LIS 510: Information Behavior

 

 

 

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Assignment 1A

Due Tuesday, April 8th by 2:30pm

 

Describe and analyse a recent event (professionally or personally-related) for which you required information and how you dealt with it. Bring two copies to class. In two pages or less, describe:

  1. What was the information need?

  2. What were the situational factors that prompted the information need?

  3. How did you go about looking for the information you needed?  Include:

  4. Where did you look?

  5. What did you find in each place?

  6. What factors affected your information seeking?

  7. What–if anything—resulted (i.e., whether and how you used it)? 
  8. How did you feel about it (how did it or did it not help)?
  9. What, if anything, do you plan to do next?