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Paul T Jaeger - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Teaching Information Policy in the Digital Age: Issues, Strategies, and Innovation.
Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2015Co-Authors: Paul T Jaeger, Natalie Greene Taylor, Ursula Gorham, John Carlo BertotAbstract:As technology continues to advance at a rapid rate, it is increasingly important to consider how Information policies are formulated and the impact that they have on both the public’s access to Information and the roles of Information professionals. As such, current and future Information professionals must be adequately prepared through education to work with Information policies and their ramifications. The breadth of Information Policy, as it acts as a meta-Policy for other Policy areas, and the depth of specific Information policies that arise from communication, economic, and political issues, inform this discussion of the challenges and opportunities involved with teaching Information Policy to library and Information science students, as well as to other audiences. Drawing from both past research efforts and extensive teaching experience, this article introduces a conceptual understanding of Information Policy; uses examples of how the library and Information studies community has responded to Information policies in the past to further this understanding; and finally, provides a discussion of different ways in which to teach this complicated, but critical topic.
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Digital Literacy and Digital Inclusion: Information Policy and the Public Library
2014Co-Authors: Kim M. Thompson, Mega Subramaniam, Paul T Jaeger, Natalie Greene Taylor, John Carlo BertotAbstract:Digital Literacy and Digital Inclusion: Information Policy and the Public Library examines the interrelationships between digital literacy, digital inclusion, and public Policy, emphasizing the impacts of these Policy decisions on the ability of individuals and communities to successfully participate in the Information society.This book is the first detailed consideration of digital literacy and digital inclusion as Policy problems and as core issues in Information Policy and libraries. The unique features of this book includedrawing together the key themes and findings from the discourse on digital literacy and digital inclusion widely spread among many fields;analyzing digital literacy and digital inclusion as Policy issues, both being driven and regulated by Policy;building on a wealth of original research conducted by the authors using different quantitative and qualitative data collection approaches on four different continents when analyzing these issues, providing unique examples, case studies, and perspectives; using Information behavior theory to provide important insights about these issues at individual, community, and political levels; providing recommendations to inform practice in libraries and help libraries to frame their advocacy for public policies that support literacy and inclusion; and providing Policy recommendations to improve the creation and implementation of Policy instruments that promote digital literacy and digital inclusion. The authors of this book have been involved in this research for many years, and their experience provides a broad view across the literature, inherent problems, and national perspectives. This breadth allows this book to offer comprehensive Policy recommendations, solutions, and best practices for an area that is fragmented in discourse, practice, and Policy.
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Cloud computing and Information Policy: Computing in a Policy cloud?
Journal of Information Technology and Politics, 2008Co-Authors: Paul T Jaeger, Jimmy Lin, Jonathan M. GrimesAbstract:Cloud computing is a computing platform that resides in a large data center and is able to dynamically provide servers with the ability to address a wide range of needs, from scientific research to e-commerce. The provision of computing resources as if it were a utility such as electricity, while potentially revolutionary as a computing service, presents many major problems of Information Policy, including issues of privacy, security, reliability, access, and regulation. This article explores the nature and potential of cloud computing, the Policy issues raised, and research questions related to cloud computing and Policy. Ultimately, the Policy issues raised by cloud computing are examined a part of larger issues of public Policy attempting to respond to rapid technological evolution.
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Government Information Policy research: Importance, approaches, and realities
Library & Information Science Research, 2008Co-Authors: Charles R. Mcclure, Paul T JaegerAbstract:Information Policy research is a critical tool in the arsenal of library and Information science researchers. As developments occur in Information access, use, technology, and management, Information policies require more attention and research. The article describes the nature of government Information Policy and Policy research, characteristics of Policy research, and examples of research methods and approaches that can be used. The differences between textbook-based Policy research and how Policy research might be implemented in action are also discussed, as are the inter-connectedness of Information policies and ways to describe impacts of Information policies. The article recommends that researchers and professionals give greater education, training, and professional association attention to using Policy research on a day-to-day basis.
