#  Foundational papers (May theme.....) 

 



 It's best to start with some key foundational papers in the collaborative/social annotation field.

 One paper is already mentioned on this site, and that is Wolfe and Neuwirth's [From the Margins to the Center: The Future of Annotation](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/105065190101500304), published over 20 years ago, in 2001!!!!

 Why is this work important?

 Another key work is *Annotation* by Kalir and Garcia, published in 2021

 Why is this work important?

 Comprehensive overview of what annotation can do (.....provide information, share commentary, express power, spark conversation, and aid learning)

 A draft copy of this book was posted online and received quite a few annotations by scholars active in the annotation field. Some of the annotations prompt further consideration of the topics discused, and add great value (.....like a dog-eared textbook that has helpful info added to the margins)

 To see the final published version, go to this [MIT press site](https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/annotation).

 To see the draft version with numerous annotations, click [here](https://mitpressonpubpub.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/926svib6/release/1).

 Last, but not least, is the earliest published paper on Perusall (that I'm aware of). It comes out of Eric Mazur's group at Harvard. You might already recognize the name, as Eric has made seminal contributions to the Peer Instruction field.

 Why is this work important?

 It demonstrates that collaborative annotation (through [Perusall in this study](https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2018.00008/full)) can provide a stimulus for reading uptake. 90–95% of students completed all but a few of the reading assignments before class if using Perusall, and also performed better on an exam than those students who took the same class without using Perusall.