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Footnote

The editorial and peer review processes appear to be slightly spotty in application. All of the 55 papers are in English but a few of them are in such need of basic editing that they are almost incomprehensible in sections. Consider, for example, the following: "So, the meaning of region where we are studying on, should be discovered and then affect on the final plan" (p. 346). The collection shows a strong array of methodological approaches including quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods studies; however, a few of the research efforts exhibit fundamental design flaws. Consider, for example, the study that "set[s] out to show that nurses as care-givers find it difficult to transfer any previously acquired technological skills into their work based on technology needs (p. 187). After studying 39 female and 6 male nurses, this study finds, not surprisingly, exactly what it "set out" to find. Rather than noting the limitations of sample size and data gathering techniques, the paper firmly concludes that nurses can be technologists "only in areas of technology that support their primary role as carers" (p. 188). Finally, some of the papers do not report on original research but are competent, if brief, summaries of theories or concepts that are covered in equal depth elsewhere. For example, a three-page summary of "the major personality and learning theories" (p. 3) is useful but lacks the intellectual depth or insight needed to contribute substantially to the field. These problems with composition, methodological rigor, and theoretical depth are not uncommon in papers designed for a broadly defined conference theme. The authors may have been writing for an in-person audience and anticipating thoughtful postpresentation discussions; they probably had no idea of the heavy price tag put on their work. The editors, however, might have kept that $256 in mind and exercised a heavier editorial hand. Perhaps the publisher could have paid for a careful subject indexing of the work as a substantive addition to the author index provided. The complexity of the subject domains included in the volume certainly merits careful indexing.

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22. 3.2008 12:21:28

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Footnote

Rez. in: JASIST 57(2006) no.12, S.1709-1710 (Y. Awazu): "This hook presents a collection of research studies on the creation, use, and deployment of digital information. According to the editors, the goal of the book is "to present results of scientific research on (I) how digital information has to be designed, (2) how artifacts or systems containing digital content should maximize usability, and (3) how context can influence the nature and efficiency of digital communication" (p. 2). Contributors to this volume have a wide assortment of backgrounds in information science, classical studies, cognitive science, information systems, and organizational sciences. The editors did an excellent job in designing the book. Each chapter is unique in its theory and method. The editors successfully put these unique chapters into the life-cycle view of information: creation, use, and deployment. . . . I would highly recommend this book as a supplementary text for graduate classes in information science, especially those dealing with the design of information systems. It was a pleasure to read this book, and I believe that readers will certainly gain from the wealth of knowledge and insights contained in the volume."

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Editor

Gendolla, P.

