Sense-Making the Information Confluence:

The Whys and Hows of
College and University User
Satisficing of Information Needs

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Phase I Report 
Project Overview, The Three-Field Dialogue Project, State-of-the-Art Reviews

 

by

 

Brenda Dervin

CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

Sarah K. Adamson
Tingting T. Lu

Noelle M. Karnolt

Teena Berberick
Ohio State University School of Communication

EDITORS

 

CITE THIS REPORT AS: 

Dervin, B., Reinhard C.D., Adamson, S.K., Lu, T.T., Karnolt, N.M. & Berberick, T. (Eds.).  Sense-making the information confluence:  The whys and hows of college and university user satisficing of information needs. Phase I:  Project overview, the Three-Field Dialogue project, and state-of-the-art reviews.   Report on National Leadership Grant LG-02-03-0062-03, to Institute of Museum and Library Services, Washington, D.C.  Columbus, Ohio:  School of Communication, The Ohio State University.  Available at: 
http://imlsproject.comm.ohio-state.edu/imls_reports/imls_PH_I_report_list.html

 

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Phase I ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Phase I INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Phase I LOCAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Phase I OSU TEAM PROJECT RESEARCH STAFF

 

Chapters:

I:        PROJECT OVERVIEW:  SENSE-MAKING METHODOLOGY AS DIALOGIC APPROACH TO COMMUNICATING FOR RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

Brenda Dervin

 

II:      THREE-FIELD DIALOGUE PROJECT:  HOW RESEARCHERS AND PRACTITIONERS IN 3 FIELDS SAW USERS, USER RESEARCH AND EACH OTHER

Brenda Dervin and CarrieLynn D. Reinhard, with Lynn Silipigni Connaway, Chandra Prabha, Tingting T. Lu, Troy R. Elias, Shannon Hoste, Jason Kusowski, and Bethany A, Siminuch

 

III:     QUANDRIES ABOUT USERS, USER RESEARCH, AND EACH OTHER:  THE IMPRESSIONISTIC ESSAYS

Sarah K. Adamson and Brenda Dervin, with Donald Case, Andrew Dillon, Karen Fisher, Lorraine Normore, and Carol Tenopir

 

IV:      THE OCLC MEMBERS COUNCIL SURVEY

Lynn Silipigni Connaway and Chandra Prabha

V:       STATE OF THE ART REVIEWS

Focusing on:  emotions and information seeking

Brenda Dervin and CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

 

Focusing on:  defining special populations

Brenda Dervin and CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

 

Focusing on:  constructing dialogue across field and research divides
Brenda Dervin, CarrieLynn D. Reinhard, and Fei C. Shen

 

Focusing on:  satisficing of information needs

Chandra Prabha, Lynn Silpigni Connaway, Lawrence Olszewski, and Lillie Jenkins

 

 

 

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