Experts examine ways in which the use of increasingly powerful and versatile digital information and communication technologies are transforming research activities across all disciplines.Advances in information and communication technology are transforming the way scholarly research is conducted across all disciplines. The use of increasingly powerful and versatile computer-based and networked systems promises to change research activity as profoundly as the mobile phone, the Internet, and email have changed everyday life. This book offers a comprehensive and accessible view of the use of these new approaches—called “e-Research”—and their ethical, legal, and institutional implications. The contributors, leading scholars from a range of disciplines, focus on how e-Research is reshaping not only how research is done but also, and more important, its outcomes. By anchoring their discussion in specific examples and case studies, they identify and analyze a promising set of practical developments and results associated with e-Research innovations. The contributors, who include Geoffrey Bowker, Christine Borgman, Paul Edwards, Tim Berners-Lee, and Hal Abelson, explain why and how e-Research activity can reconfigure access to networks of information, expertise, and experience, changing what researchers observe, with whom they collaborate, how they share information, what methods they use to report their findings, and what knowledge is required to do this. They discuss both the means of e-Research (new research-centered computational networks) and its purpose (to improve the quality of world-wide research).

edited by William H. Dutton and Paul W. Jeffreys; foreword by Ian Goldin

Dutton, William H., 1947-; Jeffreys, Paul W., 1954-

Paul W Jeffreys; William H Dutton; Project Muse

Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press

AAAI Press

UPCC book collections on Project MUSE, Cambridge, Mass, c2010

United States, United States of America

Cambridge, Mass, Massachusetts, 2010

Cambridge (Mass.), cop. 2010

New, PS, 2010

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Here, Experts Examine Ways In Which The Use Of Increasingly Powerful And Versatile Digital Information And Communication Technologies Are Transforming Research Activities Across All Disciplines. I. Foundations -- -- Reconfiguring Access In Research : Information, Expertise, And Experience / William H. Dutton -- The Long Now Of Cyberinfrastructure / Geoffrey C. Bowker ... [et Al.] -- Identifying Winners And Losers : The Role Of Webometrics / Mike Thelwall -- Superstar Concentrations Of Scientific Output And Recognition / Robert Ackland -- The Developing Conception Of E- Research / Paul W. Jeffreys -- Research Platforms In The Cloud / Tony Hey, Roger Barga And Savas Parastatidis -- The New E- Research / David De Roure -- The Promises And Threats Of E- Research In The Strategies Of Firms And Nations / John Taylor -- -- Ii. State Of The Practice -- -- Digital Resources And The Future Of Libraries / Eric T. Meyer, Christine Madsen And Jenny Fry -- Data Webs For Image Repositories / David Shotton -- Digital Technology And Ancient Manuscripts / Alan Bowman -- Key Digital Technologies To Deal With Data / Yorick A. Wilks And Matthijs Den Besten -- Embedded Networked Sensing / Christine L. Borgman -- Identifying Digital Objects / Michael A. Fraser -- Use Of The Semantic Web In E- Research / Kieron O'hara ... [et Al.] -- Embedding E- Research Applications : Designing For Usability / Grace De La Flor ... [et Al.] -- Trusted Computing Platforms / Andrew Martin -- Social Networking And E- Research / Mike Thelwall Edited By William H. Dutton And Paul W. Jeffreys ; With A Foreword By Ian Goldin. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

Experts examine ways in which the use of increasingly powerful and versatile digital information and communication technologies are transforming research activities across all disciplines. Advances in information and communication technology are transforming the way scholarly research is conducted across all disciplines. The use of increasingly powerful and versatile computer-based and networked systems promises to change research activity as profoundly as the mobile phone, the Internet, and email have changed everyday life. This book offers a comprehensive and accessible view of the use of these new approachescalled e-Researchand their ethical, legal, and institutional implications. The contributors, leading scholars from a range of disciplines, focus on how e-Research is reshaping not only how research is done but also, and more important, its outcomes. By anchoring their discussion in specific examples and case studies, they identify and analyze a promising set of practical developments and results associated with e-Research innovations. The contributors, who include Geoffrey Bowker, Christine Borgman, Paul Edwards, Tim Berners-Lee, and Hal Abelson, explain why and how e-Research activity can reconfigure access to networks of information, expertise, and experience, changing what researchers observe, with whom they collaborate, how they share information, what methods they use to report their findings, and what knowledge is required to do this. They discuss both the means of e-Research (new research-centered computational networks) and its purpose (to improve the quality of world-wide research).

xix, 382 p. : 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index

2024-07-01