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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