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Information Policy Information access and democratic participation the national and international implications of the bush administration s Information politics
Government Information Quarterly, 2007Co-Authors: Paul T JaegerAbstract:Abstract Much of Information Policy is focused on establishing the parameters of Information access—ensuring or limiting access to certain types of Information. Given how central Information access is to virtually every aspect of society, Policy can be seen as one of the most significant forces influencing the Information society. Recent events, however, have fueled changes in the ways that some governments use Policy to shape access, none more significantly than the United States. This paper examines the meanings of and relationships between Policy and access, as well as their key roles in society and democratic participation. Following an examination of the historical and social impacts of policies about access, the article analyzes the perspectives of the Bush administration on how Policy should shape Information access as an illustration of the relationships between Policy and access. The paper examines the issues raised by the Bush administration’s views on access and Policy and the implications of their policies for the United States, for the global Information society, and for research related to Information. Ultimately, the paper raises questions about the extent to which Information policies about access can be used for overtly political purposes, what might be described as “Information politics,” without significantly altering the meaning of Information access in a society.
Sandra Braman - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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change of state Information Policy and power
First Monday, 2007Co-Authors: Sandra BramanAbstract:How control over Information creation, processing, flows, and use has become the most effective form of power: theoretical foundations and empirical examples of Information Policy in the U.S., an innovator Informational state? As the Informational state replaces the bureaucratic welfare state, control over Information creation, processing, flows, and use has become the most effective form of power. In "Change of State", Sandra Braman examines the theoretical and practical ramifications of this "change of state." She looks at the ways in which governments are deliberate, explicit, and consistent in their use of Information Policy to exercise power, exploring not only such familiar topics as intellectual property rights and privacy but also areas in which Policy is highly effective but little understood. Such lesser-known issues include hybrid citizenship, the use of "functionally equivalent borders" internally to allow exceptions to U.S. law, research funding, census methods, and network interconnection. Trends in Information Policy, argues Braman, both manifest and trigger change in the nature of governance itself. After laying the theoretical, conceptual, and historical foundations for understanding the Informational state, Braman examines 20 Information Policy principles found in the U.S Constitution. She then explores the effects of U.S. Information Policy on the identity, structure, borders, and change processes of the state itself and on the individuals, communities, and organisations that make up the state. Looking across the breadth of the legal system, she presents current law as well as trends in and consequences of several Information Policy issues in each category affected. "Change of State" introduces Information Policy on two levels, coupling discussions of specific contemporary problems with more abstract analysis drawing on social theory and empirical research as well as law. Most important, the book provides a way of understanding how Information Policy brings about the fundamental social changes that come with the transformation to the Informational state.
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Information Policy and Structure
2006Co-Authors: Sandra BramanAbstract:This chapter contains sections titled: Theories of Structure, Information Policy and Social Structure, Information Policy and Technological Structure, Information Policy and Informational Structure, Information Policy and New Structural Formations
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An Introduction to Information Policy
2006Co-Authors: Sandra BramanAbstract:As the Informational state replaces the bureaucratic welfare state, control over Information creation, processing, flows, and use has become the most effective form of power. In Change of State Sandra Braman examines the theoretical and practical ramifications of this "change of state." She looks at the ways in which governments are deliberate, explicit, and consistent in their use of Information Policy to exercise power, exploring not only such familiar topics as intellectual property rights and privacy but also areas in which Policy is highly effective but little understood. Such lesser-known issues include hybrid citizenship, the use of "functionally equivalent borders" internally to allow exceptions to U.S. law, research funding, census methods, and network interconnection. Trends in Information Policy, argues Braman, both manifest and trigger change in the nature of governance itself.After laying the theoretical, conceptual, and historical foundations for understanding the Informational state, Braman examines 20 Information Policy principles found in the U.S Constitution. She then explores the effects of U.S. Information Policy on the identity, structure, borders, and change processes of the state itself and on the individuals, communities, and organizations that make up the state. Looking across the breadth of the legal system, she presents current law as well as trends in and consequences of several Information Policy issues in each category affected.Change of State introduces Information Policy on two levels, coupling discussions of specific contemporary problems with more abstract analysis drawing on social theory and empirical research as well as law. Most important, the book provides a way of understanding how Information Policy brings about the fundamental s ocial changes that come with the transformation to the Informational state.
