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This course provides an opportunity for students to examine information seeking and use in geographic communities. The course takes an interdisciplinary approach to explore: 1) selected community information needs & use situations (everyday life problem solving, community problem solving, citizenship, civic engagement and participation); 2) factors that influence community information use including the roles of community information organizations & institutions; 3) models of community information provision. The course starts with a brief historical introduction. Students will have opportunities to examine in more detail topics of especial interest to them.

Instructor: Joan C. Durrance

dScribe: Lauren Walker

Course Level: Graduate

SI 645 / SI 745 Information Use in Communities- Bibliography

SI 645 / SI 745 Information Use in Communities- Syllabus

SI 645 / SI 745 Information Use in Communities- Week 01(a): An Introduction to SI 645

SI 645 / SI 745 Information Use in Communities- Week 01(b): The Making of American Communities: Immigrants & Immigration Patterns

SI 645 / SI 745 Information Use in Communities- Week 02: Two 19th Century Community Institutions: Public Libraries & Settlement Houses

SI 645 / SI 745 Information Use in Communities- Week 03: Studies of People & Their Needs: A (Very) Brief Introduction to Information Behavior Research and a Brief Intro to Civic Engagement

SI 645 / SI 745 Information Use in Communities- Week 04: Libraries & Community Info - A Look Back and A Peek at Library Engagement Models

SI 645 / SI 745 Information Use in Communities- Week 05: Anticipating Information Needs of the Unemployed: Job & Career Centers (Part 1)

SI 645 / SI 745 Information Use in Communities- Week 06: Framing Civic Engagement: Citizen Groups in Toledo 1980s and Non-Profits in Hartford in 2004

SI 645 / SI 745 Information Use in Communities- Week 07: Looking Again at Info Sought by Groups and Non-Profits & Neighborhood Groups in Hartford

SI 645 / SI 745 Information Use in Communities- Week 08: Community Networks and FreeNets; The Community Informatics Framework

SI 645 / SI 745 Information Use in Communities- Week 10: Dialogue & Deliberation

SI 645 / SI 745 Information Use in Communities- Week 11: Strategies & Models