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Department Level Information Resource Management: A Theoretical Argument for a Decentralized Approach.
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Beath, Cynthia Mathis; Straub, Detmar W. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1991
Explores where the responsibility for information resources management (IRM) can lie, identifying entities which might carry IRM tasks: (1) individuals; (2) departments; (3) institutions; and (4) markets. It is argued that the IRM function should be located at the department level, and that associated departmental costs may be overshadowed by the…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Decentralization, Delivery Systems, Departments
The Integrated Information Center Concept.
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Straub, Detmar W.; Beath, Cynthia Mathis – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1991
Defines the Integrated Information Center (IIC) as an emerging information technology-intensive environment which captures, integrates, and provides information resources to academic departments. Sample IIC configurations are described--i.e., expertise poor/technology poor; expertise rich/technology poor; expertise poor/technology rich; expertise…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Delivery Systems, Facilities, Higher Education
Impacts of an Integrated Information Center on Faculty End-Users: A Qualitative Assessment.
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Lending, Diane; Straub, Detmar W. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1997
Describes an ethnographic study of a selected group of faculty end-users; the purpose of this qualitative assessment was to triangulate on several phenomena under investigation to better understand the impacts of the Integrated Information Center (IIC) at the University of Minnesota on end-user work behaviors. (Author/JAK)
Descriptors: Appropriate Technology, College Faculty, Ethnography, Evaluation Methods
The Measurement of the Impacts of the IIC on the End-Users: The Survey.
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Goodhue, Dale; Littlefield, Russell; Straub, Detmar W. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1997
Describes the design of the survey employed to measure the impacts of the Integrated Information Center (IIC) at the University of Minnesota on the end-users and reports the results of that survey. (Author/MES)
Descriptors: Appropriate Technology, Evaluation Methods, Feedback, Higher Education
Part I. The Delivery of Information Services within a Changing Information Environment. The Changing Information Environment.
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Collins, Rosann; Straub, Detmar W. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1991
Outlines the impact of current divisions in the information infrastructure of the information environment on the ability of knowledge workers to integrate information across media and sources of information. Discussion covers information "seams," inaccessible information, information overload/impoverishment, and bottlenecks. The…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Delivery Systems, Higher Education, Information Centers