Tuesday, October 09, 2007

Invitation to Seminar Hosted by Dpt of Library & Info Sci, University of the Western Cape

You are invited to a seminar hosted by the Department of Library and
Information Science, University of the Western Cape.

Speaker: Gavin R Davis, Department of Library and Information Science,
University of the Western Cape (UWC)
Topic: Information seeking and retrieval: an integrated methodological
approach using thinking - aloud protocols and online transaction logs.

Date: 24 October 2007
Time: 13h00 - 14h00
Venue: Centre for Humanities Research, UWC

Dr Davis will report on some of the findings of his PHD research with Undergraduate students from UWC and the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), Bellville branch. He will demonstrate how information behaviour can be better understood by combining videotaped interactions and online transactions during information seeking and retrieval.

RSVP: Ms Sonia Stroud at 021 9592137 or Email: sstroud@uwc.ac.za or Dr G R Davis at 0219593546 or Email: gdavis@uwc.ac.za