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)”
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“Taking a Drink from a Fire Hydrant”: How Do We Find Information? (Part 1 of 4)
I cannot imagine a time in my life when I will want to stop learning. It’s unfathomable to me that anyone could ever reach such a point. In the so-called “age of information” in which I grew up, it seems more and more unlikely that such a thing could ever happen. We are bombarded constantlyContinue reading ““Taking a Drink from a Fire Hydrant”: How Do We Find Information? (Part 1 of 4)”
Robin Jeffrey 