There are many models, paradigms, and theories discussed in the field of library and information science that are used to interpret and define the information behavior of the everyday user. The results from these analyses provide information that has the potential to make libraries in general and information retrieval systems more specifically much more efficientContinue reading ““Taking a Drink from a Fire Hydrant”: How Do We Find Information? (Part 3 of 4)”
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“Taking a Drink from a Fire Hydrant”: How Do We Find Information? (Part 2 of 4)
It is helpful first to view the information that was present in every part of my experience as existing in the three typologies that are posited by Brenda Dervin in her “sense making” school of thought. While other typologies do exist, I believe the Dervin definitions fit my particular experience best because the categories are notContinue reading ““Taking a Drink from a Fire Hydrant”: How Do We Find Information? (Part 2 of 4)”
Robin Jeffrey 