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Dear Don, a big thanks for your thoughtful comment. I wish we had more comments of this kind on my channel. My sense is that you are raising the fundamental philosophical question whether information is objective, and "out there" free of the human mind OR if it only emerges upon human sense-making. I appreciate that you place the former in a different category--"data" you say. I agree with you, Don, that Buckland doesn't explore this matter thoroughly in this famous paper. I think he had other issues in mind (such as recognizing the Documentation tradition in Information Science). But my own mentor, Dr. Marcia Bates, comprehensively defines information, and her point of departure is this very issue you raise, of whether phenomena like the letter "S" is information even beyond human consciousness, that is, does information exist in the Universe outside of human consciousness? She says "YES!" (e.g. planets in distant galaxies have information). I am not philosophically versed enough to say more, but here is her paper if you are interested [pages.gseis.ucla.edu/faculty/bates/articles/fundforms.pdf]. Thank you for watching the video and contributing your perspective.

@@INFIDEOS Thank you much. Love your videos and love to read Dr. Bates’ writings.

Thank you for writing. I hope you act on this passion for Library and Information Science. It is a wonderful field and career. Here is a helpful page from the American Library Association that has resources on becoming a librarian: www.ala.org/educationcareers/libcareers/become This page also explains the different kinds of libraries (public, school, academic, and special). The American Library Association also keeps a list of "Accredited Master's Programs" -- these are the programs that award a masters degree which qualifies you to be a librarian. Unfortunately, that link is broken (www.ala.org/educationcareers/accreditedprograms/directory), so you should check back or call them at: 1.800.545.2433. (You see, they would likely be quick to fix that link, since librarians really care about such things.) I am assuming that you are writing from the US, but if you are in Canada, here is a separate list of accredited library programs in Canada: erudera.com/study-programs/library-science/canada/. Keep in mind, you can also learn some of the skills for working in a library in Library Technician programs, which are more aligned with undergraduate studies, such as these (in Canada): cla.ca/careers/schools/library-technician-programs/. But a library technician degree will not allow you to get promoted into the better positions within libraries, and many library technicians return to school for the master's degree. I hope this helps get you started. All the best wishes!

Dear Lemondrops, Thank you for this beautiful message. I was so very touched. It is wonderful that you have found your path into Librarianship and are now flourishing in an LIS program. I am sure your message will inspire many people who also experience career twists and turns. I have a feeling you will become an amazing librarian, and I wish you all the best! Jenna

@INFIDEOS Dear Jenna, Thank you so much for your kind words. I am very much enjoying my studies and can't wait to learn more. Although the workforce surely won't be as easy, I will strive to learn and prepare as much as I can while I'm still a student. Thank you for doing what you do, Professor Hartel, and for inspiring many others like me. Best wishes, Lemondrops/Mels

Leanne, Thanks for watching and for your note. So, you should be able to access automatically generated subtitles from RUclips, which are not too bad. With your encouragement, I will put this task on my to do list (because there is another way to secure subtitles but it takes some time). I hope you keep coming back to INFIDEOS. Warmest wishes, Jenna

So sorry to hear of your headache, DCL. Thanks for watching and commenting. Here are two options to potentially help if you return to my videos in your class: 1.) Play the video but just listen (don't watch). My videos are anchored in that narrative (audio track) not in the imagery on the screen (which is just decoration). They can function like a podcast and some of my students prefer this way. OR, 2.) Read the paper instead! (That's how I learned Buckland's ideas myself along with thousands of past generations of students in Information Science. I'm not being sarcastic, reading is still a better mode of understanding for many people.) Hope these strategies help by providing alternatives. Best wishes for your studies in Information Science.

