Tag Archives: social epistemology

conversation theory and the library

A while ago I linked to Participatory Networks: The Library as Conversation and asked “what is this? anyone know?” Mary Ghikas replied and said, “What you are linking to is a paper done by R. David Lankes and colleagues at Syracuse University for the American Library Association’s Office for Information Technology Policy on impact [...]

everything *is* miscellaneous

I love anyone who can criticize Aristotle’s hierarchy and point to a new direction for librarians in a single breath. This (as some of you know) is a major pet issue of mine (for library, philosophical, and epistemological reasons), and here’s a video that sums a lot of it up:

another on one of my favorite topics!

This, from the corkboard…

social epistemology in LIS

Last semester I did an independent study on the intersection of social epistemology. I blogged my reading at http://socialepistemology.wordpress.com. If “social epistemology” sounds like an illness, or something confusing, don’t worry. It’s really just about the social nature of knowledge. We, in libraries, deal with this all the time. [...]

new year, new topics, same blog!

With the new year, I wanted to refocus this blog on my areas of specialty. When I started library school, I wrote about everything, as I narrowed down my interests to technology and information literacy, I wrote about everything in those areas. As I approach graduation, I realize that I am specializing, and [...]