Tag Archives: Information Communities

What I have learned….

Posted on December 1, 2014 by Andrea

Wow, what a semester this has been, traveling together with you, my fellow LIBR 200 classmates! At the end of my second blog post I  wrote, “perhaps, what I share [on this blog] with you will help in your success … Continue reading →

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What? Library services for online graduate students?

Posted on October 7, 2014 by Andrea

I blew it! I designed terrible questions to ask  in my interviews with my online graduate student contacts. Why do I say this? I wrote the questions (and truth be told interviewed one person) before I learned about the theories … Continue reading →

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Online Graduate Students’ Information-Seeking Behavior and Information Needs

Posted on September 22, 2014 by Andrea

This past weekend I attended my school’s annual staff retreat, which gave me a wonderful opportunity to sit down with some of my colleagues one-on-one to discuss their information needs and information-seeking behavior as online graduate students. I interviewed two … Continue reading →

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Introducing my information community: online graduate students

Posted on September 2, 2014 by Andrea

From Khan Academy, to MOOCs, to fully accredited online degree programs education via the internet is exploding. As Master of Library and Information Science students we are a members of a subset of the virtual online learning community. We are … Continue reading →

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