Chief Information Officers

2011 ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Shannon H. Schelin ◽  
G. David Garson
Keyword(s):  
Information Technologies ◽  
Virtual Communities ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Chief Information Officers ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Government Involvement ◽  
Internet Revolution

Information Technology has fundamentally altered many aspects of daily life, including interactions with public and private sectors. The role of the Internet continues to increase as more citizens use it to find pertinent information, purchase goods and services, and to participate in virtual communities. By capitalizing on the Internet revolution, governments can create new channels of communication and new methods for participation via e-government. The changing environment, coupled with citizen and business demands, encourages government involvement in e-government initiatives and related uses of information technologies.

E-Government

2003 ◽  
pp. 120-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shannon Howle Schelin
Keyword(s):  
Information Technologies ◽  
Virtual Communities ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Government Involvement ◽  
The Government ◽  
Internet Revolution

Information technology has fundamentally altered many aspects of daily life, including interactions with the government. The role of the Internet continues to increase as more citizens use it to find pertinent information, purchase goods and services, and to participate in virtual communities. By capitalizing on the Internet revolution, governments can create new channels of communication and new methods for participation via e-government. The changing environment, coupled with citizen and business demands, encourages government involvement in e-government initiatives and related uses of information technologies. This essay offers an overview of the historical premises, theoretical constructs, and associated typologies of e-government. These typologies posit a framework for understanding e-government, its potential benefits, and its related challenges.

E-Government

2011 ◽  
pp. 110-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shannon Howle Schelin
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Virtual Communities ◽  
Administrative Leadership ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
The Government ◽  
Internet Revolution

Information technology has fundamentally altered many aspects of daily life, including interactions with the government. The role of the Internet continues to increase as more citizens use it to find pertinent information, purchase goods and services, and participate in virtual communities. By capitalizing on the Internet revolution, governments can create new channels of communication and new methods for participation via e-government. The changing environment, coupled with citizen and business demands, encourages government involvement in e-government initiatives and related uses of information technologies. Clearly, the role of information technology in the public sector has changed rapidly over the past decade. The computer systems that were once a luxury investment for wealthy states and local governments are now supporting almost every function of local government. In virtually all local governments across the nation, information-technology investments are becoming an increasingly important area of attention for elected officials and administrative leadership alike.

scholarly journals Analiza perspektyw rozwoju bitcoina w kontekście możliwości pełnienia funkcji pieniądza

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 153
Author(s):  
Tomasz Kopyściański ◽  
Marzena Franków
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Communities ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Innovative Technologies ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Current State ◽  
Monetary Authorities ◽  
The Subject

Innovative technologies and the emergence of virtual communities create new types of transactions and the accounting methods that go beyond the current state of knowledge in economics and existing legal solutions. These virtual communities create and distribute their own medium of payment for the exchange of goods and services, thereby providing a means of payment in which emissions or circulation central monetary authorities are not involved. The reasons behind  the emergence of cryptocurrencies are not only the shortcomings of the traditional currency system which was unable to face numerous crises, but also the development of the Internet for which cryptocurrencies can prove to be a better suited form of money. Unfortunately, they stir much legal controversy with the effect that their users are exposed to significant legal and economic risk.Therefore, the subject of research presented in the article is to analyze the economic substance of Bitcoin. The main objective in this area is to assess the role of Bitcoin in terms of capacity to serve as money.

scholarly journals All-Russian Library Congress — 2018: On the Way to Creation of the Librarianship Development Concept

2018 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
pp. 247-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. A. Trushina ◽  
V. V. Meshcheryakova
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Special Events ◽  
New Information ◽  
Analytical Review ◽  
Open Discussion ◽  
The Russian Federation

he article presents an analytical review of the All-Russian Library Congress, held in Vladimir — the Library Capital of Russia 2018 — on 12—18 May 2018. The Congress was devoted to the theme “Ba-sing on the Past, We Build the Future. The Role of Cultural Heritage in Transforming the Librarianship in Russia”. The Congress held an open Discussion on the concept of librarianship development in the Russian Federation; it adopted the Guidelines on local lore activities for public libraries of the Russian Federation and approved the Regulations on the Council for Professional Qualifications in the Field of Library and Information Activities, planned for creation under the Russian Library Association. The Congress worked in various formats: pre-session events, plenary sessions, section meetings by library types and activity areas, and special events. The 19th Exhibition of Publishing Products, New Information Technologies, Goods and Services complemented the Congress. The Congress determined Tula to be the Library Capital of Russia 2019.

Motivations and Trends for IT/IS Adoption

2010 ◽  
pp. 1639-1656
Author(s):  
João Varajão ◽  
Antonio Trigo ◽  
João Barroso
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Chief Information Officers ◽  
Enterprise Resource Planning Systems ◽  
Strategic Support ◽  
Near Future ◽  
Role Of Information

Over the past few decades, information systems and technologies have taken on a wide variety of roles within organizations, ranging from operational support to the strategic support of the company. Therefore, there have been significant changes in the motives for their adoption that are vital to understand to guarantee that investment is properly managed. With the purpose of identifying and characterizing the motivations currently behind the adoption of information technologies in large Portuguese companies, which systems the companies have been implementing, in which systems they intend to invest in short-term, and what is the current role of information technology within the organization, we carried out a study with the participation of several chief information officers. The findings of this study reveal that the reasons for adoption and the role that information systems and technologies play is evolving in Portuguese companies and that the adoption of certain types of systems like Enterprise Resource Planning systems is now consolidated, whereas the adoption of other systems like Business Intelligence systems should increase significantly in the near future.

