Course contents: An advanced level course on theories, methods and practices of information management, records management, digitalisation of information resources, digital information, information systems, collaboration and information architecture.
Institution: Åbo Akademi University. Spring 2005- (Spring 2005-Spring 2008 together with Kim Holmberg).
Finding information is difficult and expensive. Not finding information is more expensive and working with inadequate information is even more costly. Find out what kind of information is needed in your everyday work, what are the real bottlenecks and how to reorganise your information resources in a way, which supports the work of your organisation in an optimal way.
2009/06/08: An updated version of the ecological model of information work and knowledge organisation published in the Journal of Information Science. Read more...
One of the many conclusions of a workshop arranged at Roskilde University, Denmark with professor Brenda Dervin about four years ago was that "social life is a mess". Indeed it is when you look at it close enough and try to make sense of it.
(né Isto Vatanen)
PD, forskarassistent
Ph.D., Post-Doc Research Fellow
Department of ALM
Uppsala University
Ph.D., adjunct researcher
Department of Information Studies
Åbo Akademi University
Isto Huvila is researcher and lecturer working on management and organisation of what we know and how we know in contexts ranging from social media to more traditional arenas of learning and working. My special areas of expertise are virtual worlds, Web 2.0, archives, libraries, museums and cultural heritage.
