Paper Info
Title
Trust and epistemic communities in biodiversity data sharing
Abstract
Trust is a key element of knowledge work: what we know depends largely on others. This paper discusses the concepts of communities of practice and epistemic cultures, and their implication for design of digital libraries that support data sharing, with particular reference to practices of trust and credibility. It uses an empirical study of a biodiversity digital library of data from a variety of sources to illustrate implications digital library design and operation. It concludes that diversity and uncomfortable boundary areas typify, not only digital library user groups, but the design and operation of digital libraries.
Year
DOI
Venue
2002
10.1145/544220.544270
JCDL
Keywords
Field
DocType
knowledge work,particular reference,digital library,epistemic community,epistemic culture,key element,biodiversity digital library,biodiversity data,implications digital library design,digital library user group,empirical study,support data,trust,biodiversity
Biodiversity,Credibility,Computer science,Data sharing,Knowledge management,Digital library,Epistemology,Empirical research
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
1-58113-513-0
8
0.97
References 
Authors
13
1
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
N. A. Van House148062.02