2009/06/08: An updated version of the ecological model of information work and knowledge organisation published in the Journal of Information Science. Read more...
information work
Framework for studying information work
Submitted by Isto Huvila on Wed, 09/24/2008 - 10:58One of the many conclusions of a workshop arranged at Roskilde University, Denmark with professor Brenda Dervin about four years ago was that "social life is a mess". Indeed it is when you look at it close enough and try to make sense of it.
Information work management in corporate financing
The challenges of information work and organisation of information concern equally individuals, organisations and entire branches in the present day society. To be useful, usable and timely, information needs to reach its user at the right moment. The problem is not usually in making a working assessment of the available people, of the available information or of the purpose. The problem is how to make users, information, information and various associated purposes and motivations to converge in a productive and usable manner.
Archives, Libraries and Museums - Information Work Management in Cultural Heritage Sector
The issue of organising information in a functioning manner concerns equally the individuals, organisations and entire domains of knowledge. To be successful, an organisation needs to provide its members with precise information at the right moment to complete the right assignment. The problem is not to point out who is the available person, or what is the available information or what is the assignment. The problem is to make them all converge in a productive manner.