YYoooouuuur weeeelcome, Loveeevly! I'm so glad you found INFIDEOS and are learning about Information Science. And I really appreciate your uplifting comments. Please come back again soon! 😋

You are very welcome. I ❣️ making videos for people interested in Information Science. High Five! 😍

Hi there, thanks for your kind compliment. Indeed, I try to make my videos aesthetically appealing and also informative. It's nice to know that someone notices. I hope you are enjoying the field of Information Science and keep coming back to INFIDEOS often. If there are any video ideas you'd like me to pursue, just say so! All the best wishes, Jenna

Thank you! The idea of "Information Science as a 'metadiscipline'" has meant so much to me for 20 years. I still have not found a better way to capture the essence and purpose of Information Science. Please keep coming back and making your own original contribution, too. Warmest wishes, Jenna

Concise, well-explained, and beautifully edited. Congratulations! I hold a bachelor's in Library and Information Science, which is unusual in a few countries where LIS is usually studied at the graduation level. Now I'm doing a master's in Cultural Studies, and I am thinking about returning to Information Science in a future PhD (if I actually decide to pursue one). I'm uncertain whether I can combine my interests with Information Science. I know IS is a broad field, a metadiscipline as you explained, but I feel that it is becoming loaded with IT subjects. I know it's a reflection of our times, but those do not fall within my scope of interests.

Muito obrigado pelo seu comentário entusiasmado. Espero que você continue voltando ao INFIDEOS! Os melhores votos, Jenna 😊 P. S. I'm very happy to befriend an Information Scientist from Brazil.

Thank you, Tao. It makes me very happy to have comments from my great colleagues at the Faculty of Information (Toronto). I hope these ideas uplift your students, too. Warmest wishes, Jenna

Thanks, Thom. It's always great to hear from you. You are the INFIDEOS ambassador, for sure! 😀

That's wonderful! Thank you for writing and sharing your enthusiasm for Information Science. It made my day. Please keep coming back to INFIDEOS. And now, I will return to my own video-making so that you have something new to watch. 😁

Thank you for watching my videos and for making this request. You are not the first person to do so, and indeed some of my early videos are too loud. I have changed the ratio between my voice and the music and future videos should not have this problem. Also, do not hesitate to turn on the captions, which really helps with comprehension. (That's what I do when watching videos, myself.) Please keep coming back to INFIDOES! All the best wishes, Jenna

You're very welcome! Thanks for your note, it has inspired me to make more videos. Please keep coming back to INFIDEOS. I hope your passion for Library and Information Science grows and grows! 😊

Thanks for your note and for visiting INFIDEOS!

😋Thanks for your spirited comment, @rushipatel! 😋 Please keep coming back to INFIDEOS. Warmest wishes, Jenna

Why thanks for your kind comment, Olivier. The surreal imagery of this video comes from an artist at Lior Sadeh Studio, specifically the watercolor musicians (used to represent the Turns) as well as the castle and origami boats. I was so excited to find it to share with Information Science; for me it captured my field's undulating history. Please keep coming back to INFIDEOS! Warmest wishes, Jenna

I am trained as an archivist but I've been interested in the everyday life turn regarding this work for a while. Most recently my work has also incorporated the affective turn, particularly in relation to Indigenous language and cultural reclamation efforts. I'm also trained on critical analysis, so that impact my work too.

Hello again, Juan Manuel, "Information Anxiety" is a great topic and I will put it on my video-making list. Of course, the video woud be easier to make if I may draw upon your doctoral thesis! And, I look forward to seeing your dissertation discoveries in the Information Science literature, some day. Hang in there! Jenna

Dear Juan Manuel, Thank you for visiting INFIDEOS and for your note. I am happy to meet an Information Scientist from Argentina! You may enjoy my longer video on Carol Kuhlthau, if you have not seen it already, in the What Makes This Paper Great? series. All the best wishes for your studies, Jenna

Thanks so much for your pointers to this topic. It is such an interesting frontier. The "Turn, Turn, Turn" video is a few years old, and my more recent video "Multispecies Perspective" might be of interest to curious viewers. [ruclips.net/video/qNUlZtHeI1A/видео.htmlsi=XpB9uW5iBW3WJDQC] Anyways, I appreciate your note and please keep coming back to INFIDEOS.

I am a big fan or the Boras program and community. You are in good hands, there, learning about Library and Information Science from some of the field's greatest scholars. By the way, at this very moment I am remaking the Turn, Turn, Turn video, and will have a revision out, in April. All the best wishes for your studies!

