Communicating Knowing Through Communities of Practice: Exploring Internal Communicative Processes and Differences Among CoPs     

Joel O. Iverson - Joel O. Iverson is currently an assistant professor in the 《Journal of Applied Communication Research》2008,36(2):176-199

Knowing is an enacted, communicated process that is difficult to observe, let alone manage, in organizations. Communities of practice (CoPs) offer a productive solution for improving knowledge and knowledge management, but the communicative processes that enact CoPs have not been explored, leaving CoPs as an organizational black box. This research extends CoP theory as a means to determine the presence of a CoP and distinguish between various CoPs, and as a practical means to evaluate the communicative processes of organizational knowledge. CoPs enact the communicative nature of knowing through the elements of mutual engagement, negotiation of a joint enterprise, and shared repertoire. Specifically, two groups of volunteers are examined through a combination of participation, observation, and interviews in order to explore CoP theory as a dynamic system for examining and evaluating organizational knowledge.  相似文献   

On the problem of determining a citation index of publications by Kazakh scientists     

V. A. Frolova  S. K. Khasenova  T. Sh. Kubieva  O. A. Rog 《Scientific and Technical Information Processing》2008,35(2):104-106

This paper discusses the evaluation of scientific activity with the help of some scientometric indices, in particular, a citation index. The information massif of the bibliographic database of citations to domestic publications of Kazakh authors is statistically described.  相似文献   

Assessment of the research activities of Russian and Belarussian scientists (according to Scopus data)     

N. Yu. Berezkina  O. N. Sikorskaya 《Scientific and Technical Information Processing》2008,35(6):256-259

The publication activity of Russian and Belarussian scientists, the degree of reflection of their papers in Scopus databases, and the data on the citation of Belarussian authors in the works of other researchers are discussed.  相似文献   

The role of metadata in the creation and application of information resources on the properties of substances and materials     

A. O. Yerkimbaev  V. Yu. Zitserman  G. A. Kobzev 《Scientific and Technical Information Processing》2008,35(6):247-255

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Internet coverage of the VINITI RAS     

O. P. Morozova 《Scientific and Technical Information Processing》2008,35(3):153-154

The web coverage of the research activities of the VINITI RAS is considered. The practicability of using various information retrieval systems for obtaining information relevant to the Institute’s functioning and results is analyzed.  相似文献   

Hobbes and Locke: Power and Consent. and Rousseau's Political Philosophy: An Exposition and Interpretation     

D. O. THOMAS 《Philosophical Books》1980,21(3):148-151

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The Stellenbosch University Medical Library slide classification, storage, retrieval, and issue system.     

O Visser 《Bulletin of the Medical Library Association》1977,65(3):377-379

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The role of academic journal publications in the UK Research Assessment Exercise     

Valerie Bence  Charles Oppenheim 《Learned Publishing》2004,17(1):53-68

This article explores the evolution of the role of academic journal articles submitted to the UK's Research Assessment Exercise (RAE). By reviewing their role, it is possible to see how the changes from quantitative to qualitative assessment (and the resulting problems surrounding the definition of ‘quality’ journals) has impacted both on the journals selected by academics for publishing their research and the assessment of them. Although only one part of RAE submissions, the listing of published research outputs provides the primary evidence for research quality to most RAE panels, and is a significant driver of the final grade awarded, and thus the funding received by submitting institutions. The RAE, being a peer‐reviewed assessment exercise, mirrors in some ways the peer‐review process immured within scholarly publication. The developing role of journal publications as a vehicle for academic research output is examined via the chronology of the RAE, before assessing the current situation in which published journal output formed almost 70% of all output assessed by RAE panels in the latest exercise. The impact of this increased importance of academic journals in the assessment process is considered not only for academics but also for the wider community, i.e. publishers and libraries.  相似文献   

Mary Joan (MJ) Tooey, AHIP Medical Library Association President 2005-2006.     

Frieda O Weise 《Journal of the Medical Library Association》2005,93(3):311-314

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The Methodological Foundations of Standardization in the Field of Library and Information Support of Science     

E.?I.?KozlovaEmail author  O.?A.?Antoshkova 《Scientific and Technical Information Processing》2018,45(1):14-21

This paper characterizes the methodological foundations of national standardization in the Russian Federation, in particular in the library and information field. The activities of Technical Standardization Committee 191 Scientific and Technical Information, Librarianship, and Publishing are reported.  相似文献