knowledge organisation

By Isto Huvila, 29 April, 2015

Simplicity, complexity and complex easiness

People hate complex information systems for a good reason. Why on earth anyone should use a really annoying and difficult to grasp library catalogues when you have learned to appreciate the simplicity of the Google interface.

knowledge organisation

Latest Publications

The NORDeHEALTH 2022 Patient Survey: A Cross-Sectional Survey of National Patient Portal Users in Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Estonia (Preprint)
Hägglund, M., Kharko, A., Hagström, J., Bärkås, A., Blease, C., Cajander, Å., et al. (2023). The NORDeHEALTH 2022 Patient Survey: A Cross-Sectional Survey of National Patient Portal Users in Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Estonia (Preprint). Journal Of Medical Internet Research, 25, e47573. http://doi.org/10.2196/47573 (Original work published mar)
On Archives and User Participation in the Nordic Countries
Huvila, I. (2023). On Archives and User Participation in the Nordic Countries. In G. Bak & Rostgaard, M. (Eds.) (pp. 225-236). London: Routledge. http://doi.org/10.4324/9781003325406-18
The Social Production of Discourse in Archaeology
Huvila, I. (2023). The Social Production of Discourse in Archaeology. In C. Gonzalez-Perez, Martin-Rodilla, P., & Pereira-Fariña, M. (Eds.) (pp. 115-136). Cham: Springer International Publishing. http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-37156-1_6
Errors, Omissions, and Offenses in the Health Record of Mental Health Care Patients: Results from a Nationwide Survey in Sweden
Bärkås, A., Kharko, A., Blease, C., Cajander, Å., Fagerlund, A., Huvila, I., et al. (2023). Errors, Omissions, and Offenses in the Health Record of Mental Health Care Patients: Results from a Nationwide Survey in Sweden. Journal Of Medical Internet Research, 25, e47841. http://doi.org/10.2196/47841 (Original work published nov)
Managing Information Gaps and Non-Information
Huvila, I., Andersson, L., Fulton, C., Haider, J., & Harviainen, T. (2023). Managing Information Gaps and Non-Information. Proceedings Of The Association For Information Science And Technology, 60, 793-798. http://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.863

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Isto Huvila

(né Isto Vatanen)  
Professor in  
Information Studies  
Department of ALM  
Uppsala University

Docent (adjunct professor) in information management  
Information studies  
Åbo Akademi University

Isto Huvila is working on management and organisation of what we know and how we know in contexts ranging from social media to more traditional arenas of learning and working. My special areas of expertise are organisational information, social media, health, archives, libraries, museums and cultural heritage.

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