TY - JOUR
T1 - Brenda Dervin's Sense-Making Methodology
T2 - What Has Been Achieved and Why It Matters Now?
AU - Agarwal, Naresh Kumar
AU - Urquhart, Christine
AU - Olsson, Michael
AU - Snowden, Dave
AU - Cheuk, Bonnie
AU - Reinhard, CarrieLynn
AU - Zalot, Andrew
AU - Massara, Gregory
AU - Mooney, Hannah
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
88 Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science & Technology | Nov. 14 – 18, 2025 | Washington, DC, USA.
PY - 2025/10/16
Y1 - 2025/10/16
N2 - Brenda Dervin made a tremendous contribution to both the fields of communication and information science through her Sense-Making Methodology. She was one of the first to advocate for a user-centered perspective in the field and had a tremendous impact on generations of researchers across various disciplines. Almost three years after her passing in December 2022, this panel brings together a diverse range of speakers to celebrate Dervin's contribution to ASIS&T and to information science. This highly interactive panel will cover various topics ranging from interactions with Dervin to the use of Dervin's SMM in theory, research, practice, human interaction, and artificial intelligence tools. The panel members have either engaged with Dervin the person, with her Sense-Making Methodology, or both. The session hopes to inspire the audience to use Dervin's Sense-Making Methodology (SMM) in their research and practice.
AB - Brenda Dervin made a tremendous contribution to both the fields of communication and information science through her Sense-Making Methodology. She was one of the first to advocate for a user-centered perspective in the field and had a tremendous impact on generations of researchers across various disciplines. Almost three years after her passing in December 2022, this panel brings together a diverse range of speakers to celebrate Dervin's contribution to ASIS&T and to information science. This highly interactive panel will cover various topics ranging from interactions with Dervin to the use of Dervin's SMM in theory, research, practice, human interaction, and artificial intelligence tools. The panel members have either engaged with Dervin the person, with her Sense-Making Methodology, or both. The session hopes to inspire the audience to use Dervin's Sense-Making Methodology (SMM) in their research and practice.
KW - Brenda Dervin
KW - communication
KW - information behavior
KW - research methods
KW - Sense-Making Methodology
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105019354525
U2 - 10.1002/pra2.1364
DO - 10.1002/pra2.1364
M3 - Article
SN - 2373-9231
VL - 62
SP - 1197
EP - 1201
JO - Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology
JF - Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology
IS - 1
ER -