toward a user-centric universe donna bair-mundy, ph.d
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Toward a user-centric universe
donna Bair-Mundy, Ph.D.
Thomas Kuhn’s paradigm shifts
Earth
Sun
Too much observational data did not fit the model
Paradigm shifts
Librarians as priests and priestesses of the temple of knowledge
Arbiters of Truth, Beauty, and Reliable Information Resources
Paradigm shifts
Librarians as priests and priestesses of the temple of knowledge
We decide what the users really need
We decide which resources are quality sources of information to fulfill the user’s need
We provide those resourcesUse
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Paradigm shifts
User
Librarians as priests and priestesses of the temple of knowledge
Too much research data did not fit the model
Dervin’s description of new, emerging paradigm
Resistance to the Paradigm shift
Librarians as priests and priestesses of the temple of knowledge
How do we characterize this debate in terms of Dervin’s model?
Question:
What is the librarian’s role in the temple of knowledge?