There are five assigned texts, which you will be expected to read for class at the rate of one per week, to be discussed on Mondays:

Information as Problem: Ronald Day, The Modern Invention of Information: Discourse, History, and Power

Information and Identity: Sherry Turkle, Alone Together: Why we expect more from technology and less from each other

Information Infrastructure: Geoffrey C. Bowker and Susan Leigh Star, Sorting Things Out: Classification and Its Consequences

Information Institutions: Bonnie Nardi and Vicki O'Day, Information Ecologies: Using Technology with Heart

Information as Work: Christopher Kelty, Two Bits: The Cultural Significance of Free Software

You should be able to buy these texts from the Coop or online, whichever you choose.

Shorter readings listed in the class schedule will be available on the Canvas site for this course or via the library website or on the open Web.

If you feel you need more background in any specific area, check the Resources page, where you will find a list of more than 100 relevant books.