QUESTIONS TO ADDRESS RELATED TO PROJECT 1

• What factors influence information seeking behavior and how are they relevant to the information provider?
  Readings and discussion, Tues. Jan 27

• Morris (Toward a user centered information service ) suggests that most services are based on discovering information needs, asking what services and resources a group wants and determining how the information professional can mediate between users and resources. This she says is not a user centered approach. What would a user centered, sense making approach to service provision involve?
  Readings and discussion, Tues. Jan 27

• Can we describe traits of successful information searchers?
  Readings and discussion, Thurs. Jan 29

• How does one discover information resources?
  Discussion, Tues. Feb 3

• How does one conduct a search (request for information) interview?
  Discussion and guest speaker, Tues Feb 3 and Thurs Feb 5

• How does one evaluate sources of information? How do I know when I have found the "best" source of information, the "right" answer or enough information? How does one evaluate a search result?
  Discussion and guest speaker, Tues Feb 3 and Thurs Feb 5