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A new issue of Information Research is now available at:
http://www.shef.ac.uk/~is/publications/infres/ircont.html
Here's the Editorial:
As a results of the efforts we are making to widen the scope of
Information Research by our relationships with similar
Departments around the world, this issue has something of a
"Sheffield only" appearance - wider intake is promised for
our next issue.
Having said that, I think that the submissions are
interesting: we have a paper, based on a student
dissertation from on the attempts by UK universities to use
Business Process Re-engineering to achieve organizational
change. As usual, the British universities appear to be
seizing upon some private sector management fad just as the
private sector is deciding that it was just a fad. It seems
that the academic imagination (or at least that of those
who direct the affairs of academic institutions) leaves
something to be desired when it comes to determining how to
manage.
Next, under the label of a "Working Paper" is the Web
version of a report by Francis Greene, Brendan Loughridge
and myself on the management information needs of academic
Heads of Department. This was the result of a research
project supported by the British Library R & D Department
and was completed in 1996. However, it had very little
circulation at the time, being deposited at the Document
Supply Centre at Boston Spa, and never published in book
form. The results support to some degree the final sentence
of the previous paragraph!
The final new item in this issue is a report of an
International Workshop in the field of database integrity,
verification and validitation. The lead author, hidden in
the long list of contributors, is Barry Eaglestone, who
joined the Department here in Sheffield towards the end of
last year.
I have left the link to the Doctoral Papers from the ISIC
Conference, as it has had a significant number of hits (264
at today's count) since the last issue was published, and
repetition here may guarantee more.
I hope that by the time this appears I shall have managed
to update the list of student dissertations to cover
1997/98 instead of 1996/97.
Remember that, although we now have Regional Editors, we
are willing to consider papers from anywhere in the world,
not simply those from the regions indicated. I act as
General Editor and will accept submissions from Western
Europe, the Middle and Far East, and Australasia.
Remember also that you get advance notice of new issues of
Information Researchif you sign up.
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