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Editor

Schuler, D. u. P. Day

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Rez. in: JASIST 57(2006) no.5, S.724-725 (P.K. Nayar): "The network society (Castells, 1996) calls for radically new definitions of the public sphere. and this is what Shaping the Network Society's essays set out to do. The first section lays out the essential issues at stake here: human rights, the sociology of cyberspace. and globalization. Oliver BoydBarrett characterizes cyberspace as exclusive. Pointing to the almost total corporate control of the technologies of cyberspace. Boyd-Barrett argues that any attempt of huge corporate bodies to get into grassroots democracy should be viewed with suspicion. The institution of a public sphere. argues Boyd-Barrett, must begin with an assessment of how far the Internet at fords a space of contestation of elitist governing frameworks. Gary Chapman looks at Italy's slow food movement as a counter to the technoglobalist trends, and suggests that the globaltechnological imperative must not be allowed to occlude human values. Rather we need a social imperative here. one which thinks about technology as "malleable, as capable of serving human-determined ends" (p. 64). Cees Hamelink discusses how four rights-right to speech. democratic order, equal participation in social life. and cultural identity are threatened by what he terms the billboardization of society in the networked age. In the second section a range of case studies are presented. Kate Williams and Abdul Alkalimat survey every public computing facility in Toledo (Ohio) to map the parameters of public access to information and decision-making. They conclude that government public computing sites arc situated randomly, community sites are in economically rich or poor (but not middle-stratum) localities, and that commercial and university sites are influenced by market forces. They suggest that future research must necessarily focus on what forms of cyberpower emerge through such use of public computing.
Geert Lovnik and Patrice Riemens explore the digital culture of Amsterdam to show how. despite the techno-social idealism of the early years of the public sphere Digital City project. the culture ran into problems. Susan Finquelievich studies the practices of civic networks in Buenos Aires and Montevideo to demonstrate how local sociohistorical conditions have shaped the technology's development. Veran Matic focuses on the role of media in defending human rights in a hostile environment (former Yugoslavia). Media, she notes, need not necessarily he (or become) a tool of fascist forces, but can he used to generate resistance and to forge a democratic public sphere. Scott Robinson looks at Mexico's telecenter movement to argue that these cybercafes are likely to become an institution for the new Second World of immigrants and refugees. through socially relevant functions. Fiorella de Cindio looks at one of the worlds most significant community networks that of Milan. She demonstrates how local citizens have used information and communication technologies to build a viable. and potentially empowering, participatory public sphere in academia, computer-supported cooperative work, participatory design, and civil engagement (what she calls genes). The third section, -'Building a New Public Sphere in Cyberspace," pros- ides a series of suggestions and frameworks for the spacing of public space through information and communications technologies. Craig Calhoun argues that a global public sphere is indispensable to the formation of a global democracy. Public discourse can still fight commercialism and violence to form a more democratic civil society. Howard Rheingold the great enthusiast of virtual worlds-performs an intricate mix of autobiographical reflection and speculation when he writes of the role of the new technologies. Rheingold, despite his fetishistic enthusiasm for technology and online community, is cautious when it comes to crucial issues such as the creation of democratic public spheres, arguing that we require a great deal more serious thinking on matters of ownership and control (over the technology). He argues that if citizens lose our freedom to communicate, then even the powerful potential of the Net to create electronic democracy will be fatal illusion (p. 275). Nancy Kranich turns to public libraries as the site of potential democratic society, arguing that as sites of informationdissemination. public libraries can become a commons for the exchange of ideas and social interaction. David Silver compares the Blacksburg Electronic Village (BEV) to the Seattle Community Network the former funded by corporations and the state, the latter built essentially out of and through volunteer efforts. Silver, in characteristic style. looks at the historical archaeologies of the networks to show how sociohistorical contexts shape certain kinds of public spheres (and public discourse). going on to ask how, these networks can overcome these contexts to achieve their original goals. He warns that we need to uncover the histories of such networks because they inform the kinds of interactions of communities that exist within them. Douglas Morris analyzes the Independent Media Centre (IMO) Movement of antiglobalization activists to argue that alternative viewpoints and ideological differences can he aired, debated, and appropriated through the new technologies in order to fight corporate and commercial forces.

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Enthält die Beiträge: World Libraries on the Information Superhighway: Internet-based Library Services (John Carlo) - Gateways to the Internet: Finding Quality Information on the Internet (Adrienne Franco) - Access in a Networked World: Scholars Portal in Context (Jerry D. Campbell) - Government Information on the Internet (Greg R. Notess) - Creating the Front Door to Government: A Case Study of the Firstgov Portal (Patricia Diamond Fletcher) - The Invisible Web: Uncovering Sources Search Engines Can't See," Chris Sherman and Gary Price) - Web Search: Emerging Patterns (Amanda Spink) - Copyright Law and Organizing the Internet (Rebecca P. Butler) - A Survey of Metadata Research for Organizing the Web (Jane L. Hunter) - Can Document-genre Metadata Improve Information Access to Large Digital Collections? (Kevin Crowston and Barbara H. Kwasnik) - Web-based Organizational Tools and Techniques in Support of Learning (Don E. Descy)

