Margaret Egan - Revision history

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	== Contributions ==		== Contributions ==
	With her colleague [[Jesse Hauk Shera\|Jesse Shera]], Egan wrote "Foundations of a Theory of Bibliography" for the ''Library Quarterly'' in 1952. This article marked the first appearance of the term "social epistemology."		=== Social epistemology ===
	Shera, who is widely associated with social epistemology, explicitly attributed both the term and the concept to Egan (Shera (1978, 159).		With her colleague [[Jesse Hauk Shera\|Jesse Shera]], Egan wrote "Foundations of a Theory of Bibliography" for the ''Library Quarterly'' in 1952. This article marked the first appearance of the term "social epistemology." Shera, who is widely associated with social epistemology, explicitly attributed both the term and the concept to Egan (Shera (1978, 159).

			Egan and Shera propose social epistemology as a theoretical framework
			for the study of the production, distribution, and utilization of intellectual
			products. In no existing field had scholars attempted to study
			cognitive behavior at the social level, despite the primary importance of
			the cognitive mode in determining the structure of society
			The object of study of the cognitive mode is the process by which the
			actor attempts to know the particular situation in which the action takes
			place. They thus define social epistemology as “the study of those processes
			by which society as a whole seeks to achieve a perceptive or understanding
			relation to the total environment” (Egan & Shera, 1952, p. 132).

	== Publications ==		== Publications ==

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	'''Margaret Egan''' was born March 14, 1905 in Indianapolis. ~~She~~ studied at Barnard College and completed a bachelor's degree at the University of Cincinnati in 1930. She trained as a librarian at the Cincinnati Public Library where she worked as a readers' advisor 1933-1940. She studied political science at Yale University, then completed all the requirements for a PhD in library science at the University of Chicago, except for the dissertation.		'''Margaret Egan''' was born March 14, 1905 in Indianapolis.

			== Life ==
			Egan studied at Barnard College and completed a bachelor's degree at the University of Cincinnati in 1930. She trained as a librarian at the Cincinnati Public Library where she worked as a readers' advisor 1933-1940. She studied political science at Yale University, then completed all the requirements for a PhD in library science at the University of Chicago, except for the dissertation.

	Egan 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).		Egan 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).

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	'''Margaret Egan''' (1905-1959) was an American scholar and librarian.		'''Margaret Egan''' (1905-1959) was an American scholar and librarian.


			'''Margaret Egan''' was born March 14, 1905 in Indianapolis. She studied at Barnard College and completed a bachelor's degree at the University of Cincinnati in 1930. She trained as a librarian at the Cincinnati Public Library where she worked as a readers' advisor 1933-1940. She studied political science at Yale University, then completed all the requirements for a PhD in library science at the University of Chicago, except for the dissertation.

			Egan 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).

			She died in 1959.

	== Contributions ==		== Contributions ==
	~~The concept of social epistemology was developed in a paper co-authored by Margaret Egan and~~ [[Jesse Hauk Shera\|Jesse Shera]]. Shera, who is widely associated with social epistemology, explicitly attributed both the term and the concept to Egan (Shera (1978, 159).		With her colleague [[Jesse Hauk Shera\|Jesse Shera]], Egan wrote "Foundations of a Theory of Bibliography" for the ''Library Quarterly'' in 1952. This article marked the first appearance of the term "social epistemology."
			Shera, who is widely associated with social epistemology, explicitly attributed both the term and the concept to Egan (Shera (1978, 159).

	== Publications ==		== Publications ==
	Furner (2004, Appendix, pp 803-807) is a bibliography of Egan's published works.		Furner (2004, Appendix, pp 803-807) is a bibliography of Egan's published works. [https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/items/1791]

	*"Foundations of a Theory of Bibliography." ''Library Quarterly'' 22, no 2 (1952): 125–137. With J. H. Shera.		*"Foundations of a Theory of Bibliography." ''Library Quarterly'' 22, no 2 (1952): 125–137. With J. H. Shera.

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	== Publications ==		== Publications ==
			Furner (2004, Appendix, pp 803-807) is a bibliography of Egan's published works.

	*"Foundations of a Theory of Bibliography." ''Library Quarterly'' 22, no 2 (1952): 125–137. With J. H. Shera.		*"Foundations of a Theory of Bibliography." ''Library Quarterly'' 22, no 2 (1952): 125–137. With J. H. Shera.
	*Shera, J. H. & Egan, M. E. (1953). "A review of the present state of librarianship and documentation." In S. C. Bradford, ''Documentation'' 2nd ed., London: Crosby Lockwood, pp 11–45.		*Shera, J. H. & Egan, M. E. (1953). "A review of the present state of librarianship and documentation." In S. C. Bradford, ''Documentation'' 2nd ed., London: Crosby Lockwood, pp 11–45.

	== Further reading ==		== Further reading ==
	*Shera, J. H. "Egan, Margaret Elizabeth (1905-1959)" ''Dictionary of American library biography'', ed. by Bohdan S. Wynar. Littleton, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1978, pp 158-159.		*Shera, J. H. "Egan, Margaret Elizabeth (1905-1959)" ''Dictionary of American library biography'', ed. by Bohdan S. Wynar. Littleton, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1978, pp 158-159.
	*Furner, Jonathan. "'A brilliant mind': Margaret Egan and social epistemology." ''Library Trends'' 52, no 4 (Spring 2004): 792-809. [https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/items/1791]		*Furner, Jonathan. "'A brilliant mind': Margaret Egan and social epistemology." ''Library Trends'' 52, no 4 (Spring 2004): 792-809. [https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/items/1791]

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	== Publications ==		== Publications ==
			*"Foundations of a Theory of Bibliography." ''Library Quarterly'' 22, no 2 (1952): 125–137. With J. H. Shera.
			*Shera, J. H. & Egan, M. E. (1953). "A review of the present state of librarianship and documentation." In S. C. Bradford, ''Documentation'' 2nd ed., London: Crosby Lockwood, pp 11–45.

	== Further reading ==		== Further reading ==
	*Shera, J. H. "Egan, Margaret Elizabeth (1905-1959)" ''Dictionary of American library biography'', ed. by Bohdan S. Wynar. Littleton, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1978, pp 158-159.		*Shera, J. H. "Egan, Margaret Elizabeth (1905-1959)" ''Dictionary of American library biography'', ed. by Bohdan S. Wynar. Littleton, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1978, pp 158-159.
	*Furner, Jonathan. "'A brilliant mind': Margaret Egan and social epistemology." ''Library Trends'' 52, no 4 (Spring 2004): 792-809. [https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/items/1791]		*Furner, Jonathan. "'A brilliant mind': Margaret Egan and social epistemology." ''Library Trends'' 52, no 4 (Spring 2004): 792-809. [https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/items/1791]

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	'''Margaret Egan''' (1905-1959) was an American scholar and librarian.		'''Margaret Egan''' (1905-1959) was an American scholar and librarian.

			== Contributions ==
			The concept of social epistemology was developed in a paper co-authored by Margaret Egan and [[Jesse Hauk Shera\|Jesse Shera]]. Shera, who is widely associated with social epistemology, explicitly attributed both the term and the concept to Egan (Shera (1978, 159).

			== Publications ==


			== Further reading ==
			*Shera, J. H. "Egan, Margaret Elizabeth (1905-1959)" ''Dictionary of American library biography'', ed. by Bohdan S. Wynar. Littleton, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1978, pp 158-159.
			*Furner, Jonathan. "'A brilliant mind': Margaret Egan and social epistemology." ''Library Trends'' 52, no 4 (Spring 2004): 792-809. [https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/items/1791]

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