Information Technology Books

New and Published Books

1. Information Society Studies

   By Alistair S. Duff

   Series: Routledge Research in Information Technology and Society

   We are often told that we are "living in an information society" or that we are "information workers." But what exactly do these claims mean, and how might they be verified? In this important methodological study, Alistair S. Duff cuts through the rhetoric to get to the bottom of the "information...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
2. The Politics of Knowledge

   Edited by Patrick Baert, Fernando Domínguez Rubio

   Social scientists often refer to contemporary advanced societies as ‘knowledge societies’, which indicates the extent to which ‘science’, ‘knowledge’ and ‘knowledge production’ have become fundamental phenomena in Western societies and central concerns for the social sciences. This book aims to...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
3. Technological Change and Network Effects in Growth Regimes

   Exploring the Microfoundations of Economic Growth

   By Torsten Heinrich

   Series: Routledge Advances in Heterodox Economics

   In this new volume it is argued that network effects are much more common than usually assumed, and that they have a profound impact on many aspects of economic systems, especially technological change and economic growth. The analysis and modelling of this interrelationship is the central focus of...

   Published February 3rd 2013 by Routledge
4. Digital Interactions in Developing Countries

   An Economic Perspective

   By Jeffrey James

   Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics

   Jeffrey James is one of the relatively few academics to have systematically taken on the topic of IT and development. In this timely book he undertakes a methodological critique of prominent topics in the debate. Challenging the existing literature by international and governmental institutions,...

   Published January 3rd 2013 by Routledge
5. E-Participation in Southern Europe and the Balkans

   Issues of Democracy and Participation Via Electronic Media

   Edited by Euripidis Loukis, Ann Macintosh, Yannis Charalabidis

   The rapid development and the growing penetration of information and communication technologies (ICT) provide tremendous opportunities for a wide and cost effective application of the ideas of participative democracy and public participation in government decision and policy making. ICT can drive...

   Published September 19th 2012 by Routledge
6. Designing and Developing Library Intranets

   Edited by Nina McHale

   For the past decade, e-mail has been the preferred method of internal communication in libraries. However, relying on email for organizational knowledge management seems a bit like storing birth certificates, car titles, and deeds in a pile of junk mail: the important documents are lost amongst...

   Published August 29th 2012 by Routledge
7. Diving Into the Bitstream

   Information Technology Meets Society in a Digital World

   By Barry Dumas

   Nationwide, and indeed worldwide, there has been a growing awareness of the importance of access to information. Accordingly, information technology (IT), broadly defined and its role beyond the internal workings of businesses has leapt into the social consciousness. Diving into the Bitstream...

   Published August 28th 2012 by Routledge
8. Knitting the Semantic Web

   Edited by Jane Greenberg, Eva Méndez Rodriguez

   The Semantic Web, extends the popular, day-to-day Web, enabling computers and people to effectively work together by giving information well-defined meaning. Knitting the Semantic Web explains the interdisciplinary efforts underway to build a more library-like Web through “semantic knitting.” The...

   Published August 23rd 2012 by Routledge
9. Routledge International Handbook of Participatory Design

   Edited by Jesper Simonsen, Toni Robertson

   Series: Routledge International Handbooks

   Participatory design is about the direct involvement of people in the co-design of the technologies they use. Its central concern is how collaborative design processes can be driven by the participation of the people affected by the technology designed. Embracing a diverse collection of principles...

   Published August 5th 2012 by Routledge
10. E-Research

    Transformation in Scholarly Practice

    Edited by Nicholas W. Jankowski

    Series: Routledge Advances in Research Methods

    No less than a revolutionary transformation of the research enterprise is underway. This transformation extends beyond the natural sciences, where 'e-research' has become the modus operandi, and is penetrating the social sciences and humanities, sometimes with differences in accent and label. Many...

    Published July 26th 2012 by Routledge