final paper

This blog was used as a place to store notes about reading as I did them during the first part of the semester.  The second half of the semester focused primarily on writing a paper.  The final paper is here.  I still think of it as in rough form, but a foundation from which to build further work, later.

my independent study “notebook”

This fall I am doing an independent study on social epistemology and information science for the masters program in library and information studies at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro. I haven’t established a thesis statement at this point in time, but I do have a long reading list.  I plan to use the first half of the semester to spend a lot of time exploring the social nature of the production of knowledge, organization of knowledge, and particularly consider the foundational work by Jesse Shera and Margaret Egan.  The bulk of my reading list was provided by Dr. Sue Myburgh.

By the middle of the semester I hope to produce an annotated bibliography of the works I’ve read.  By the end of the semester I hope to have a paper that is at least on the way to being publishable.  This blog is mostly for myself, to keep a record of what I’ve been reading and thinking about.  It will also provide me with a place for reflection that may or may not be useful when I am working on my paper.  To anyone who stumbles across this website, I’d be interested in any feedback you have.