Thanks! Your message made me smile. It brings me a lot of joy to translate these great Information Science ideas to a next generation. Best wishes in your studies!

Thanks very much for your note. Please keep coming back to INFIDEOS! All the best wishes, Jenna Note: If you want to learn more about the Serious Leisure Perspective, check out the website at: www.seriousleisure.net/

Thanks so much for your note! I'm really glad the paper and videos were helpful. Artist information seeking and behaviours are fascinating; what a great topic. Onward! Jenna

Rock on, Spirantizer. I'm glad we are stuck in the 80s, together! And, on a more serious note, it really was a great time for Information Behaviour research and I hope you keep learning about these big ideas. Warmest wishes, Jenna

You are very welcome, Spirantizer! And thanks for checking out my channel. If you follow the instructions in this video you can become a famous Information theorist. I hope you do so! All the best wishes, Jenna

Dear Dr. Tissa, I am very touched by your message, and to have such positive words from an accomplished LIS scholar and librarian. Thank you for visiting INFIDEOS. I hope you continue to watch and also share these videos with your colleagues and students at the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. Please don't hesitate to email me directly at jenna.hartel@utoronto.ca with suggestions of new videos to make, that might be useful or inspiring. Warmest wishes, Jenna

Why thank yoy for writing, and for your supportive words. I am really happy to hear that. This was my first video, and it is actually not a video but a PowerPoint with an audio track. Right now, I am in the process of re-making Turn, Turn, Turn, as a real video. Please don't hesitate to let me know if there are other videos you need for your studies. I am thrilled you have joined LIS and are enjoying yourself. All the best wishes, Jenna

@@INFIDEOS Oh exciting, I´m looking forward to seeing it. And will definitely let you know if (I mean when, haha) I bump in to difficulties in need to be "videofied", just gonna plow through all the good stuff that's already here first:) I am so curious about the visual research methods, maybe I'll come back with questions about those methods when it's time for my bachelor thesis (if it is the right word in english..)

Wonderful! Thanks for your message, which made me happy. Congratulations on becoming an MLIS student; it's an excellent choice. As you continue with your education, check to see if other videos at INFIDEOS might be useful, for most MLIS programs read great papers by Carol Kuhlthau and Brenda Dervin, among others. (You'll find them in the What Makes This Paper Great? series.) Good luck! Onward!

Thanks so much for your kind message, and for recognizing my sweet dove and channel mascot, BIBBLE. Please keep coming back to INFIDEOS! -Jenna & BIBBLE

Oh, that's so interesting to know! Thank you for watching and for writing. Dr. Kuhlthau is such an amazing contributor to Library and Information Science. Did you catch the insights, in the comment section below the video, from her daughter, who is also an accomplished scholar? They are fascinating and enrich the story. I hope you continue to enjoy Library and Information Science. All the best wishes, Jenna

Thank you for sharing that vision! I like its organic nature, which fits with the findings of the iSquare study, as shown in this video. Right now, I have a master's student who is interested in studing information through drawing, and their intention is to ask people to draw data, information, and then knowledge, in sequence. (Following the famous DIKW pyramid.) We hope this helps is to sort out these confusing and blurred concepts. I appreciate your comment and attention to INFIDEOS. Onward!

Thanks so much for your thoughtful comment on the nature of information. In truth, my field (Information Science) has been debating the definition for about 50 years, and Bates' comprehensive review (mentioned in the video) identifies around 100 attempts. There is even a theorist who declares we simply should give up the effort! Hence, this matter even confuses the best experts! For my part, I have attempted to define information through drawings (you might enjoy that video, also on this site and linked at the end of my comment). All this is along way of saying you are in good company with your confusion, and I impressed by your reflections. I hope that over the years (and it will take time), you might come to your own understanding. Sincere good wishes, Jenna My video: ruclips.net/video/t213bFR4Oe4/видео.html Bates' great survey of definitions: pages.gseis.ucla.edu/faculty/bates/articles/information.html

