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The concept of social capital, or the value that can be derived from social ties created by goodwill, mutual support, shared language, common beliefs, and a sense of mutual obligation, has been applied to a number of fields, from sociology to management. It is only lately, however, that researchers in information technology and knowledge management have begun to explore the idea of social capital in relation to their fields. This collection of thirteen essays by computer scientists, sociologists, communication specialists, economists, and others presents a multidisciplinary look at this particular intersection of information technology and social science and the need to adopt a sociotechnical perspective.For the most part the contributors take a positive view of the interplay of social capital, knowledge sharing, and community building. Some essays look at specific instances, including the on-line and face-to-face relationships of a community of athletes, the building of social capital among Iranian NGOs, and the Internet-based communities created by the open-source movement, while others discuss more general ideas of civic and personal communities. The last four essays examine computer applications that augment social capital, including topic- and member-centered communications spaces such as the Expert Finder and the Loops system and virtual repositories of knowledge such as the Answer Garden and Pearls of Wisdom.

Social capital (Sociology) --- Information technology --- Information networks --- Knowledge management --- Organizational learning --- Social aspects --- Learning organizations --- Capital, Social (Sociology) --- Automated information networks --- Networks, Information --- Learning --- Communities of practice --- Sociology --- Information services --- Information storage and retrieval systems --- Capital social (Sociologie) --- Technologie de l'information --- Réseaux d'information --- Gestion des connaissances --- Apprentissage organisationnel --- Congresses. --- Congresses --- Congrès --- Aspect social

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This book provides an in-depth insight into the emerging paradigm of End-User Development (EUD), discussing the diversity and potential for creating effective environments for end users. Containing a unique set of contributions from a number of international researchers and institutes, many relevant issues are discussed and solutions proposed, making important aspects of end-user development research available to a broader audience.   Most people are familiar with the basic functionality and interfaces of computers. However, developing new or modified applications that can effectively support users' goals still requires considerable programming expertise, that cannot be expected of everyone. One of the fundamental challenges that lie ahead is the development of environments that enable users with little or no programming experience to develop and modify their own applications. The ultimate goal is to empower people to flexibly employ and personalise advanced information a nd communication technologies.

Computer science --- Information systems --- Computer. Automation --- computers --- informatica --- informatiesystemen --- software engineering --- computerkunde

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The book contains 24 research articles related to the emerging research field of Communities and Technologies (C&T). The papers treat subjects such as online communities, communities of practice, Community support systems, Digital Cities, regional communities and the internet, knowledge sharing and communities, civil communities, communities and education and social capital. As a result of a very quality-oriented review process, the work reflects the best of current research and practice in the field of C&T.

Computer. Automation --- Community organization --- Computers and civilization --- Information society --- Computers --- Ordinateurs et civilisation --- Société informatisée --- Ordinateurs --- Congresses --- Social aspects --- Congrès --- Aspect social --- #PBIB:2003.4 --- Société informatisée --- Congrès --- Civilization and computers --- Sociology --- Information superhighway --- Civilization --- Science—Social aspects. --- Computer science. --- Application software. --- Management. --- User interfaces (Computer systems). --- Social sciences. --- Societal Aspects of Physics, Outreach and Education. --- Computer Science, general. --- Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet). --- User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction. --- Social Sciences, general. --- Behavioral sciences --- Human sciences --- Sciences, Social --- Social science --- Social studies --- Interfaces, User (Computer systems) --- Human-machine systems --- Human-computer interaction --- Administration --- Industrial relations --- Organization --- Application computer programs --- Application computer software --- Applications software --- Apps (Computer software) --- Computer software --- Informatics --- Science

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This book is concerned with the associated issues between the differing paradigms of academic and organizational computing infrastructures. Driven by the increasing impact Information Communication Technology (ICT) has on our working and social lives, researchers within the Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) field try and find ways to situate new hardware and software in rapidly changing socio-digital ecologies. Adopting a design-orientated research perspective, researchers from the European Society for Socially Embedded Technologies (EUSSET) elaborate on the challenges and opportunities  we face through the increasing permeation of society by ICT from  commercial, academic, design and organizational perspectives. Designing Socially Embedded Technologies in the Real-World is directed at researchers, industry practitioners and will be of great interest to any other societal actors who are involved with the design of IT systems.

Computer Science. --- Models and Principles. --- Methodology of the Social Sciences. --- Computers and Society. --- Computer science. --- Social sciences --- Informatique --- Sciences sociales --- Methodology. --- Méthodologie --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Computer Science --- Embedded computer systems. --- Teams in the workplace --- Data processing. --- Computer-supported cooperative work --- CSCW (Computer-supported cooperative work) --- Embedded systems (Computer systems) --- Computers. --- Computers and civilization. --- Social sciences. --- Computer systems --- Architecture Analysis and Design Language --- Informatics --- Science --- Civilization and computers --- Civilization --- Behavioral sciences --- Human sciences --- Sciences, Social --- Social science --- Social studies --- Automatic computers --- Automatic data processors --- Computer hardware --- Computing machines (Computers) --- Electronic brains --- Electronic calculating-machines --- Electronic computers --- Hardware, Computer --- Cybernetics --- Machine theory --- Calculators --- Cyberspace