| E-Research Collaboration: Theory, Techniques and Challenges 2010 Edition Contributor(s): Anandarajan, Murugan (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3642122566 ISBN-13: 9783642122569 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Economics - General - Business & Economics | Information Management - Computers | Information Technology |
| Dewey: 330 |
| LCCN: 2010929803 |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.45 lbs) 326 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Researchinbothacademicandnon-academiccircleshasremainedvirtuallyiden- calinitsconductandorganizationoverthelastfewdecades. Disparategroupsof researchershaveworkedontheirideas, projectsandinventionsinisolatedclusters, withlittlesharingofinformationandsynergiesfromcollaboration. Theadventof social networks and Web technologies has led to the creation of new research networksthathavedramaticallyreducedthebarriersandobstaclestocollaboration forresearcherswhoaregeographicallyandorganizationallydistant. Webtechnologiesusebroadbandconnections, improvedbrowsers, and"rich" multimediainconcertwithanewgenerationofwebsitesthatencouragedusersto contribute to content. Blogs, forums, wikis, and other forms of user-generated contentare, inmanycases, themajorsourceofcontentforthesewebsites. Theevolutionofsocialnetworksbeganwiththetrulysocialnetworksoffriends pavingthewayforbusinessnetworks, whichinturnledtothecurrentresearch networksthatconnectacademicandnon-academicresearchersacrosstheworld. Beingmuchmorerobustthantheoriginalsocialnetworksandthebusinessn- worksthatfollowed, collaborativeresearchnetworkshavethepotentialtoeven- ate in technological advances, innovation, and economic contributions to both industryandnations. Currently, tensofthousandsofresearchersareusingresearchnetworks, ushering in a new paradigm for research. In this paradigm, collaboration is made much easier, andsharingofresearchknowledgeisinstant. Synergiesfromroutinecoll- oration will yield huge advances in research productivity and innovation. The challengeforadministratorsinbothindustryandacademiaistounderstandhow researchnetworksarechangingthepracticeofresearchandtodecidehowbestto embracesuchtechnologiesandusethemtotheirbestadvantage. v . Contents PartI e-ResearchCollaboration: Theory AnOverviewofe-ResearchCollaboration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 SocialNetworksandResearchCollaboration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3 WebTechnologies, SocialNetworksande-ResearchCollaboration. . . . . . . . . 6 4 AnOverviewofThisBook. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 5 PartOne: e-ResearchCollaboration: Theory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 6 PartTwo: e-ResearchCollaboration: Technologies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 7 PartThree: e-ResearchCollaboration: Challenges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 8 Conclusions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 AnAnatomyofCollaborationWithintheOnlineEnvironment . . . . . . . . 15 1 IntroductiontoCollaborationTheory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 2 De?ningCollaboration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 2. 1 Cooperation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 2. 2 Coordination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 2. 3 Collaboration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 3 EssentialElementsofCollaboration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 3. 1 Communication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
