Slide deck for class on 09-22

1. 9/25/2015
Weinberger wrap-up (for now)
Why we’re stopping at the 2nd order, for now.

2. Tell me about your assignments
✤ Physical Search Assignment
✤ Digital Organization Assignment

3. Housekeeping
✤ Physical Search Essays were good
✤ Here’s some advice:
✤ Use more references to the reading.
✤ Avoid: “Everyone prefers to shop like this.” (Unless
you have an actual study that shows this.)

4. What makes
something 3rd
Order?
1. List things we know are 3rd order, even if
we can’t say why just yet.

5. What makes
something 3rd
Order?
1. List things we know are 3rd order, even if
we can’t say why just yet.
2. List characteristics of 3rd order systems.

6. What makes
something 3rd
Order?
1. List things we know are 3rd order, even if
we can’t say why just yet.
2. List characteristics of 3rd order systems.
3. List how 3rd order systems are different
from 2nd order systems.

7. In order to really dig into 3rd order
✤ We need to have 2nd order nailed down.
✤ This is what the Search Strategy Project will do.
✤ We’ll need to have read the Weinberger chapters, but
we’ll really use those in later weeks.

8. Ontology is overrated.
✤ http://shirky.com/writings/ontology_overrated.html
✤ _____________ is overrated.
✤ Ontology is _____________.

9. Let’s take a break.

10. Image credit CC by Dee Speed
Organization Lab
Choosing the right kind of organization tool for the collection and audience

11. Search Strategy
Project

12. Image Credit CC:BY Peter Kaminsky
Search Strategy Project