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"""A Brilliant Mind"": Margaret Egan and Social Epistemology"

Furner, Jonathan

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Title
"""A Brilliant Mind"": Margaret Egan and Social Epistemology"
Author(s)
Furner, Jonathan
Issue Date
2004
Keyword(s)
  • Library science --History
  • Information science --History
Abstract
Margaret Egan (1905–59) taught at the Graduate Library School of the University of Chicago (1946–55) and at the School of Library Science at Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio (1955–59). With her colleague Jesse Shera, Egan wrote “Foundations of a Theory of Bibliography” for Library Quarterly in 1952; this article marked the fi rst appearance of the term “social epistemology.” After Egan’s death, Shera has often been credited for the idea of social epistemology. However, there is ample evidence to show that it was Egan who originated the concept—one that is commonly viewed as fundamental to the theoretical foundations of library and information science.
Publisher
Graduate School of Library and Information Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
ISSN
0024-2594
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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Copyright owned by Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. 2004.

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Library Trends 52 (4) Spring 2004: Pioneers in Library and Information Science PRIMARY
Library Trends 52 (4) Spring 2004: Pioneers in Library and Information Science. Edited by W. Boyd Rayward