Spring+2007+Question+2B


 * All professionals hold a “world view” of their work and the standards associated with their practice, which is shaped by a variety of experiences. When you entered the Information Sciences program at UT, you were likely not aware of the important theories and theorists that guide contemporary research and practice in our field. Which particular theories and theorists shape your work with users and the use of information? Which specific theories guide your understanding of the structure and organization of intellectual content, regardless of format, including creation, exchange, and storage of content?

[Recommendations by Meghan Brawley for suggested study: [|Dead Germans Project]; Ranganathan, [|Benjamin Franklin], [|Melville Dewey], [|Minnie Earl Sears] and [|Vannevar Bush] ]