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Information, Policy, and Power in the Informational State
2006Co-Authors: Sandra BramanAbstract:This chapter contains sections titled: The Social Impact of Information Policy Trends, The Current Status of Constitutional Information Policy Principles, The Nature of Information Policy, Policy and Social Theory, The Future of the Informational State
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National Information Policy
2003Co-Authors: Sandra BramanAbstract:This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction, Science versus Information Policy, Notes
Kristene Unsworth - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Information Policy: Global issues and opportunities for engagement
Bulletin of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 2014Co-Authors: Kristene UnsworthAbstract:EDITOR'S SUMMARY ASIS&T Special Interest Group/Information Policy (SIG/IFP) is dedicated to exploring Information Policy, its development and its broad effects throughout society. A definition of Information Policy must incorporate laws and practices on the creation, use, preservation and flow of both Information and data. In a digital world enabling data and Information to have a global reach, Information policies vary widely, specified or unstated, and differing dramatically by region, with no consistent expectation or legal protection. The resulting inconsistency affects data privacy, literacy, digital rights and Information access. Information professionals are often in position to play important roles in Information Policy creation and implementation. To promote ASIS&T's presence in Information Policy issues, SIG/IFP will collaborate with other SIGs for topical webinars, promote discussions on Information ethics, education and digital rights and government Information and present papers and panels at the 2014 Annual Meeting.
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ethical concerns of Information Policy and organization in national security
Cataloging & Classification Quarterly, 2009Co-Authors: Kristene UnsworthAbstract:Information organization is influenced by ideology; whether it is a personal belief system, organizational practice, or national ideology. The role of classification is dichotomous. In library and Information science the goal is to be explicit while its role in national security is much more opaque. This article attempts to disambiguate this distinction in order to better understand the ethical implications of the classification process through examples from three cases related specifically to national security: (1) a dictionary for use by the East German Ministry for State Security, (2) the rules and regulations for the House Committee on un-American Activities, and (3) current requests by the government “to report suspicious activity.”
Ma Hai-qun - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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On the Construction of University Information Policy System from the Perspective of Knowledge Innovation
Information Sciences, 2009Co-Authors: Ma Hai-qunAbstract:University is one of the core subjects in knowledge innovation,and the university Information Policy plays an important role in guiding knowledge innovation and development of the university.Based on national Information policies and laws norms,foreign universities have developed a rich and diverse content of the Information Policy to realize the development and utilization of Information resources and Information technology,to promote knowledge innovation.But it is not sufficient in domestic universities,so we should learn from the advanced experience of foreign countries to build our country's university Information Policy system.
Jonathan M. Grimes - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Cloud computing and Information Policy: Computing in a Policy cloud?
Journal of Information Technology and Politics, 2008Co-Authors: Paul T Jaeger, Jimmy Lin, Jonathan M. GrimesAbstract:Cloud computing is a computing platform that resides in a large data center and is able to dynamically provide servers with the ability to address a wide range of needs, from scientific research to e-commerce. The provision of computing resources as if it were a utility such as electricity, while potentially revolutionary as a computing service, presents many major problems of Information Policy, including issues of privacy, security, reliability, access, and regulation. This article explores the nature and potential of cloud computing, the Policy issues raised, and research questions related to cloud computing and Policy. Ultimately, the Policy issues raised by cloud computing are examined a part of larger issues of public Policy attempting to respond to rapid technological evolution.