INLS 180: Human Information Interaction

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INLS 180 Human Information Interaction

• Section 2
• Fall 2004
• Bin LI

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Tuesday, August 24

• Review of syllabus and requirements
• Course introduction

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Course Resources

• Course web site
• http//ils.unc.edu/lib/F04-180/
• Course listserv (need confirmation)
• http//listserv.unc.edu/ look for inls180-2, or
• Send an email to listserv_at_unc.edu with the
  message subscribe inls180-2 your name
• Readings
• PAM box (INLS180)
• E-reserve (select Barreau, Deborah)
• Protected site (180-2 180)
• E-journals
• Bound journals, or stacks

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retrieve
context
policies
become aware
learn
collect
seek
analyze
manage
generate
barriers
use
disseminate
misuse
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Wilson (2000) defines

• Information Behavior as
• the totality of human behavior in relation to
  sources and channels of information, including
  both active and passive information seeking, and
  information use. Thus, it includes face-to-face
  communication with others, as well as the passive
  reception of information as in, for example,
  watching TV advertisements, without any intention
  to act on the information given.

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Areas We will Cover

• Information and communication
• Information needs
• Intermediaries
• Information use
• Information behavior in context
• Policy issues

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For Thursday

• How is information defined?
• How is communication defined?
• Which definition(s) of information and
  communication are most applicable to our field?
• Has technology introduced new communication
  paradigms?

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Discussion Groups User information needs,
information seeking and

• Reference services
• The organization of information
• User interfaces for information systems
• The features and functions of information systems
• The content and characteristics of information
  collections