One last class… August 13, 2009

Wow! All of a sudden–at least this how it feels to us–the class is about over. In fact, tomorrow is our last class! Megan will be tying together a bunch of themes from the class together in a short presentation about her research on the history of information infrastructure in times of crisis. And thenView Full Page…

Final essay topics were posted last week… August 9, 2009

Just a reminder that you can find complete instructions for the final essay here. Read the details very carefully and let us know if you have any questions. Feel free to email us for appointments early this week. Good luck! We’re looking forward to reading some interesting arguments!

August 5: research project reports due! August 4, 2009

A lengthy bSpace announcement went out this morning reminding you that the research write ups are due tomorrow. We are so excited to see your final reports!  Please don’t forget that we are going to be posting your write up and bibliography on this site.  Also, if you want us to post your slides, pleaseView Full Page…

Research group presentations start today! July 31, 2009

Reminder that besides being joined by Professor Michael Buckland today, we have our first round of research group presentations. Come and learn what your fellow classmates will contribute to our history of information. Today’s line up features a set of presentations looking at issues of information use around WWII. We’ll be hearing about FDR andView Full Page…

Guidelines for research project write-up have been updated July 29, 2009

We have just sent out the guidelines for the research project write-up via a bspace announcement. Please check the announcements tab on bspace for your email address that is on record at Cal in order to see it. Or, ask a friend!

bspace and announcements July 8, 2009

Hopefully all of you have been getting emails from “bspace.” For those of you who have no idea what bspace is, it’s software designed to help manage different aspects of the course. We will primarily be using it as a way to keep an online gradebook, upload various resources, and sending out announcements. Accessing bspaceView Full Page…