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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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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 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. [1]