INLS 180 Day 4 Notes
Feb. 13, 2006
question assignment due
Points
Trust necessary for info sharing/Q asking
e-info changing life
adoption differences (resistance vs seeking change)
gender affects communication style
info poverty =/= economic poverty [also many times a question]
people must see the advantage of adoption or information acquisition
Questions
Influence of external pressures (e.g., business, ads, etc.) to push adoption?
Info poverty in WWW days? [note I2 QoS charging]
What are the personal characteristics of early adopters?
What are the effects of failed innovations?
How has e-info changed you? [dependencies? Behavior shifts? Affect? Cognition?]
Are outsiders also laggards?
Are people strictly innovators/early adopters, etc.? [is it personality trait or innovation dependent?]
Belkin, N. J. (1980). Anomalous states of knowledge as a basis for information retrieval. (SILS reserve)
Taylor, R. S. (1968). Question-negotiation and information seeking in libraries. (SILS reserve)
4. Read for next week
Marchionini, G. (1995). Information Seeking in Electronic Environments. pp 27-60. (Note: The book is located behind the reference desk, also online).
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?