Communities and technologies 2005
Subtitle: proceedings of the Second Communities and Technologies Conference, Milano 2005
By: edited by Peter Van Den Besselaar ... [et al.].
Contributors: Besselaar, Peter van den.
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Dordrecht; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 467
ISBN-13: 9781402035906; 9781402035913
Subjects: Computers and civilization -- Congresses; Information society -- Congresses; Computers -- Social aspects -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses.
Description: This book includes 23 papers dealing with the impact of modern information and communication technologies that support a wide variety of communities: local communities, virtual communities, and communities of practice, such as knowledge communities and scientific communities. The volume is the result of the second multidisciplinary "Communities and Technologies Conference", a major event in this emerging research field. The various chapters discuss how communities are affected by technologies, and how understanding of the way that communities function can be used in improving information systems design. This state of the art overview will be of interest to computer and information scientists, social scientists and practitioners alike.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.