Understanding Information Policy

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• General Overview
  • General Overview
• Information Policy Concepts
  • Overview, Paul Turner
  • Understanding Information Policy: Concepts, Frameworks and Research Tools
  • Models and Frameworks for Information Policy Research
  • Information for Policy-Making
  • Information Policy or Knowledge Policy?
• National and international perspectives
  • Overview
  • Neo-Liberal or Dirigiste? Policies for an Information Society
  • European Information Policy: the Role of Institutional Factors
  • Implementing Information Policies: Some Data Protection Experience
  • Legal and Regulatory Frameworks for Information Policy
  • Real Policy or ‘Virtual Policy’? A Case Study of Tradeable Information Policy
• Organizational Perspectives
  • Overview
  • Library and Information Policy Development in the NHS
  • Information Systems Strategy Formulation in Higher Education
  • Changing the Corporate Culture: Information Policies for Business Excellence
  • Evaluating Information Policy in a Multinational Organization
  • The Limitations of ‘Free’ Access in Academia: Making Commercial Databases Available
• Conclusions
  • Summary and Reflections on the Workshop
  • Directions for Further Research in Information Policy, David Bawden
• Workshop Documentation and Programme
  • Understanding information Policy
  • Bibliography and References
  • Index