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World wide research : reshaping the sciences and humanities / edited by William H. Dutton and Paul W. Jeffreys ; with a foreword by Ian Goldin.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2010.Description: 1 online resource (xix, 382 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780262272087
  • 0262272083
  • 1282638327
  • 9781282638327
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: World wide research.DDC classification:
  • 001.4/2 22
LOC classification:
  • Q180.55.M4 W67 2010eb
Other classification:
  • 02.13
Online resources:
Contents:
Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contributors; World Wide Research : An Introduction; I Foundations; 1 Reconfiguring Access in Research; 2 The Developing Conception of e-Research; II State of the Practice; 3 Digital Resources and the Future of Libraries; 4 Key Digital Technologies to Deal with Data; 5 Embedding e-Research Applications; III Social Shaping of Infrastructures and Practices; 6 Enabling or Mediating the Social Sciences?; 7 Institutional Infrastructures for Global Research Networks in the Public Sector; 8 The Politics of Privacy, Confidentiality, and Ethics.
IV Implications for Research9 The Changing Disciplinary Landscapes of Research; 10 Reshaping Research Collaboration; 11 Will e-Science Be Open Science?; 12 Shaping Research in Developing Areas; Coda: The Ends and Means of World Wide Research; Glossary; Abbreviations; Index.
Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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.

Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contributors; World Wide Research : An Introduction; I Foundations; 1 Reconfiguring Access in Research; 2 The Developing Conception of e-Research; II State of the Practice; 3 Digital Resources and the Future of Libraries; 4 Key Digital Technologies to Deal with Data; 5 Embedding e-Research Applications; III Social Shaping of Infrastructures and Practices; 6 Enabling or Mediating the Social Sciences?; 7 Institutional Infrastructures for Global Research Networks in the Public Sector; 8 The Politics of Privacy, Confidentiality, and Ethics.

IV Implications for Research9 The Changing Disciplinary Landscapes of Research; 10 Reshaping Research Collaboration; 11 Will e-Science Be Open Science?; 12 Shaping Research in Developing Areas; Coda: The Ends and Means of World Wide Research; Glossary; Abbreviations; Index.

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