Only connect ... discovery pathways, library explorations, and the information adventure

Walsh, Andrew; Coonan, Emma: Only connect ... discovery pathways, library explorations, and the information adventure / Hrsg.: Innovative Libraries. - Huddersfield: Lulu.com, 2013. - 253 S. ISBN 978-0-9576652-0-0 oder 9780957665217 (In Press) - paperback, 18,04 €. - Zum kostenlosen Download: http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/17339/ [sorry, das war nur das Cover zum Herunterladen!] Librarians, learning support and academic staff could benefit from knowing more about the pathways that learners take through academic information: how they perceive, model and negotiate the information environment. With a richer understanding of our learners’ individual journeys, we can make our interventions more relevant and more timely; we can structure our courses to allow pathfinding to develop; and we can help our learners to navigate reflectively through the sea of information. What if we could find a way to help learners track their discovery journeys? Librarians, learning support and academic staff could benefit from knowing more about the pathways that learners take through academic information: how they perceive, model and negotiate the information environment. With a richer understanding of our learners’ individual journeys, we could make our interventions more relevant and more timely; we could structure our course to allow pathfinding to develop and more efficient and skillful pathways develop; and we could help our learners to navigate reflectively through the sea of information. We present a range of information discovery journeys, from reflections upon formal search processes to a library fairy story. This book represents the richness of information discovery.