Work |
Genre |
Comments & Links |
| 1972 NATO Institute on Information Science |
Paper |
A final paper for the course Theoretical Traditions in Information Studies. |
| Browsing as an Evaluative Behavior |
Paper |
A final paper for the doctoral seminar Information Seeking Behavior. The paper proposed that browsing is one of a set of human behaviors that are used to evaluate situations. This paper served as a springboard for a later article (presently unpublished) by Marcia Bates, called "Browsing as Sampling and Selecting." |
| Analytical Intellectual Biography of W. Boyd Rayward |
Paper |
A final paper for the course Historical Methods in Library and Information Studies. This project involved an interview with historian Rayward and analysis of all his writings on Documentation and Paul Otlet. |
| Definitions of Information |
Paper |
A response to a question on the doctoral program's Qualifying Exam from April 2004. (link to abstract). The paper explicated, compared, and contrasted a cognitive and social constructionist definition of "information". |
| Metatheory and Information Retrieval |
Paper |
A final paper for the doctoral seminar Information Retrieval. |
| Catherine Ross' Finding without Seeking: the Information Encounter in the Context of Reading for Pleasure |
Critical review |
A critical review of an important article by Catherine Ross, written for a doctoral seminar on Research Methods. |
| Geoffry Bowker and Susan Leigh Star's "Sorting Things Out" and Evelyn Fox Keller's "A Feeling for the Organism" |
Comparative review |
A comparative review, written for a class on Disciplinary Literatures. |
| Ronald E. Day's "The Modern Invention of Information: discourse, history, and power" and W. Boyd Rayward's "The Universe of Information: the work of Paul Otlet for documentation and international organisation" |
Comparative Review |
A comparative review, written for the course Historical Methods in Library and Information Studies. |
| Helsinki University Library |
Essay |
An overview of the national library of Finland, for a doctoral seminar on Information Institutions. |
| The Museum of Jurassic Technology |
Essay |
A description of a local museum, for a doctoral seminar on Information Institutions. |
| Scholars as Experts |
Presentation |
A lecture on how to write to scholars for information. |
