Doing so, he also traces three epistemic eras in the representation of individuals and groups, first in the forms of documents, then information, then data. He examines the transition as indexes went from being explicit professional structures that mediated users and documents to being implicit infrastructural devices used in everyday information and communication acts. Focusing on the documentary index (understood as a mode of social positioning), and drawing on the work of the French documentalist Suzanne Briet, Day explores the understanding and uses of indexicality.

In this book, Ronald Day offers a critical history of the modern tradition of documentation. KeywordsCyberinfrastructure-Cyberscholarship-Information infrastructure-Social analysis information systems In closing, the character of the field today is considered. Part two portrays key ideas from infrastructure studies (knowledge work, social and political values, Part one of the paper presents definitions for infrastructure and cyberinfrastructure, reviewing This article outlines a research area and outlines overarching We argue that a theoretical understanding of infrastructure provides the context for needed dialogue between design, use,Īnd sustainability of internet-based infrastructure services.

These are elements associated with the internet and, frequently today, associated with cyberinfrastructure or e-science endeavors. Plumbing and pipes, electrical power plants and wires, this article focuses on information infrastructure, such as computational services and help desks, or federating activities such as scientific data repositoriesĪnd archives spanning the multiple disciplines needed to address such issues as climate warming and the biodiversity crisis. Is understood as a broad category referring to a variety of pervasive, enabling network resources such as railroad lines, Of the development, usage, and maintenance of infrastructures in local communities as well as global arenas. Infrastructure Studies simultaneously addresses the technical, social, and organizational aspects This article presents Information Infrastructure Studies, a research area that takes up some core issues in digital informationĪnd organization research.

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