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The Information Landscape Of A Wicked Problem: An Evaluation Of Web-Based Information On Colony Collapse Disorder For A Spectrum Of Citizen Information Seekers, Reid Isaac Boehm
The Information Landscape Of A Wicked Problem: An Evaluation Of Web-Based Information On Colony Collapse Disorder For A Spectrum Of Citizen Information Seekers, Reid Isaac Boehm
Masters Theses
The following research takes a mixed method approach to understanding the information landscape of a wicked problem. Wicked problems are defined as being uncertain in cause, having many stakeholders with conflicting interests, and inevitably have no foreseeable solution. Through the study a framework is implemented that assesses a portion of the landscape of colony collapse disorder information from the federal government via the web. Using a government information valuation framework that takes into account a spectrum of citizen user needs, the research was able to look at the information content within the context of the public sphere and to apply …
Quality Still Matters, Carol Tenopir
Quality Still Matters, Carol Tenopir
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
Most librarians agree that quality matters, but the ongoing debate recently raised about the quality (or lack thereof) of Wikipedia entries and the falsified credentials of some Wikipedia editors referenced in a New Yorker article have spawned another round of discussions, particularly from instruction librarians, about the need to preach quality to students.