My supervising faculty member, Dr. Martens, and the internship documents provided sufficient explanation of what was required by the OU School of Library and Information Studies in terms of documentation and hours of service. My placement supervisor, Louix Escobar-Matute, provided ample orientation by giving me a tour of the library facilities and collections, explaining the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘information seeking’
Evaluation of my Internship Experience
Posted in internship, tagged grad school, information seeking, internship, pathfinders on August 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Project Projections: Plans A, B and C
Posted in internship, tagged access, book talks, children, collections, genre, information seeking, information services, internship, libraries, OPAC, pathfinders, reader's advisory on July 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of my goals for my internship at Hardesty Library is to develop a project that demonstrates many of the principles and skills I’ve learned through my LIS classes and my internship. I want a showcase piece that I can include as the keystone of my portfolio. Mr. Escobar asked me to develop plans for three possible [...]
Amazon’s Algorithm “Glitch”
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged access, books, freedom of expression, information seeking, right to read on April 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
For those of us who support freedom of expression and the right to read, this is rather disturbing…
Skills and Free Will
Posted in Graduate Assistantship, tagged freedom, information seeking, information services, students on March 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In response to the question, “Can we assume all students are competent at seeking and using information?” In the provision of information services, we cannot assume all students are “competent at seeking and using information.” The age and education level of the students in question have a significant effect on their info seeking abilities. [...]
Thoughts re: Robert Taylor’s Info Seeking Model
Posted in Graduate Assistantship, tagged access, information seeking, information services, library & information studies, models on February 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In a discussion about Robert S. Taylor’s article “Question-Negotiation and Information Seeking in Libraries,” there was some uncertainty as to whether Taylor is describing information behavior or information seeking. I think at the beginning of the article, when Taylor talks about the various actions a user may engage in before ever coming to the library [...]
