Library Ethnography Assignment

FIRST: GO TO LIBRARY HOMEPAGELook! It is

Kayla!

PHRASE YOUR QUESTION APPROPRIATELY

Hello, we are interested in information about the whole zombie apocalypse scare. Do you know the best way to get such current information on it?--Send

THIS IS WHAT THE CHAT LOOKS LIKE. NOT THE MOST COLORFUL CHAT AVAILABLE BUT DEFINITELY A USEFUL ONE.

DISCUSSION WITH LIBRARIAN TRISH• Hello, we are interested in information about the whole zombie apocalypse scare. Do you

know the best way to get such current information on it?

• Welcome. We will be with you shortly...

• Librarian 'Trish (24/7 Librarian)' has joined the session.

• Hello I'm Trish and I'm a librarian helping to answer questions for your library.

• Will you tell me a little more about your project, class and where you have already looked so I won't duplicate your search?

• I would hope so! We sincerely need some help! We have searched Google but we know that isn't very reliable. We feel like the topic is too recent for real academic sources to be available to us. I am Kayla by the way!

• Hi Kayla

• http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1876547/

FIRST SUGGESTED SOURCE

Not what we are

looking for!

DISCUSSION WITH LIBRARIAN TRISH (PART 2)• Are you referring to the movie last year?

• No, more to the Miami Cannibal news headliner and how people are seriously considering the reality of zombies now. There is a zombie survival guide PUBLISHED. Is there a credible source involving zombie hysteria?

• I see ok

• I'm still helping a couple other patrons ahead of you. If you are willing to wait a bit I'll be with you momentarily… I'm searching now

• Thank you!

• http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012-06-03/news/32011734_1_zombie-movies-naked-man-brain

• Ok I'm finding mostly news articles that would be more reliable then just any websites

• This tells a bit how the hysteria started in some circles

• Are you seeing the page displayed on your monitor now?

• Thank you very much! That is more than enough for our project! Thank you for your time!

After narrowing

our search…

SECOND SUGGESTED SOURCE

http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012-06-03/news/32011734_1_zombie-movies-naked-man-brain

Yay! A credible

relevant source!

REVIEW

• How Ms. Trish helped us in our apocalyptic inquiries

• Ms. Trish, our librarian, helped us by providing current reliable information that can be used for later research.

• The steps

1. Go to www.westga.edu/library

2. Find the chat box in the lower right corner title library help 24/7

*It may take a moment for the librarian to arrive. The librarian is not a robot. They help you research information. So have patience because their research is starting from scratch. They don’t know what you already have at that point.

3. Pose your question as precise as possible to save time.

4. Be polite. They will be more willing to assist you in your endeavors.

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