Going over
the discussion boards for LIS 6010 and my previous journal posts, I am glad to
detect progress in my writing and my overall understanding of the LIS
profession. Despite a few grammar and spelling mistakes, I am proud of my
course work up to this point. Admittedly, my posts and comments at the
beginning of the semester were less informed than those more recently but that
is to be expected.
Having no formal library experience, this course has been a
literal introduction to the information profession for me. In addition, I am
noticing new interests developing as a consequence of learning more about the
profession. Two reoccurring themes that I have found within my writing have to
do with placing the right information in the right hands and outreach. While
looking back through discussion boards, I came across a particular comment that
provides a good summary of my fascination with how people use and value
information. The comment was apart of the Defining Information discussion. I
wrote:
“A
user's education, experiences, and interests have influence on the way they see
or describe a given piece of information. They also affect whether or not a
person classifies something as information at all. At the same time, I don't
think information ceases to be information because a particular user does not
benefit from it. For that particular user, it is not information but for
another user, it will have value and purpose. I think this whole discussion
feeds into the idea of putting the right information into the right hands.”
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