User:KYPark/2009

Michael Buckland

 * As We May Recall&#58; Four Forgotten Pioneers
 * Interactions, Vol. 16, Iss. 6 (Nov.-Dec. 2009), pp. 76-79. ACM

Fricke
Martin Frické, University of Arizona
 * The knowledge pyramid&#58; a critique of the DIKW hierarchy
 * Journal of Information Science (April 2009) 35(2) 131-142. ACM

The paper evaluates the data - information - knowledge - wisdom (DIKW) hierarchy. This hierarchy, also known as the `knowledge hierarchy', is part of the canon of information science and management. Arguments are offered that the hierarchy is unsound and methodologically undesirable. The paper identifies a central logical error that DIKW makes. The paper also identifies the dated and unsatisfactory philosophical positions of operationalism and inductivism as the philosophical backdrop to the hierarchy. The paper concludes with a sketch of some positive theories, of value to information science, on the nature of the components of the hierarchy: that data is anything recordable in a semantically and pragmatically sound way, that information is what is known in other literature as `weak knowledge', that knowledge also is `weak knowledge' and that wisdom is the possession and use, if required, of wide practical knowledge, by an agent who appreciates the fallible nature of that knowledge.


 * See also: Rowley (2007)

Birger Hjorland

 * The Controversy over the Concept of "Information"&#58; A Rejoinder to Professor Bates
 * Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, vol. 60, no. 3 (March 2009) pp. 643-643. ACM


 * Marcia Bates (2005) "Information and knowledge: an evolutionary framework for information science"

Adam Jackson

 * The Flipside: Finding the Hidden Opportunities in Life
 * Business Plus
 * http://www.adamjjackson.com/
 * http://www.findingtheflipside.com/

The Flip Side is a most enjoyable, well-written book. The author manages to convey the facts and figures without going into a long-winded and rambling account, which more often than not can be boring in other books of this type.

This book jogs along at a splendid pace, always keeping the reader’s attention and interest.

And what to me is the criterion of a good book, it makes one eager to read on. I found it hard to put down, always wanting to see what the next chapter would reveal.

It is a truly inspirational account, showing as it does, how people with the right attitude to life can overcome some of the most difficult experiences.

In fact, were I in a position to do so, I would make it compulsory reading for all those ‘Moaning Minnies’ out there, who sit waiting for someone or something to turn up and make things better, instead of pulling themselves up by their bootstraps and getting on with life.

Life is our greatest treasure to be lived and loved to the full. This book tells how, who, when and where many people, some of them now world famous, got up and got on with life despite seemingly insurmountable odds.

Andrew Lih

 * The Wikipedia Revolution: How A Bunch of Nobodies Created The World's Greatest Encyclopedia
 * Hyperion, March 17, 2009.
 * ISBN 978-1401303716


 * Review by Jeffrey Barlow: "The Wikipedia Revolution," The Journal of Education, Community and Values, vol. 10, iss. 4 (May 2010).
 * ``The impact of Wikipedia is closely related to the impact of the Internet itself. It is very much part of the Web 2.0 stage of the Internet.``
 * ``It is an excellent place to begin understanding the history, the key controversies, and the major issues related to the development of Wikipedia. Lih also deals with the antecedents of Wikipedia, principally Nupedia, which was intended to be fully peer-reviewed.``

Edward Szewczak

 * Selected Readings on the Human Side of Information Technology
 * Information Science Reference (editor) Preface


 * ``As a student of MIS in the 1980s, certain research efforts impressed upon me the importance of focusing on the role of people in systems. Henry Lucas’ study of why information systems fail (Lucas, 1975) is a case in point. [...] It is easy to be dazzled by the stream of technological innovations in hardware and software. However systems are built for people. It is how people react to technology that is of fundamental importance to systems' success.``
 * ``The "Minnesota Experiments" (Dickson, Senn & Chervany, 1977) were another influence on my thinking about people and systems.``

Stephen Wolfram

 * Wolfram Alpha
 * announced 2009-03, launched 2009-05-18