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Changing Research Practices in the Digital Information and Communication Environment

Houghton, John; Steele, Colin; Henty, Margaret

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In the context of the emerging knowledge-based economy, innovation and the capacity of the national innovation system to create and disseminate scientific and scholarly information are increasingly fundamental determinants of national prosperity. In their foundational work on National Innovation Systems, the OECD observed that prosperity in a knowledge economy depends as much, if not more, on the knowledge distribution power of the system than it does on its knowledge production power (OECD...[Show more]

dc.contributor.authorHoughton, John
dc.contributor.authorSteele, Colin
dc.contributor.authorHenty, Margaret
dc.date.accessioned2003-10-28
dc.date.accessioned2004-05-19T16:15:34Z
dc.date.accessioned2011-01-05T08:49:43Z
dc.date.available2004-05-19T16:15:34Z
dc.date.available2011-01-05T08:49:43Z
dc.date.created2003
dc.identifier.isbn0 642 77388 2 (Internet copy)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/41581
dc.description.abstractIn the context of the emerging knowledge-based economy, innovation and the capacity of the national innovation system to create and disseminate scientific and scholarly information are increasingly fundamental determinants of national prosperity. In their foundational work on National Innovation Systems, the OECD observed that prosperity in a knowledge economy depends as much, if not more, on the knowledge distribution power of the system than it does on its knowledge production power (OECD 1997, p43). This makes the infrastructure supporting research communication and collaboration, information search and access, and dissemination and publication a key element of the national innovation system. It is essential, therefore, to provide cost-effective access to, and dissemination of scientific and scholarly information in support of research and its economic, social and environmental applications. This study examines evolving research practices, focusing on how practices are changing and what the implications of those changes are for scholarly communication and the future development of the research infrastructure. It outlines a coherent agenda for the evolutionary development of a sustainable research information and scholarly communication infrastructure.
dc.format.extent202 pages
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.language.isoen_AU
dc.publisherAustralia. Department of Education, Science and Training
dc.rightsAuthor/s retain copyright
dc.subjectresearch practices
dc.subjectknowledge based economy
dc.subjectresearch infrastructure
dc.subjectinformation management
dc.subjectcost-effective access
dc.subjectresearch evaluation
dc.subjectpeer review
dc.subjectknowledge production
dc.subjectdigital objects
dc.subjectinformation technology
dc.subjectdigital repositories
dc.subjectopen access
dc.subjectcommercial publishing
dc.subjectscholarly communication
dc.titleChanging Research Practices in the Digital Information and Communication Environment
dc.typeBook
local.identifier.citationmonthaug
local.identifier.citationyear2003
local.identifier.eprintid2196
local.rights.ispublishedyes
dc.date.issued2003
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
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