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The European information society. (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Duff, A. (2008, November). The European information society. Paper presented at 25th Anniversary Conference of the Japan Society of Information and Communication Research, Tokyo, Japan

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..

Using eye-tracking to evaluate label alignment in online forms (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Das, S., McEwan, T., & Douglas, D. (2008, October). Using eye-tracking to evaluate label alignment in online forms

We analyse the usability of different label positions in online forms, using an eye-tracking system, with a small sample of UK university-educated users. The results unexpectedly contradict Wroblewski, and recommend right-aligned labels, at least in... Read More about Using eye-tracking to evaluate label alignment in online forms.

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..

R. H. Tawney. (2008)
Book Chapter
Duff, A. (2007). R. H. Tawney. In International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, 271-272. Macmillan Reference USA

Social exchange, social capital and information sharing in online environments: lessons from three case studies. (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hall, H., & Widen-Wulff, G. (2008, June). Social exchange, social capital and information sharing in online environments: lessons from three case studies. Paper presented at USE-2008: From information provision to knowledge production

This paper covers the themes of exchange theory, social exchange theory and social capital as related to information and knowledge sharing in online environments. It presents findings from three cases where individuals were encouraged to share inform... Read More about Social exchange, social capital and information sharing in online environments: lessons from three case studies..

Library 2.0 and UK academic libraries: drivers and impacts (2007)
Journal Article
Shoniwa, P., & Hall, H. (2007). Library 2.0 and UK academic libraries: drivers and impacts. New Review of Information Networking, 13(2), 69-79. https://doi.org/10.1080/13614570801899975

At a time that the term “Library 2.0” has attracted attention in the professional and academic press of library and information science, there appears to be a lack of consensus as to what this nomenclature actually means. At one extreme Library 2.0 i... Read More about Library 2.0 and UK academic libraries: drivers and impacts.

The emergent ICT culture of Parliamentarians (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smith, C. F., & Webster, W. (2007, September). The emergent ICT culture of Parliamentarians. Paper presented at XXIth meeting of the Permanent Study Group on E-Government (Information and Communications Technologies in Public Administration), European Group of Public Administration Annual Conference

Technologies such as the web and email have been seen to offer new capabilities through which traditional representative arrangements can be reinvigorated and renewed. This paper explores the ways in which information and communications technologies... Read More about The emergent ICT culture of Parliamentarians.

Urban Regeneration and Sustainable Communities: The Role of Networks, Innovation, and Creativity in Building Successful Partnerships (2007)
Journal Article
Deakin, M., & Allwinkle, S. (2007). Urban Regeneration and Sustainable Communities: The Role of Networks, Innovation, and Creativity in Building Successful Partnerships. Journal of Urban Technology, 14(1), 77-91. https://doi.org/10.1080/10630730701260118

The following examination goes against the current trend in policy on urban regeneration partnerships by relaxing the assumption that they represent virtuous circles of mutually reinforcing actions that are good in their own right. It does this by... Read More about Urban Regeneration and Sustainable Communities: The Role of Networks, Innovation, and Creativity in Building Successful Partnerships.

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?.

Better out than in? Issues and implications of outsourced research and information services for business information professionals. (2007)
Journal Article
Goody, M., & Hall, H. (2007). Better out than in? Issues and implications of outsourced research and information services for business information professionals. Business Information Review, 25(1), 36-42. https://doi.org/10.1177/0266382107075927

The term “outsourcing” represents a number of activities related to the delegation of work from one unit to a third party. There are different “flavours” of outsourcing: the understanding of the term depends upon whether the work is delegated to a th... Read More about Better out than in? Issues and implications of outsourced research and information services for business information professionals..

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

An intelligent front-end for government websites. (2006)
Book Chapter
Cruickshank, P., & Macintosh, A. (2006). An intelligent front-end for government websites. In P. Cunningham, & M. Cunningham (Eds.), Exploiting the Knowledge Economy: Issues, Applications and Case Studies (427-434). IOS press

The HANDS question-answering and direction application, consisting of Answer Tree and Address Guesser modules is described in relation to the EDEN project from which it is derived. The use of an Open Source (OSS) model for application development and... Read More about An intelligent front-end for government websites..

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’.

Informatisation: libraries and the exploitation of electronic information services. (2006)
Book Chapter
Duff, A. (2006). Informatisation: libraries and the exploitation of electronic information services. In A. Black, & P. Hoare (Eds.), The Cambridge History of Libraries in Britain and Ireland: 1850-2000 (627-638). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CHOL9780521780971.051

Modern librarianship has been shaped by many factors, socio-cultural, political, economic and demographic, but there is a strong case – although not necessarily a technologically deterministic one – for the assertion that technological change has bee... Read More about Informatisation: libraries and the exploitation of electronic information services..