Research Paper

There are two options for this paper.

Option #1

For this assignment, you will prepare a paper (12-15 pages, 12-point font, 1-inch margins, double spaced) that centers on one of the theories, principles, issues, or tools of Web 2.0/Library 2.0.  It should contain a thorough literature review, reflect your logically expressed opinions, and offer ideas and solutions for the future of libraries and information centers in a 2.0 world.

It may be helpful to identify a specific issue or problem discussed in class and follow up with more research and reflection.  You may also identify an existing LIS problem or issue that you think Web 2.0/Library 2.0 theory and practice can be used to address.

You will review the literature to see what experts have written including Buckland, Rheingold and other library theorists, mine the recent professional literature on L2 thinking and concepts, add your own analysis that advances the discussion of the topic, and examine implications for practice.  In other words, you are not merely summarizing what others have said.  Rather, you are reviewing existing literature, developing your own argument, and then drawing meaningful conclusions that synthesize your ideas with the historical perspectives and research done to date.

Please post a 200 word abstract of your paper on your blog the week the paper is due.

Use a standard citation format (MLA, APA, Chicago/Turabian) and be consistent.

Opion #2:

For this assignment, you will prepare a paper (12-15 pages, 12-point font, 1-inch margins, double spaced) that centers on the main concepts or ideas of your chosen context book. You will demonstrate how those concepts or ideas apply to the value set, philosophies, theories, or issues of Library 2.0 and/or Web 2.0.

While your paper will draw heavily from your context book, it should also contain a literature review, reflect your own logically expressed opinions, and offer ideas and solutions for the future of libraries and information centers in a 2.0 world.

Be sure to discuss the core issues of your context book, as it  must be briefly reviewed to set up your response to the book and its applications to Library 2.0/or Web 2.0.  You are not merely summarizing what others have said or what the author of your context book has written.  Rather, you are using critical thinking, analysis and reflection of your book’s issue(s) and existing literature to develop your own argument, and then drawing meaningful conclusions that synthesize your ideas with the historical perspectives and research done to date. It will be helpful to reflect upon and build off specific issues and/or problems discussed in class and to reference L2 theorists such as Buckland, Rheingold, etc.

Please post a 200 word abstract of your paper on your blog the week the paper is due.

Use a standard citation format (MLA, APA, Chicago/Turabian) and be consistent.

Grading Rubric for Research Paper: LIS768ResearchPaperRubric1209