INFO 310 Applying HIB to information provision

1. INFO 310Applying HIB to information provision Information Consolidation User Centered Design

2. Information Consolidation Process • Study of potential users • Selection of information sources • Evaluation of information • Analysis • Restructuring • Packaging and/or repackaging • Diffusion or dissemination • Feedback

3. Consolidated information is... • public knowledge available through the published record; documented for a particular group of users • specifically selected and analyzed • possibly restructured and repackaged • where the criteria for selection, evaluation, repackaging, restructuring are all derived from the potential user group

4. Information consolidation The process of evaluating and modifying information from relevant sources in order to provide defined user groups with new information products and services that meet their information needs

5. Information consolidation • Set in themarketinganduser oriented framework... • identifying user needs • identifying gaps in the provision of products and services to meet those needs • closing gaps by developing appropriate products or services

6. The purposes of information consolidation... • to meet the information needs of a target group based on • a knowledge of their needs • a knowledge of the criteria that the target group use to evaluate information • to overcome problems of • information overload; inappropriate levels of information; inappropriate context of information; inappropriate form; untrustworthy information

7. Information consolidation involves... • Study of potential users • Selection of information source(s) that potentially contain the most useful information for given user needs • Evaluation of information in terms of its intrinsic merit, validity and reliability

8. Information consolidation involves... • Restructuring(if necessary) of extracted informationinto a content that can be used most effectively and efficiently by users • Packaging and/or repackaging of restructured information in a form that will enhance the potential of its use

9. Information consolidation involves... • Diffusion or dissemination of information in ways that will encourage its use • Feedback from users, evaluation of the information consolidation product and then making adjustments

10. Key assumptions ... • the ultimate purpose of the IC process and the IC product is that it will be used to satisfy an information need or resolve an information problem • purposeful use; value has been added - ultimately this value is assigned by the user who recognizes its usefulness in a given context • things are known about potential users • information behavior; information needs • information professionals must evaluate

11. The IC process incorporates many of the roles of an information professional • Common functions of an information professional include ... • identification of information need • information search design • retrieval of information • evaluation of information • synthesis of information • packaging of information

12. The IC process incorporates many of the roles of an information professional • repackaging of existing information products • dissemination of information • design and provision of information services • Not so common functions ... • evaluating the worth of information from a subject perspective • restructuring and repackaging information from a subject perspective

13. Processes in Information Consolidation