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Footnote

Rez. in: JASIST 55(2004) no.11, S.1025-1026 (D.E. Agosto): ""Did you ever feel as though the Internet has caused you to lose control of your library?" So begins the introduction to this volume of over 50 articles, essays, library policies, and other documents from a variety of sources, most of which are library journals aimed at practitioners. Volume editor Block has a long history of library service as well as an active career as an online journalist. From 1977 to 1999 she was the Associate Director of Public Services at the St. Ambrose University library in Davenport, Iowa. She was also a Fox News Online weekly columnist from 1998 to 2000. She currently writes for and publishes the weekly ezine Exlibris, which focuses an the use of computers, the Internet, and digital databases to improve library services. Despite the promising premise of this book, the final product is largely a disappointment because of the superficial coverage of its issues. A listing of the most frequently represented sources serves to express the general level and style of the entries: nine articles are reprinted from Computers in Libraries, five from Library Journal, four from Library Journal NetConnect, four from ExLibris, four from American Libraries, three from College & Research Libraries News, two from Online, and two from The Chronicle of Higher Education. Most of the authors included contributed only one item, although Roy Tennant (manager of the California Digital Library) authored three of the pieces, and Janet L. Balas (library information systems specialist at the Monroeville Public Library in Pennsylvania) and Karen G. Schneider (coordinator of lii.org, the Librarians' Index to the Internet) each wrote two. Volume editor Block herself wrote six of the entries, most of which have been reprinted from ExLibris. Reading the volume is muck like reading an issue of one of these journals-a pleasant experience that discusses issues in the field without presenting much research. Net Effects doesn't offer much in the way of theory or research, but then again it doesn't claim to. Instead, it claims to be an "idea book" (p. 5) with practical solutions to Internet-generated library problems. While the idea is a good one, little of the material is revolutionary or surprising (or even very creative), and most of the solutions offered will already be familiar to most of the book's intended audience.
Unlike muck of the professional library literature, Net Effects is not an open-aimed embrace of technology. Block even suggests that it is helpful to have a Luddite or two an each library staff to identify the setbacks associated with technological advances in the library. Each of the book's 10 chapters deals with one Internet-related problem, such as "Chapter 4-The Shifted Librarian: Adapting to the Changing Expectations of Our Wired (and Wireless) Users," or "Chapter 8-Up to Our Ears in Lawyers: Legal Issues Posed by the Net." For each of these 10 problems, multiple solutions are offered. For example, for "Chapter 9-Disappearing Data," four solutions are offered. These include "Link-checking," "Have a technological disaster plan," "Advise legislators an the impact proposed laws will have," and "Standards for preservation of digital information." One article is given to explicate each of these four solutions. A short bibliography of recommended further reading is also included for each chapter. Block provides a short introduction to each chapter, and she comments an many of the entries. Some of these comments seem to be intended to provide a research basis for the proposed solutions, but they tend to be vague generalizations without citations, such as, "We know from research that students would rather ask each other for help than go to adults. We can use that (p. 91 )." The original publication dates of the entries range from 1997 to 2002, with the bulk falling into the 2000-2002 range. At up to 6 years old, some of the articles seem outdated, such as a 2000 news brief announcing the creation of the first "customizable" public library Web site (www.brarydog.net). These critiques are not intended to dismiss the volume entirely. Some of the entries are likely to find receptive audiences, such as a nuts-and-bolts instructive article for making Web sites accessible to people with disabilities. "Providing Equitable Access," by Cheryl H. Kirkpatrick and Catherine Buck Morgan, offers very specific instructions, such as how to renovate OPAL workstations to suit users with "a wide range of functional impairments." It also includes a useful list of 15 things to do to make a Web site readable to most people with disabilities, such as, "You can use empty (alt) tags (alt="') for images that serve a purely decorative function. Screen readers will skip empty (alt) tags" (p. 157). Information at this level of specificity can be helpful to those who are faced with creating a technological solution for which they lack sufficient technical knowledge or training.

