Game+Plan

GAME PLAN?
If you will look at some of the discussion on some of the pages, you will notice we have been discussing how we can go about gathering our collective knowledge to form a cohesive study group/aid. The consensus seems to be focus on the broader issues that have been asked on comps before (see the Past Questions section of the Wiki) and work on outlines and/or answers to the questions. This makes sound sense.... Another way to look at this is to look at these questions in the context of the broad themes of librarianship....

Since there are a BUNCH of us (some taking comps this Spring, some not yet but willing to help and some that have already taken them), I think we might look at breaking up in groups (self assigning -- the beauty of the wiki) and begin to work on outlines and/or answers. This doesn't mean that you can't work on other questions but primarily the ones you sign up for... **What do you all think? Use the discussion board to post your responses to this!**

Here are the questions recopied from the past questions lists: If you all think this is the way we should go, we could use this as a "Sign up"... we can discuss and have a direction by the time we have our Centra Training/Planning meeting.

Susan J

Summer 2006
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 * Question #1 //(ownership vs. access, print vs. electronic)//
 * Question #2 //(metadata for digital and physical objects in a digital library)//
 * Question #3 //(access to information)//
 * Question #4 //(internet/why librarians are still needed)//
 * Question #5 //(developing an info system for a specific audience)//

Spring 2006

 * Question #1 //(electronic resources)//
 * Question #2 //(censorship, intellectual freedom)//
 * Question #3 //(relevance in search results)//
 * Question #4 //(funding)//
 * Question #5 //(information retrieval)//

Fall 2005

 * Question #1 //(roles in an information environment)//
 * Question #2 //(physical and cognitive paradigms)//
 * Question #3 //(future of libraries)//
 * Question #4 //("information")//
 * Question #5 //(internet filtering software and censorship/legal issues)//

Summer 2005

 * Question #1 //(information science vs. library science)//
 * Question #2 //(information access systems)//
 * Question #3 //(metadata for digital collections)//
 * Question #4 //(future of libraries)//
 * Question #5 //(digital libraries)//

Spring 2005

 * Question #1 //(importance of information)//
 * Question #2 //(online information systems)//
 * Question #3 //(metadata)//
 * Question #4 //(relevance// //in search results////)//
 * Question #5 //(information literacy)//

Fall 2004

 * Question #1 //(library funding - public vs. private)//
 * Question #2 //(professional research)//
 * Question #3 //(diversity)//
 * Question #4 //(databases)//
 * Question #5 //(impact of cell phone use in information agencies)//

Summer 2004

 * Question #1 //(library web design)//
 * Question #2 //(////physical and cognitive paradigms////)//
 * Question #3 //(web searching)//
 * Question #4 //(features of the information discipline// //- nearly identical to Spring 2004 Q5////)//
 * Question #5 //("Redundancy Model" vs. "Masters of the Universe" model)//

Spring 2004

 * Question #1 //(Patriot Act)//
 * Question #2 //(increased use of digital systems/virtual reference)//
 * Question #3 //(providing access to a currently inaccessible collection)//
 * Question #4 //(central features of the information science field, access to information////)//
 * Question #5 //(////features of the information discipline - nearly identical to Summer 2004 Q4////)//

Fall 2003

 * Question #1 //(subject access)//
 * Question #2 //(Patriot Act)//
 * Question #3 //(digital libraries)//
 * Question #4 //(write a Hippocratic Oath for information professionals)//
 * Question #5 //(definition of information)//

Summer 2003

 * Question #1 //(access to information)//
 * Question #2 //(////bibliographic control on the internet////)//
 * Question #3 //(database subscriptions)//
 * Question #4 //(relevance in search results////)//
 * Question #5 //(information professionals and their surrounding environments - community, world, etc.)//

Spring 2003

 * Question #1 //(design a core information science curriculum for a particular library setting)//
 * Question #2 //(collection development - patron "wants" vs. library "needs")//
 * Question #3 //(information retrieval interfaces - simple vs. advanced)//
 * Question #4 //(information as a theoretical object////)//
 * Question #5 //(////digital full-text offerings////)//

Fall 2002

 * Question #1 //(importance of information professionals with the increase in internet use by patrons)//
 * Question #2 //(ownership vs. access)//
 * Question #3 //(fundamentals of being an information professional)//
 * Question #4 //(human indexing vs. full-text keyword searching)//
 * Question #5 //(Patriot Act)//

Summer 2002
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 * Question #1 //(bibliographic control)//
 * Question #2 //(information formats - print vs. electronic)//
 * Question #3 //(funding)//
 * Question #4 //(relevance in search results)//
 * Question #5 //(user-centered service)//

Spring 2002

 * Question #1 //(ethics)//
 * Question #2 //(information overload)//
 * Question #3 //(////features of the information discipline - nearly identical to Spring 2004 Q5 and Summer 2004 Q4////)//
 * Question #4 //(virtual reference services)//
 * Question #5 //(metadata and controlled vocabularies in a digital environment)//