Question

‘J.H.Shera‘ divided Information in to how many types ?​

Answer 1

Answer:

LIBRARY TRENDS, Vol. 52, No. 4, Spring 2004, pp. 792–809

© 2004 The Board of Trustees, University of Illinois

“A Brilliant Mind”: Margaret Egan and

Social Epistemology

Jonathan Furner

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 Library Quarterly in 1952; this article marked the fi rst appearance of in 1952; this article marked the first 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.

1. Introduction

In the April 1952 issue of Library Quarterly (LQ), Margaret Egan and ), Margaret Egan and

Jesse Shera of the University of Chicago’s Graduate Library School copublished what came to be regarded as a seminal article in the history of library

and information science (Egan & Shera, 1952). Seven years later Egan had

died, and Shera was left to develop the arguments begun in 1952 (see, for

example, Shera, 1960, 1968a, 1970a). Over the last half century, citations

have occasionally been made to the original article; more often than not,

however, the citations have been to Shera’s sole-authored publications in

which he refi nes the ideas presented in 1952. It is Shera’s name that seems

to have become associated in common consciousness with the ideas contained in the original article. Yet there are indications—deriving in part

from Shera’s own statements—that Egan deserves rather more credit than

she has historically received. In this article, I examine the hypothesis that it

Jonathan Furner, Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, University of California, Los Angeles

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Answer 2

The answer would be that J. H. Shera had divided the information into six different types.

• Information can be defined as a piece of stated fact that is given against a person or some object.
• Information can also be termed as a statement that could bring out uncertainty.
• A piece of information can be obtained by establishing and supplementing data in a person's conscious mind.

J. H. Shera had divided the term 'information' into six different types. The following are the types of information:

1. Conceptual type of Information
2. Imperial type of Information
3. Policy type of Information
4. Procultural type of Information
5. Directive type of Information
6. Stimulatory type of Information

Hence, the correct answer will be (a). six different types of information were created and defined by J. H. Shera.

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