@@INFIDEOS Thank you so much for your prompt response. It is good to know that I am not alone in this boat. Will go through the resources provided by you. Thanks again and good luck professor :D

Thanks for your comment, Sarang.Chavan. My videos follow a standard ratio of my voiceover (volume) to the music, and this is set by my video-making platform. But because my voice can be soft, it may require an additional adjustment, that is, raising my voice or decreasing the sound of the music. Hence, I will do that in future videos. I'm very sorry if this matter frustrated your viewing and learning, and I appreciate the feedback. All the best wishes, Jenna

Why thanks, Hugh! I know you were really inspired by this paper in your excellent thesis, "Contemplating Infrastructure: An Ethnographic Study of the University of Toronto Faculty of Information Inforum’s iRelax Mindfulness Resource Area" (tspace.library.utoronto.ca/handle/1807/104974). Your research is evidence that Star's work inspires people in new directions. Your original idea of "contemplative infrastructure" rings true, and I look forward to its evolution, which honors Susan Leigh Star. Jenna

😊😊😊😊😊That was a fast tour of ten great ideas from the field of Information Science😊😊😊😊😊 Hope you liked it and come back to INFIDEOS to learn more! 🕊️Jenna

Wonderful! Thanks for your supportive note; it is appreciated. I also asign videos and papers side-by-side and my students enjoy the different perspectives. I look forward to seeing you again at ECIL, a wonderful conference. (Oh, perhaps you know, but if not, I turned the ECIL presentation in a video series: ruclips.net/p/PLZp7Vke_WTVpFc-vT3Yv6he9iNFztRvAg if you want to return to the "Archipelago of Information Science.") Warmest wishes, Jenna

Absolutely! Usually, I post references in the Description Box below the video, but I have fallen a little behind with the series. This particular video surveys five frameworks of visual methods. In their order of appearance, they are: Wagner, Jon. (1979). Images of information : still photography in the social sciences. Sage Publications. Harper, D. (1988). Visual Sociology: Expanding Sociological Vision. The American Sociologist, 19(1), 54-70. Grady, J. (1996). The Scope of Visual Sociology. Visual Sociology, 11(2), 10-24. Knowles, J. G., & Cole, A. L. (2008). Handbook of the Arts in Qualitative Research: Perspectives, Methodologies, Examples, and Issues (1st ed.). SAGE Publications, Incorporated. [See this chapter of the book: iirc.mcgill.ca/txp/files/Weber-Visual-Images-in-Research-in-Knowles-and-Cole-2008.pdf] Pauwels, L. (2015). Reframing Visual Social Science: Towards a More Visual Sociology and Anthropology (1st ed.). Cambridge University Press. Good Luck!

Thank you, Thom, for being my most loyal viewer! I admire your passion for Information Science, and know that it will be put to good use in the world. Onward! Jenna

Why thanks very much for your note (and the other one, too!). Did your professor tell you that I first presented "Turn, Turn, Turn" at a conference and it was a sing-a-long?! When I moved from one "turn" to the next (which happened several times), everyone sang the chorus: "To everything, turn, turn, turn, there is a season, turn, turn, turn...and a time to every purpose, under Heaven...". I am hoping to start a trend of sing-a-longs at conferences, and perhaps you could try this in class? It appears you are doing a great job as a student of Library and Information Science. Keep it up! And, please give my warmest regards to all the great scholars on the Borås faculty.

Oh that is so fun! One truly has too few opportunities to take part in sing-a-longs as an adult. :)

Yes, that's a good idea for a drawing and you are not alone in that conception. Truth be told, after the iSquare study (in which I was trying to understand information, visually), I ended up more confused than ever! Well, maybe not confused but at least aware of ALL the possible visual conceptions of information, often metaphorical or poetic. And now, I am not sure what I would draw, myself. My mentor, Marcia Bates, drew a chair with lines around it, suggesting that information is something "meta" to all things, yet not the thing itself. I hope you have been reading some Marcia Bates, too. All the best wishes for your studies, and please keep coming back to INFIDEOS.