All Outputs (86)

Listening, Corporeality, Place and Presence (2009)
Book Chapter
Turner, S., McGregor, I., & Turner, P. (2009). Listening, Corporeality, Place and Presence. In P. Turner, S. Turner, & E. Davenport (Eds.), Exploration of Space, Technology, and Spatiality: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (113-127). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-020-2.ch009

This chapter considers the role of sound, and more specifically, listening, in creating a sense of presence (of "being there") in "places" recreated by virtual reality technologies. We first briefly review the treatment of sound in place and presence... Read More about Listening, Corporeality, Place and Presence.

Conflicts of jurisdiction: An exploratory study of academic, professional, and epistemological norms in library and information science (2009)
Journal Article
Cronin, B., & Davenport, E. (2009). Conflicts of jurisdiction: An exploratory study of academic, professional, and epistemological norms in library and information science. Libri, 46, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1515/libr.1996.46.1.1

Library and information science (LIS) faculty, like their peers in other professional schools, are subject to the demands of at times conflicting jurisdictions: research productivity may clash with professional service, theory building with the devel... Read More about Conflicts of jurisdiction: An exploratory study of academic, professional, and epistemological norms in library and information science.

Knowledge networking in a public service agency: contextual challenges and infrastructure issues. (2008)
Book Chapter
Davenport, E., & Rasmussen, L. (2008). Knowledge networking in a public service agency: contextual challenges and infrastructure issues. In T. K. Srikantaiah, & M. Koenig (Eds.), Knowledge Management in Practice: Connections and Context (445-462). Information Today, Inc

The chapter presents a study of knowledge networking in a public sector agency (PuSA) in the UK, where a number of knowledge management initiatives have been introduced since the inception of the UK ‘Modernising government’ programme of 1999. PuSa is... Read More about Knowledge networking in a public service agency: contextual challenges and infrastructure issues..

Space, place and memory prosthetics. (2008)
Book Chapter
Turner, P. (2008). Space, place and memory prosthetics. In P. Turner, S. Turner, & E. Davenport (Eds.), Exploration of Space, Technology and Spatiality: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (183-195). Idea Press. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-020-2.ch014

Recent years have witnessed a number of initiatives to develop technology (“memory prosthetics”) to enhance and extend human memory. Typical of these is “Memories for Life,” which is one of the Grand Challenges in Computing identified by the British... Read More about Space, place and memory prosthetics..

Exploration of Space, Technology, and Spatiality: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (2008)
Book
Davenport, E., Turner, P., & Turner, S. (Eds.). (2008). Exploration of Space, Technology, and Spatiality: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-020-2

The emerging study of technology in space has been shaping human interaction with physical, social, and technological worlds. Drawing upon a wide range of information technology disciplines, this field is now grabbing the attention of many, including... Read More about Exploration of Space, Technology, and Spatiality: Interdisciplinary Perspectives.

Where and When was Knowledge Managed? (2007)
Book Chapter
Davenport, E., & Horton, K. (2007). Where and When was Knowledge Managed?. In R. Day, & C. McInerney (Eds.), Rethinking Knowledge Management; Information Science and Knowledge Management (171-185). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-71011-6_7

The chapter presents a case study of new technology in a rapid response social work unit that is part of an e-government program in a Scottish municipality.
The objective of the project was to improve the configuration and delivery of resources for... Read More about Where and When was Knowledge Managed?.

Rethinking e-Government Research: The ‘ideology-artefact complex’ (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Davenport, E., & Horton, K. (2006, October). Rethinking e-Government Research: The ‘ideology-artefact complex’. Presented at 6TH IFIP International Conference on e-Commerce, e-Business, and e-Government (13E 2006), Turku, Finland

The authors present a framework for e-government research that draws heavily on Iacono and Kling’s work on computerization movements. They build on this work by appropriating cognate studies of organizational informatics by Kling and his colleagues,... Read More about Rethinking e-Government Research: The ‘ideology-artefact complex’.

