information and knowledge sharing ()

Areas of Expertise

Internet Technologies & Society
Internet Technologies & Society
The technologies that help us to organise and share information on the internet are changing the way we live and work. This information society or knowledge economy people affects is in all kinds of new ways – as individuals, groups and organisations.

Projects

VDS information architecture analysis and feasibility study
VDS information architecture analysis and feasibility study
VDS holds data of varying quality on volunteering opportunities, volunteer involving organisations, research, services and learning using a variety of different systems. The aim of this project is to help develop an integrated, future-proof solution.
The knowledge trap: an intranet implementation in a corporate environment
The knowledge trap: an intranet implementation in a corporate environment
To investigate the role of the intranet in knowledge sharing through primary research on a single, maturing intranet in a large, distributed organisation.
Risk and opportunity in collaborative work
Risk and opportunity in collaborative work
This pilot study set out to establish the main risks and opportunities of the adoption of social computing tools within organizations for collaborative work purposes as perceived by information and knowledge management professionals.

Members

Peter Cruickshank
Peter Cruickshank
Lecturer
p.cruickshank@napier.ac.uk
+44 131 455 2309

Publications

Auernhammer, J., Hall, H. (2013, ). New knowledge creation within manufacturing: a pattern analysis of behaviours and interactions that underpin knowledge creation and innovation in a large German automotive manufacturer. Paper presented at Information: interactions and impact (i3) 2013, Aberdeen.

Cooke, L., Hall, H. (2013). Facets of DREaM: a Social Network Analysis exploring network development in the UK LIS research community. Journal of Documentation, 69, (6), .

Brettle, A., Hall, H., Oppenheim, C. (2012, ). We have a DREaM: the Developing Research Excellence and Methods network. Paper presented at 4th International Conference on Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries, Limerick, Republic of Ireland.

Cox, A., Francke, H., Haider, J., Hall, H., Huvila, I. (2012, October). Transformation or continuity? The impact of social media on information: implications for theory and practice. Paper presented at ASIS&T 2012 Annual Meeting, Baltimore.

Cruickshank, P., Hall, H., Taylor-Smith, E. (2012, ). Realising the value of RiLIES: the research in librarianship impact evaluation study. Paper presented at 4th International Conference on Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries, Limerick, Republic of Ireland.

Hall, H., Irving, C., Cruickshank, P. (2012). Improving access to Library and Information Science research: Maximizing its relevance and impact to practitioners . Business Information Review, 29, (4), 224-230.

Cruickshank, P. (2011). SCRAN: The Network. Journal of Urban Technology , 18, (2), 83-97.

Hall, H. (2011). More than mere information assets: the reach of social media in information services delivery. University of Edinburgh Business School.

Hall, H. (2011). Project output versus influence in practice: impact as a dimension of research quality. Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, 6, (4), .

Hall, H. (2011). Relationship and role transformations in social media environments. The Electronic Library, 29, (4), 421-428.

Hall, H. (2011). UK library and information science research matters. Library and Information Science Research, 33, (1), 89-91.

Lumsden, J., Hall, H., Cruickshank, P. (2011). Ontology definition and construction, and epistemological adequacy for systems interoperability: a practitioner analysis. Journal of Information Science, 37, (3), 248-255.

Hall, H., Widen-Wulff, G., Peterson, L. (2010). Not what you know, nor who you know, but who you know already: examining online information sharing behaviours through the lens of social exchange theory. Libri, 60, (2), 117-128.

Loudon, L., Hall, H. (2010). From triviality to business tool: the case of Twitter in library and information services delivery. Business Information Review, 27, (4), 236-241.

Hall, H. (2008, September). Culture as culprit: using actor-network theory to unpick power issues of knowledge exchange in corporate environments. Paper presented at Developing and sustaining a knowledge sharing culture, University of Warwick Business School.

Hall, H. (2008). Realising the potential of technology tools: expecting the unexpected. In: Turner, C. (Ed.) Proceedings of Online Information 2008, , () ( ed.). (pp. 23-25). London: . Imark.

Hall, H., Widen-Wulff, G. (2008). Social exchange, social capital and information sharing in online environments: lessons from three case studies. Studia Humaniora Ouluensia, 8, (), 73-86.

Shoniwa, P., Hall, H. (2008). Library 2.0 and UK academic libraries: drivers and impacts. New Review of Information Networking, 14, (2), 69-79.

Hall, H., Goody, M. (2007). KM culture and compromise - interventions to promote knowledge sharing supported by technology in corporate environments. Journal of Information Science, 33, (2), 181-188.

Hall, H., Graham, D. (2004). Creation and recreation: motivating collaboration to generate knowledge capital in online communities. International Journal of Information Management, 24, (), 235-246.

Hall, H. (2004). The intranet as actor: the role of the intranet in knowledge sharing. In: (Ed.) Proceedings of the international workshop on understanding sociotechnical action, 3-4 June 2004, Edinburgh, , () ( ed.). (pp. 109-111). Edinburgh: . Napier University.

Hall, H. (2003). Borrowed theory: applying exchange theories in information science research. Library and Information Science Research, 25, (), 287-306.

Hall, H. (2002). Exploring knowledge sharing in distributed organisations: report on research in progress. In: (Ed.) KMSS 2002: the new scope of knowledge management in theory and in practice, , () ( ed.). (pp. ). : . .

Davenport, E., Hall, H. (2001). New knowledge and micro-level online organization: 'communities of practice' as a development framework. In: Sprague, R. (Ed.) Proceedings of the 34th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, , () ( ed.). (pp. ). Los Alamitos: . IEEE Computer Society Press.

Hall, H. (2001). Devising intranet incentives: rewards and conditions for knowledge exchange. (Invited conference paper.). In: (Ed.) 25th International Online Information Meeting, , () ( ed.). (pp. ). : . .

Hall, H. (2001). Input-friendliness: motivating knowledge sharing across intranets (available online from http://www.knowledgeboard.com/lib/3259). Journal of Information Science, 27, (3), 139-146.

Hall, H. (2001). Knowledge management perspectives (Invited paper presented on Tuesday 6th November 2001 in Stirling to the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants). .

Hall, H. (2001). Social exchange for knowledge exchange. In: (Ed.) Managing knowledge: conversations and critiques, University of Leicester Management Centre, 10-11 April 2001, , () ( ed.). (pp. ). : . .

Hall, H. (2000). Common knowledge: an exploration of social learning in distributed organisations (poster presentation). In: (Ed.) ISIC 2000 - Information seeking in context: the third international conference on information needs, seeking and use in different contexts, , () ( ed.). (pp. ). : . .

Hall, H. (2000). Online information sources: tools of business intelligence?. Journal of Information Science, 26, (3), 137-141.

Hall, H. (1999). Recreating community: a virtual case study. Education for Information, , (), 253-258.

Hall, H. (1997). You'll wish it was all over: the bibliographic control of grey literature with reference to print football fanzines. Serials, 10, (2), 189-194.