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Homework1

Principle of Least Effort

Answer the Information Services I discussion board

ASSIGNMENT #1:  Rubin, Chapter 7; Palfrey Chapters 3 and 4; Video under Meaning, this module

https://youtu.be/crjU5hu2fag

Motivated by Kamkwamba's inspirational video and Rubin's Chapter 7, Palfrey's Chapters 3 and 4, discuss how we might motivate library users (especially the Google generation) to cross the bridge beyond "the principle of least effort?"  Provide ideas from each of these aspects (see page 280-1):

Physical:

Virtual:

Policy and Procedure:

Legal:

Social:

Psychology:

Information Spectrum and/or Type:

Learning/Training:

HOMEWORK 2

II. Personal, Viable Resource

Answer the Information Services 2 Discussion Board query and respond to your classmates' postings, at least one. 

https://youtu.be/sAQfzHBpRsc

Personal, Viable Resource

Based upon our readings and discussions (and Chapters 5 and 7, Rubin; Chapters 8, Palfrey), how might librarians as a whole (and especially school librarians) be regarded as a "personal, visible" resource (see p 277 and 192-199) which information seekers first consider when a question arises?  On a similar note, to quote Mark Bezos' video, how might individual librarians "get in the game and save the shoes," in essence becoming a memory in the mind of the patron? (Answer both questions thoroughly).

HOMEWORK3

III. Policy

http://library.fora.tv/2009/04/14/Amy_and_David_Goodman_Standing_Up_to_the_Madness

Using SPECIFIC examples from Chapter 8 of Rubin, Chapter 9 of Palfrey, as well as the video "What Adults May Learn From Kids," pretend you are testifying before Congress.  Discuss how present-day policy and legislation must be amended, changed, or altered to TRULY support the Library Bill of Rights, also addressing any policy or legislation which SHOULD be written and passed to benefit and enhance our profession and strengthen the Library Bill of Rights and/or the role of libraries in society, education, and academia.