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Where are we?
AssignmentsLibrary mapE-mail assignmentBiographyDefining the Research Question (Tutorial 1)Organization ParagraphNetiquette QuizRead E-mail website(s)Any Questions?
Organization paragraphSimilaritiesHow is information organized?
What it is and Making sense of it
What is informationYour thoughts?
InformationWritten knowledge
Books, magazines, newspapers & internetWhat else? Anything else?
InformationStone tabletComic bookOral folktale passed through generationsIdea communicated electronically
via television or computer
InformationDefinition according to American Library
Association (information experts)“All ideas, facts, imaginative works of the
mind which have been communicated, recorded, published and or distributed formally or informally in any format”
OrganizationArrangement of items into a system
Establishes rules or reasons for arranging items in a consistent way
Who sets the rules and what are they?
The need to organizeValue of information is enhanced if it can
be used more than once, heard by more than one person viewed by more than one viewer, or communicated to more than one reciever
If info can’t be “re-used” or has no access, may as well be no information at all
Misinformation vs. wrong information(Is there a difference?)
OrganizationArrange and organize into a system so that
arrangement makes the parts interdependent.
Methods of organization?Descending (even this is a method)
As collection grows you need more sophisticated level of organization
Organization by content vs. format(What is content? What is format?)Using music as an example.
Methods of organizationContent
What its aboutFormat
medium used: audio, visual, audio-visual, digital Audio (Format)
Sub formats Cds, lp’s, cassettes…..
Microfilm, paper, color, black and white, slides, videos, dvd’s, film, vhs, floppy or
Content & organization of InformationContent
Subject of the information in an itemCharacteristic of information in an item
Factual or analytical Subjective or objective Primary or secondary
LibrariesOrganize by subjectDifferent systems
Dewey Decimal SystemLibrary of Congress Classification System (LC)
NOTE: classification system allows the assignment of only one subject number to each item in the system.
Web organizationThere is no one system that organizes the
information on the webBillions of web pages housed on serversThere are many organization systems in place
on many web sitesWeb as a whole is not organized
Info characteristics & Determining your info needDetermining your information needNarrrowing your topicBroadening your topicSynonymsRelated termsShort presentation or in-depth
Determining your needOne source or many?Overview or in-depthCurrent or historical (time)Type of Source
Scholarly vs. popularPrimary, Secondary or Tertiary
CharacteristicsPrimary information
Not published anywhere else, or put into context or interpreted or translated by anyone else Professor’s lecture notes Account of crossing into the United States by your
parent First report of a scientific study by your chemistry
group Handwritten manuscript – poem by Jim Morrison Blog published on WWW (you)
CharacteristicsSecondary Information
Removed in some way from original source and repackaged. A restatement, examination,or interpretation of information from one or more primary sources Borrowed notes from a friend from class missed Television documentary on lobotomies Article critiques a Frida Kahlo painting Article critiques Tupac’s lyrics to “Dear Mama”
CharacteristicsTertiary Information
A source that leads you to secondary information Bibliography on computer games Bibliography on fishing Indices or indexes
Determing your needFormat
Slides, audio sources, power point other visuals
Factual or analyticalViewpoint?
Determing your needFactual information provides no explanation
of its statementsAnalytical information requires searching
periodical articles and booksUsually takes more than one source
Characteristics continuedObjective information
Helps you choose a single aspect of a topicSubjective information
Helps when you need to evaluate
FormatsBooks
PrintElectronic
FormatsPeriodicals
Print Bound Unbound
ElectronicMicroform
Microfilm microfiche