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A framework for information management: using case studies to test application

Middleton, Michael R. (2007) A framework for information management: using case studies to test application. International Journal of Information Management 27(1):pp. 9-21.

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Abstract

An analysis is undertaken of a disciplinary framework for information management suggested by Rowley in 1998 in order to consider its applicability to information services. The analysis uses several case studies that have been conducted on the development of scientific and technological information (STI) services. These services have all been involved in the creation of bibliographic and associated databases of Australian STI material. The analysis examines information management domains through the looking glass of the Rowley framework which has as its elements the information environment, information context, information systems, and information retrieval. It is concluded that while STI services exemplify information management in terms of the framework suggested, that the framework could be adapted to be of more benefit in expressing the disciplinary basis and its professional setting. This might be achieved by removal of the differentiation between environment and context, and by elaborating the information systems and information retrieval levels further into analytical and operational domains.

Item Type:Journal Article
Status:Published
Keywords:Information management; Discipline formation; Information services; Information models; Australia
Subjects:280000 Information, Computing and Communication Sciences > 280100 Information Systems > 280103 Information Storage, Retrieval and Management
400000 Journalism, Librarianship and Curatorial Studies > 409900 Other Journalism, Librarianship and Curatorial Studies > 409999 Other Journalism, Librarianship and Curatorial Studies
ID Code:5754
Deposited By:Middleton, Michael
Deposited On:06 December 2006
Alternative Locations:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2006.08.004
Copyright Owner:Copyright 2007 Elsevier
Copyright Statement:Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher.