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A User Field Study: Communication in Academic Communities and Government Agencies

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Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries (ECDL 2008)

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Abstract

The preliminary findings of a study focusing on communication in academic communities and government agencies are outlined. The study was conducted within the academic community at British and Danish universities and government agencies in The Netherlands, using the ‘Contextual Design’ approach and ‘Cultural Probes’. Qualitative data on researchers’ and government agents’ communicative and interactive behaviour were collected and an affinity analysis carried out. The analysis produced two types of results; 1) a conceptual model of flow from idea to dissemination, and 2) a catalogue of central elements of the communicative and collaborative behaviour of researchers and government agents. These results will be further explored and validated by means of a questionnaire based survey of academic communities and government agencies.

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  1. The State and University Library, Universitetsparken, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark

    Filip Kruse, Annette Balle Sørensen, Birte Christensen-Dalsgaard, Michael Poltorak Nielsen & Jørn Thøgersen

  2. Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute (HATII), University of Glasgow, 11 University Gardens, Glasgow, G12 8QJ, UK

    John W. Pattenden-Fail, Seamus Ross & Kellie Snow

  3. The National Archives of the Netherlands, Prins Willem Alexanderhof 20, The Hague, The Netherlands

    Bart Ballaux & Hans Hofman

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  1. Filip Kruse
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Birte Christensen-Dalsgaard Donatella Castelli Bolette Ammitzbøll Jurik Joan Lippincott

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Kruse, F. et al. (2008). A User Field Study: Communication in Academic Communities and Government Agencies. In: Christensen-Dalsgaard, B., Castelli, D., Ammitzbøll Jurik, B., Lippincott, J. (eds) Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries. ECDL 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5173. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-87599-4_60

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