Scholarship in the Digital Age: Information, Infrastructure, and the Internet

by Christine L. Borgman

Book Overview

An exploration of the technical, social, legal, and economic aspects of the scholarly infrastructure needed to support research activities in all fields in the twenty-first century.

Scholars in all fields now have access to an unprecedented wealth of online information, tools, and services. The Internet lies at the core of an information infrastructure for distributed, data-intensive, and collaborative research. Although much attention...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262026198
• ISBN13: 9780262026192
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher