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Öznur Karakas – Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy, 2024
E-science, or networked, collaborative and multidisciplinary scientific research on a shared e-infrastructure using computational tools, methods and applications, has also brought about new networked organizational forms in the transition of higher education towards the entrepreneurial academy. While the under-representation of women in ICTs is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research and Development, Research Universities, Researchers
Ashley Metzger; Addison Duane; Amia Nash; Valerie Shapiro – International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership, 2024
Background: Knowledge brokering by intermediary organizations includes knowledge distillation processes (e.g., synthesis, translation). Aims and objectives: This article explores how an educational intermediary performs research distillation when creating virtual knowledge reservoirs for educators. Methods: The authors use qualitative data from…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Case Studies, Information Dissemination, Information Networks
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Office of Technology Assessment. – 1985
This Office of Technology Assessment report on the current state of research and development in the telecommunications industry in the United States examines four specific areas of research as case studies: computer architecture, artificial intelligence, fiber optics, and software engineering. It discusses the structure and orientation of some…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Case Studies, Computers, Foreign Countries
Kelly, Patrick – 1976
When planning or assessing formal scientific and technical information (STI) systems for research and development (R&D) laboratories, it is distorting and unhelpful to think in terms of "users" and "non-users." It is accurate and helpful to think in terms of services to informal groups--groups composed of both direct and indirect users. These…
Descriptors: Informal Organization, Information Needs, Information Networks, Information Seeking
Hiltz, Starr Roxanne – 1981
Presented is a case study of several scientific communities which used a computerized conferencing system (Electronic Information Exchange System--EIES) for a period of two years to enhance their communications and carry out cooperative tasks. Though it focuses on one particular system, it was designed to yield some data that make possible direct…
Descriptors: Communications, Computer Oriented Programs, Higher Education, Information Networks
National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges, Washington, DC. – 1996
This report discusses the social and economic benefits of university research, arguing that if funding for research programs is reduced, short-term savings could impose long-term costs, depriving Americans of scientific breakthroughs, economic growth, and improvements in international competitiveness. It provides over 100 brief summaries of…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Air Transportation, Architectural Research, Computer Mediated Communication