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Brenda Dervin, was a professor of communication at Ohio State University, working in the fields
*Dervin, B. (2003a). Audience as listener and learner, teacher and confidante: The sense-making approach. In B. Dervin, L. Foreman-Wernet, & E. Launterbach (Eds.), ''Sense-making methodology reader: Selected writings of Brenda Dervin'' (pp. 215–231). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, Inc.
*Dervin, B. (2003b). Information as non-sense; information as sense: The communication technology connection. In B. Dervin, L. Foreman-Wernet, & E. Launterbach (Eds.), ''Sense-making methodology reader: Selected writings of Brenda Dervin'' (pp. 293–308). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, Inc.
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communication
Communication (from la, communicare, meaning "to share" or "to be in relation with") is usually defined as the transmission of information. The term may also refer to the message communicated through such transmissions or the field of inquir ...
and library
A library is a collection of materials, books or media that are accessible for use and not just for display purposes. A library provides physical (hard copies) or digital access (soft copies) materials, and may be a physical location or a vir ...
and information science
Information science (also known as information studies) is an academic field which is primarily concerned with analysis, collection, Categorization, classification, manipulation, storage, information retrieval, retrieval, movement, dissemin ...
. Her research about information seeking
Information seeking is the process or activity of attempting to obtain information in both human and technological contexts. Information seeking is related to, but different from, information retrieval (IR).
Compared to information retrieval
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and information use led to the development of the sense-making methodology (Ross, Nilsen, & Dewdney, 2003, p. 93). Dervin received a bachelor's degree in journalism and home economics from Cornell University
Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to teach an ...
, with a minor in philosophy of religion, and her M.S. and PhD degrees in communication research from Michigan State University
Michigan State University (Michigan State, MSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, the fi ...
. In 1986 she acted as the first president of the International Communication Association
The International Communication Association (ICA) is an academic association for scholars interested in the study, teaching and application of all aspects of human and mediated communication.
ICA communicates within the association and with ot ...
. Dervin reviews articles and also is on editorial boards for communication and library and information science journals.
She died in Seattle on the 31st December 2022 https://sense-making.org
Publications
*Dervin, B. (2003a). Audience as listener and learner, teacher and confidante: The sense-making approach. In B. Dervin, L. Foreman-Wernet, & E. Launterbach (Eds.), ''Sense-making methodology reader: Selected writings of Brenda Dervin'' (pp. 215–231). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, Inc.
*Dervin, B. (2003b). Information as non-sense; information as sense: The communication technology connection. In B. Dervin, L. Foreman-Wernet, & E. Launterbach (Eds.), ''Sense-making methodology reader: Selected writings of Brenda Dervin'' (pp. 293–308). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, Inc.
References
Further reading
*Neill, S. D. (1992). The dilemma of the subjective in information organization and retrieval. ''Dilemmas in the study of information''. Westport: Greenwood Press. *Ross, C. S., Nilsen, K., & Dewdney, P. (2002). ''Conducting the reference interview''. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc.External links
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