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Information SeekingLaajuus (5 cr)

Code: 4A00CU29

Objective

The student knows how the content of the key theories of information seeking research effects especially from the librarian’s and library’s point of view.

Content

paradigms of information seeking
key models of information seeking studies
Information and knowledge as concepts
Information and information seeking process in everyday life

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student has sufficiently participated in contact studies and completed the assignments included in the course and passed a possible exam
The student is able to describe orally and in writing the most important information seeking models and the impact of the field on library activities

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Student participation has been active in contact studies and part-time studies the student is able to present the areas of information acquisition research and its main models orally and in writing the student is able to apply theories in practice

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student has actively participated in the course and its various forms of work the student has a good overall understanding of the importance of information seeking at the individual and community level and is able to evaluate different information seeking models analytically
The student is able to apply the learned models to the development of practical working life

Materials

Haasio ym. (2019) Johdatus tiedonhankintatutkimukseen. Avain.
Haasio: Löydä. Avain 2024 (ilm. 8/24.)

Enrollment

11.11.2024 - 15.01.2025

Timing

07.01.2025 - 23.02.2025

Credits

5 op

Virtual proportion (cr)

5 op

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Degree programmes
  • Bachelor of Business Administration, Library and Information Services
Teachers
  • Ari Haasio
Student groups
  • KITI22

Objective

The student knows how the content of the key theories of information seeking research effects especially from the librarian’s and library’s point of view.

Content

paradigms of information seeking
key models of information seeking studies
Information and knowledge as concepts
Information and information seeking process in everyday life

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student has sufficiently participated in contact studies and completed the assignments included in the course and passed a possible exam
The student is able to describe orally and in writing the most important information seeking models and the impact of the field on library activities

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Student participation has been active in contact studies and part-time studies the student is able to present the areas of information acquisition research and its main models orally and in writing the student is able to apply theories in practice

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student has actively participated in the course and its various forms of work the student has a good overall understanding of the importance of information seeking at the individual and community level and is able to evaluate different information seeking models analytically
The student is able to apply the learned models to the development of practical working life

Enrollment

13.11.2023 - 17.01.2024

Timing

08.01.2024 - 25.02.2024

Credits

5 op

Virtual proportion (cr)

5 op

RD proportion (cr)

1 op

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Degree programmes
  • Bachelor of Business Administration, Library and Information Services
Teachers
  • Ari Haasio
Student groups
  • KITI21

Objective

The student knows how the content of the key theories of information seeking research effects especially from the librarian’s and library’s point of view.

Content

paradigms of information seeking
key models of information seeking studies
Information and knowledge as concepts
Information and information seeking process in everyday life

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student has sufficiently participated in contact studies and completed the assignments included in the course and passed a possible exam
The student is able to describe orally and in writing the most important information seeking models and the impact of the field on library activities

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Student participation has been active in contact studies and part-time studies the student is able to present the areas of information acquisition research and its main models orally and in writing the student is able to apply theories in practice

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student has actively participated in the course and its various forms of work the student has a good overall understanding of the importance of information seeking at the individual and community level and is able to evaluate different information seeking models analytically
The student is able to apply the learned models to the development of practical working life