INLS 180 Day 8 Notes
Main Points
Question negotiation
is complex comm
Reference
‘interview’ begins in seeker’s mind before they even go to library
Specialized
libraries/librarians will have competitive advantage
Prove your value to
clients in terms they understand!
Librarians are
crucial players in R&D firms
Questions
Will reference
librarians be obsolete?
Is question
negotiation a learnable skill?
How to balance
helping people and preserving their privacy?
How to measure the
economic loss of unmet info needs?
Is there any hope of
automating reference?
How effective are the ask a services today?
How can search
engines include source validity/accuracy?
How can we begin to aid information services people by
automatically referring them to useful information sources for a query? Can
citation links and usage patterns help?
A note about questions.
Question development, question execution, and question
answering are central to human problem solving and scientific progress on the
general side as well as the practice of most professional activities on the
practical side.
2. Discuss Chatman
3. Discuss Belkin ASKs
4. Information seeking perspective (slides)
5. One-minute paper
What was the big point you learned in class
today?
What is the main, unanswered question you
leave class with today?