Where and when was Knowledge Managed? Exploring multiple versions of KM in organizations (2006)
Book Chapter
Davenport, E., & Horton, K. (2006). Where and when was Knowledge Managed? Exploring multiple versions of KM in organizations. In R. Day, & C. McInerney (Eds.), Beyond KM: From Knowledge Management to Knowledge Processes. Springer-Verlag

Initiating e-Participation Through a Knowledge Working Network (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rasmussen, L., Davenport, E., & Horton, K. (2006, October). Initiating e-Participation Through a Knowledge Working Network

The authors present a study of e-participation within a public sector agency (PSA), where a number of knowledge management initiatives have been introduced since the inception of the UK 'Modernising government' programme of 1999. The agency has attem... Read More about Initiating e-Participation Through a Knowledge Working Network.

Managing social capital. (2006)
Journal Article
Davenport, E., & Snyder, H. (2006). Managing social capital. Annual Review of Information Science and Technology, 39, 515-550. https://doi.org/10.1002/aris.1440390119

The production of service in the digital city: a social informatics inquiry. (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Davenport, E., & Horton, K. (2006, September). The production of service in the digital city: a social informatics inquiry. Presented at Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Human Choice and Computers (HCC7), IFIP TC 9, Maribor, Slovenia

The authors discuss eGovernment as a computerization movement, and present a case study of a small project that was part of a modernising government initiative in a UK municipality. The case is analysed by means of an analytic construct, the technolo... Read More about The production of service in the digital city: a social informatics inquiry..

Inclusion or alienation? computer literacy in a group of older people. (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Davenport, E., Turner, P., & Van de Walle, G. (2006, July). Inclusion or alienation? computer literacy in a group of older people. Paper presented at IFIP 8.2 Working Conference on Social Exclusion--Societal and Organisational Implications for Information Systems

Shifting presence in the classroom. (2005)
Book Chapter
Davenport, E., & Buckner, K. (2005). Shifting presence in the classroom. In P. Turner, & E. Davenport (Eds.), Spaces, Spatiality and Technology (31-44). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3273-0_4

The Tourist Gaze: contextualised virtual environments. (2005)
Book Chapter
Turner, P., Turner, S., & Carroll, F. (2005). The Tourist Gaze: contextualised virtual environments. In P. Turner, & E. Davenport (Eds.), Spaces, Spatiality and Technology (281-297). Springer-Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3273-0_19

Space, time, agency and the texture of service in the digital city. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Davenport, E., & Horton, K. (2005, June). Space, time, agency and the texture of service in the digital city

Understanding sociotechnical action: an introduction to the special issue. (2005)
Journal Article
Horton, K., Davenport, E., & Wood-Harper, T. (2005). Understanding sociotechnical action: an introduction to the special issue. International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction, 1, 1-6

No abstract available. Item is Editorial preface to special issue.

Spaces, Spatiality and Technology (2005)
Book
Turner, P., & Davenport, E. (Eds.). (2005). Spaces, Spatiality and Technology. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3273-0

Articulating the Sense of Place Experienced by Visitors to the Jencks Landform (2005)
Book Chapter
Smyth, M. (2005). Articulating the Sense of Place Experienced by Visitors to the Jencks Landform. In P. Turner, & E. Davenport (Eds.), Spaces, Spatiality and Technology (249-260). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3273-0_17

Exploring sociotechnical interaction with Rob Kling: five “big” ideas (2005)
Journal Article
Wood‐Harper, T., Horton, K., Davenport, E., & Wood-Harper, T. (2005). Exploring sociotechnical interaction with Rob Kling: five “big” ideas. Information Technology and People, 18(1), 50-67. https://doi.org/10.1108/09593840510584621

Purpose – To provide a view of Rob Kling’s contribution to socio-technical studies of work.
Design/methodology/approach – The five “big ideas” discussed are signature themes in Kling’s own work in the informatics domain, and of his intellectual lega... Read More about Exploring sociotechnical interaction with Rob Kling: five “big” ideas.

Managing social capital as knowledge management – some specification and representation issues. (2005)
Journal Article
Davenport, E., Graham, M., Kennedy, J., & Taylor, K. (2005). Managing social capital as knowledge management – some specification and representation issues. Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 40, 101-108. https://doi.org/10.1002/meet.1450400113

‘Classic’ accounts of social capital have emerged
in accounts of stable networks or institutional
environments. These conditions do not apply in
the case of many firms – a case in point being
small firm networks that rely on rapid turnover of
pr... Read More about Managing social capital as knowledge management – some specification and representation issues..