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- Gut aufgehoben? Virtuelle Wissensnetze Das Internet mit seinen niedrigen Zugangsbarrieren, den vielfältigen Kommunikationsmodi und der relativen Anonymität bietet sich als Medium zur professionellen Beratung ebenso an wie für Selbsthilfegruppen. Welche Erfahrungen haben Praktiker in der Beratung von Hilfesuchenden machen können, welche Informationen und Ratschläge lassen sich über das Netz transportieren? Aber auch zu unproblematischeren Themen entwickeln sich Gemeinschaften, Wissensbörsen und Ratschläge-Foren. Hier stehen Expertenportale mit anscheinend vertrauenswürdigem Wissen gleichberechtigt neben Laienwissen. Risau, P. u. M. Schumacher: Online-Beratung im Netz. Hilfe oder Scharlatanerie? Schlieker, C. u. K. Lehmann: Verknüpft, Verknüpfter, Wikis Klein, A.: »Ihr Seid Voll Col«. Online-Beratung für Jugendliche Neller, M.: Geburt eines Kritikers. Wie Kunden zu Rezensenten werden Döring, N. u. S. Pöschl: Wissenskommunikation in Chats - Von der Information zum Wissen. Digitale Lernprozesse Nicht allein der Computer, auch das Medium Internet ist dabei Aus- und Weiterbildung zu verändern. In Zeiten, in denen Bildung per se in der Krise steckt, versuchen verschiedene Akteure daher Bildung zu digitalisieren: unter Geld- und Zeitdruck die Unternehmen; unter Rechtfertigungsdruck die Universitäten. Viele Chancen stecken in den neuen Möglichkeiten, viele Erfahrungen gilt es aber auch noch zu machen. Im Kapitel »Digitale Lernprozesse« werden Visionen und tatsächliche Schritte in Richtung digitaler und medial vermittelter Bildung beschrieben. Hoffmeister, K.: Von der Überflüssigkeit eines Begriffs. Bildung mit E-Learning Wischer, B.: Blühende Lernwelten. E-Learning in der Hochschullehre Müller, D.: Zwischen Realem und Virtuellem. Mixed-Reality in der technischen Bildung Payome, T.: Berufen zum Teletutor? Interview mit Kerstin Ackermann-Stommel - The New Frontier. Wissenschaft in einer neuen Welt Wissenschaft an Universitäten und Abteilungen für Forschung & Entwicklung in Unternehmen sind die Orte, an denen neues Wissen erzeugt wird. Erlangt werden die Erkenntnisse dabei zunehmend in globalen Zusammenhängen und Netzwerken. Das Internet bildet hier die kommunikative Grundlage und greift tief in die tradierten Strukturen der Wissensproduktion ein. Das Kapitel fragt nach den Herausforderungen und Chancen, die sich für Wissenschaftler durch die Netzwerkmedien ergeben. Thomas, N.: Wissenschaft in der digitalen Welt Schmidt, J.: Online-Forschung. Wissen über das Netz Schelske, A. u. P. Wippermann: Trendforschung im Netz der Zeichen Passek, O.: Open Access. Freie Erkenntnis für freie Wirtschaft Berliner Erklärung über offenen Zugang zu wissenschaftlichem Wissen Plass, C.: Warum wir Online-Zeitschriften brauchen. Interview mit Katja Mruck - Bilder-Wissen. Die Macht der Oberflächen Was sozial als ästhetisch und was als erkenntnisträchtig gilt, wird durch das technische Bild ebenso neu beantwortet wie die Frage, was als »real« zu gelten hat. Der Revolution bildhafter Darstetlungs- und Wahrnehmungsweisen geht dieses Kapitel nach. Richard, B.: Bilderkrieg und Terrorismus Kamerbeek, I. u. M. Schetsche: Webism Movement. Die Netzkunst des neuen Jahrhunderts Moebius, S.: Die Wiederverzauberung der Welt in der Google-Gesellschaft Schodder, W.: Die »zufällige Mitrealität« des Computers. Interview mit Frieder Nake - Schlusswort Kuhlen, R.: Macht Google autonom? Zur Ambivalenz informationeller Autonomie