Building Virtual Communities Through a De-Marginalized View of Knowledge Networking

2006 ◽  
pp. 278-299
Author(s):  
Kam H. Vat
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Virtual Communities ◽  
Virtual Community ◽  
Survival And Reproduction ◽  
Technical Issues ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Learning And Change

The chapter investigates an actionable context of knowledge networking, from the perspective of sustainable development which should accommodate the building of communities in cyberspace so much exemplified in today’s Internet and World Wide Web. The premise of this exploration is that members, or participants, in any community are engaged in learning that is critical to the survival and reproduction of that community. Through community participation, learners find and acquire models and have the opportunity themselves to become models and apprentices of others. This investigation provides a basis for thinking about the possibilities of a virtual community and the dynamics of its construction across a variety of computer-based contexts. The design and refinement of technology as the conduit for extending and enhancing the possibilities of virtual community building is an essential issue, but the role of the individuals as participants in such a community is as important. The idea of sustainable knowledge networking is to bring about continual learning and change for the community in need. The emergent challenge of such a mission is to de-marginalize many of the non-technical issues of building virtual communities for knowledge transfer and learning. The chapter concludes by reiterating the challenge of expositing what it means to create an appropriate context of knowledge networking through which purposeful actions can be supported with the elaboration of suitable information technologies.

An Introduction to Information Technology and Business Intelligence

2011 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Stephan Kudyba ◽  
Richard Hoptroff
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Business Intelligence ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Information Economy ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Software Applications ◽  
The World ◽  
Industry Sectors

The world of commerce has undergone a transformation since the early 1990s, which has increasingly included the utilization of information technologies by firms across industry sectors in order to achieve greater productivity and profitability. In other words, through use of such technologies as mainframes, PCs, telecommunications, state-of-the-art software applications and the Internet, corporations seek to utilize productive resources in a way that augment the efficiency with which they provide the most appropriate mix of goods and services to their ultimate consumer. This process has provided the backbone to the evolution of the information economy which has included increased investment in information technology (IT), the demand for IT labor and the initiation of such new paradigms as e-commerce.

scholarly journals New Values of Non-Wood Forest Products

Forests ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weiss ◽  
Emery ◽  
Corradini ◽  
Živojinović
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Renewable Materials ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Commercial Activities ◽  
Policy Measures ◽  
Private Actors ◽  
Innovation Support

The role of non-wood forest products (NWFPs) in industrialised country economies has declined in the past, but they are generating renewed interest as business opportunities. In a forest-based bio-economy frame, NWFPs can contribute to human nutrition, renewable materials, and cultural and experiential services, as well as create job and income opportunities in rural areas. Applying a service-dominant logic (SDL) approach to analysis of NWFPs, this article aimed to understand how new goods and services are co-created through networks of public and private actors in specific institutional, social, and cultural contexts. This focus sheds light on the experiences associated with NWFP harvest and use, revealing a fulsome suite of values and economic opportunities that include but are greater than the physical goods themselves. Turning the SDL lens on in-depth case studies from Europe and North America, we show dimensions of forest products that go beyond commercial values but are, at the same time, constituent of commercial activities. SDL provides a new view on customer relations, service provision to businesses, and policy measures for innovation support for non-wood forest products.

The generalized sousveillance society

2010 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 489-507 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Gabriel Ganascia
Keyword(s):  
Present State ◽  
Real World ◽  
Public Transportation ◽  
Virtual World ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The World ◽  
Modern Information ◽  
Flow Of Information

This article is based on the notion of ‘sousveillance’, which was invented by Steve Mann to describe the present state of modern technological societies where anybody may take photos or videos of any person or event, and then diffuse the information freely all over the world. The article shows how sousveillance can be generalized both to the real world and to the virtual world of the Infosphere using modern information technologies. As a consequence, the separation between public and private spheres tends to disappear. We believe that generalized sousveillance may transform the overall society, e.g. modern public transportation like the Paris subway might have to change the way it disseminates information due to the impossibility of managing the flow of information coming from its infrastructures. To attempt to elucidate a society based on generalized sousveillance, the article introduces the notion of the ‘Catopticon’, derived from Bentham’s Panopticon: while the architecture of the Panopticon was designed to facilitate surveillance by prohibiting communication and by installing surveyors in a watchtower, the architecture of the ‘Catopticon’ allows everybody to communicate with everybody and removes surveyors from the watchtower. The article goes on to explore the opportunities the Catopticon might offer if extended to the whole planet. It also shows the limitations of the extended Catopticon; some are extrinsic: they consist of various resistances which restrict access to the Internet; others are intrinsic: for instance, we can exchange simultaneously only with a few people, while we may have millions of contacts. As a consequence, the various new ‘regimes of distinction’ mentioned above play a key role in modern societies.

scholarly journals Let's Not Railroad American Higher Education!

2013 ◽  
Vol 46 (01) ◽  
pp. 94-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henry E. Brady
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
College Campuses ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Market Forces ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
For Profit ◽  
American Higher Education ◽  
Privatization Of Higher Education ◽  
The Way

Politics, economics, and technology have conspired to make this an exceptionally challenging time for American higher education. Some critics claim that costs are out of control in traditional public and private nonprofit higher education. They believe these institutions will soon go the way of the railroads as for-profit institutions displace them and the Internet replaces college campuses and classrooms. Other critics bemoan the privatization of higher education and the increasing role of market forces. Still others think higher education has lost its way and fails to focus on educating undergraduates.

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