information literacy: week 9

assalamualikom..

hello everyone....
this is last post for this blog..
its even hard to say but i need to do that...because we need to submit this blog for our beloved lecture. even thought our lesson until week 12 but blog is one of our assessment.in the other word 10% of on going mark for the final.. this blog is quite different from information technology blog because it more like tutorial blog for information literacy.. it make me easy when i want to study for this subject i just put my URL links : http://syafawati-literacy.blogspot.com/ for revision.

opzz...
sorry its out of my topic today..
hehehe..in this week we learnt about information analysis

SESSION 1 : introduction to of information analysis.

INFORMATION ANALYSIS..

Companies, organizations, educational institutions, communities and individual people all serve as information providers for the electronic Internet community.
This sharing of resources and information is an example of societal cooperation on a grand scale and has fostered professional and personal communications throughout the world.

EVALUATE..

why?

When we use a research or academic library, the books, journals and other resources have already been evaluated by a librarian or by a mechanism set up by a librarian.
When we use an index or a database to find information on any given topic, the index or database is often produced by a professional or scholarly organization that selects the journals to be indexed on the basis of their quality.

CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING INTERNET SOURCES.

1. Purpose

•What is the purpose of the resource?

•Resource should make their purpose obvious at first sight.

•Does the site promote a product?

•Does the resource fulfill the stated purpose?

•If a site provides its own mission statement, the user can verify whether the content matches this statement

•A good resource will not be ambiguous and will not deflect potential users, due to its poor communication of purpose.

2. Scope

•Does the resource cover a subject adequately?

•Breadth : Are all aspects of the subject covered?

•Depth : To what level of detail in the subject does the resource go?

•Time : Is the information in the resource limited to certain time periods?

•Format: Are certain kinds of Internet resources (for example telnet, Gopher, FTP) excluded?

3. Authority

Institution

•Does the address, specifically the domain, suggest the perspective from which the site was designed and does this suit our purpose?

For example, ".edu," ".com," ".gov" respectively imply education, commercial, and government origins - a tilde "~" usually indicates a personal web directory, thereby reflecting a personal rather than institutional viewpoint.

Author

•Is Author/Producer identifiable?

•Does Author/Producer has expertise on the subject as indicated on a credentials page?

•What are the author's professional affiliations?

•Can the author be contacted for clarification or to be informed of new information?

Resource

•Is the information credible and of high quality?

•Is the information objective?

•Is there an obvious bias? Is this site designed for promotional purposes?

•How long has a resource been available (either in print or as an electronic version)?

4.Audience

•Who are the intended users of this resource?

•At what level is the resource pitched: a subject expert, a layperson, or a school student?

•Will the resource satisfy the needs of the intended users?

•Does your user group correspond to the intended audience?

SESSION 2 AND 3: Criteria of Information Analysis

5.Information content

Accuracy

•Is the information in the resource accurate? Check this against other resources, or by checking some information about which you have special knowledge.

•Is the origin of the content documented? Are facts verifiable and accurate?

•Is the information factual, or opinion? - Can its objectivity be assessed?

Currency

•Is the resource static or reliant on regular updating?

•Can you rely on this source over time to provide up-to-date information?

•Can the currency of the information be ascertained? Is it possible to assess the currency relative to another source?

- In case of a document, is a date given?

- For software, is there a version number?

Uniqueness

•Is the resource original, or has it been derived from other sources?

•Is the information in this resource available in other forms (for example other sites, Gopher, WWW, print, CD-ROM)? What advantages does this particular resource have?

6.Design and layout

Organization

•Are the resources well organized and logically presented?

•Are the individual Web pages concise, or do you have to scroll forever?

•How big is the resource? - If a resource is particularly large, it should really be sensibly and logically divided into unique and separate segments of information with good navigation links between each segment.

7.Style & Functionality