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Web Work
Choo, Chun Wei; Detlor, Brian; Turnbull, Don
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Hardback. This text looks at various applications of the World Wide Web, including the search for and use of information by individuals and groups, and the creation and application of knowledge in organizations. Series: Information Science and Knowledge Management. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJE; KJMD; UDB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 514.
This book brings together three great motifs of the network society: the seeking and using of information by individuals and groups; the creation and application of knowledge in organizations; and the fundamental transformation of these activities as they are enacted on the Internet and the World Wide Web. Of the three, the study of how individuals and groups seek information probably has the longest history, beginning with the early "information needs and uses" studies soon after the Second World War. The study of organizations as knowledge-based social systems is much more recent, and really gained momentum only within the last ... Read more
This book brings together three great motifs of the network society: the seeking and using of information by individuals and groups; the creation and application of knowledge in organizations; and the fundamental transformation of these activities as they are enacted on the Internet and the World Wide Web. Of the three, the study of how individuals and groups seek information probably has the longest history, beginning with the early "information needs and uses" studies soon after the Second World War. The study of organizations as knowledge-based social systems is much more recent, and really gained momentum only within the last ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
219
Condition
New
Series
Information Science and Knowledge Management
Number of Pages
219
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792364603
SKU
V9780792364603
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99-15
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