Thinking about the life cycle of information, propose specific criteria or guidelines for the privatization of government information. Suppose you are working for a consulting company that is planning to submit to the City of Honolulu a proposal for the design of a visitors information system. Your task is to write a chapter in the proposal that deals with the study of user needs. Prepare two statements presenting the strongest case you can make to support each of these two views. Applied research is the best type for offering solutions and directions for library and information science.
Empirical research is the only type appropriate or of value for library and information science.
Children's librarians and public library directors both have embraced two opposing views concerning the most effective approach to take in developing children's services at the community or system level. For the other group, the primary emphasis would be placed on services to agencies, organizations, and other adult groups concerned with children. What evidence of the pros and cons of there rival approaches would you offer to an administrative group planning the most effective use of library resources in meeting the needs of the largest number of children in the community. Summarize the key concepts underlying the continuing conflict between those who advocate intellectual freedom and those who advocate censorship of some ideas. You are an academic librarian who has designed a program to have members of the library staff provide library skills instruction to organized groups of undergraduates.