Supporting participation in communities of practice by scientists from developing countries — The case of high energy physics
dc.contributor.author | Luo, Airong | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2009-07-06T15:39:36Z | |
dc.date.available | 2009-07-06T15:39:36Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2008 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Luo, Airong (2008). "Supporting participation in communities of practice by scientists from developing countries — The case of high energy physics." Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 45(1): 1-11. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/63070> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0044-7870 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1550-8390 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/63070 | |
dc.description.abstract | Over the last decade, researchers have hypothesized that a new form of scientific organization, the “collaboratory” holds promise to greatly benefit scientists from developing countries by allowing them to reach remotely located experts, instruments, and databases. However, there have been no empirical studies to prove or disprove this hypothesis. Adopting a qualitative approach, this study examines how collaboratories affect one of the factors that purportedly lead to scientific productivity—communities of practice. Results of data analysis indicate that collaboratories bring about new opportunities for scientists from developing countries to access scientists from developed countries and their practices, but barriers also exist. The full value of collaboratories can be achieved only after the technologies themselves and the social practices surrounding the use of technologies are improved. | en_US |
dc.format.extent | 59571 bytes | |
dc.format.extent | 3118 bytes | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.format.mimetype | text/plain | |
dc.publisher | Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Computer Science | en_US |
dc.title | Supporting participation in communities of practice by scientists from developing countries — The case of high energy physics | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.rights.robots | IndexNoFollow | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Information and Library Science | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Social Sciences | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Office of Enabling Technologies, University of Michigan Medical School, 4101 Medical Science I, 1301 Catherine Street SPC 5624, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5624 | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/63070/1/1450450288_ftp.pdf | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1002/meet.2008.1450450288 | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science and Technology | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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