Reading Questions 3—Dervin’s Sense-Making Approach

 

 

 

When reading Dervin’s article you want to think about the following issues:

 

·        Make sure you can explain the Sense-Making approach.

 

·        To which basic concepts introduced in class is it most relevant?

 

·        Which new basic concepts does it introduce?

 

·        How do these new concepts relate to the ones we have already discussed?

 

·        How would the Sense-Making approach explain the difference between:

o       Information want

o       Information demand

o       Information need

 

·        How would Sense-Making explain the major issues that are involved in information evaluating?

 

·        How would the Sense-Making approach determine whether information was used?

 

·        How does the information system help the user, according to the Sense-Making approach?

 

 

 

 

We will discuss these issues in class