we will delete Harnad and Gasaway)
Thur (4/27) Project presentations begin
Tue (5/2) Project presentations continue
Thur (5/4) Project reports due
4. The 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?