Very interesting, Sarah. In thinking of prompt engineering, I'm reminded of "question formulation" as we used to describe it, in formulating research questions and mapping them into the information resources . Not exactly the same, but maybe similar.
For example, PICO in evidence-based medical research:
I'm even thinking of "research question analysis" which came from engineering and which was adapted in library instruction for a while in the 1980s, before "search strategy formulation" (that is, key terms + Boolean operators) took over.
Queston analysis is discussed in "Learning the Library" (Sharon Hogan)--
Scope of problem/question
Formats needed
Geographic scope
Time frame associated with topic
Depth of information needed,
etc.
Teaching a thought process on the front end of searching and encouraging reflection points throughout is maybe a throughline.
Very interesting, Sarah. In thinking of prompt engineering, I'm reminded of "question formulation" as we used to describe it, in formulating research questions and mapping them into the information resources . Not exactly the same, but maybe similar.
For example, PICO in evidence-based medical research:
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/oet/ed/pubmed/pubmed_in_ebp/02-100.html
(Patient, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome)
I'm even thinking of "research question analysis" which came from engineering and which was adapted in library instruction for a while in the 1980s, before "search strategy formulation" (that is, key terms + Boolean operators) took over.
Queston analysis is discussed in "Learning the Library" (Sharon Hogan)--
Scope of problem/question
Formats needed
Geographic scope
Time frame associated with topic
Depth of information needed,
etc.
Teaching a thought process on the front end of searching and encouraging reflection points throughout is maybe a throughline.