Ian Rowlands 
Understanding Information Policy [PDF ebook] 

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