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Building a collaboratory in an engineering R&D organization

dc.contributor.authorCorreia, Zita
dc.contributor.authorEgreja, Catarina
dc.contributor.authorBarrulas, Maria Joaquina
dc.contributor.authorGil, Rui
dc.contributor.authorFerreira, Diogo R.
dc.date.accessioned2010-09-28T10:30:26Z
dc.date.available2010-09-28T10:30:26Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractThis paper presents the results achieved throughout the process of preparing the ground to develop a collaboratory in an Engineering R&D organization. This case study is part of a broader research project engaged in building a collaboratory in order to share knowledge and resources among the Portuguese State laboratories. In the process of preparing the ground to develop the collaboratory in the first of the laboratories studied, an information audit was conducted and an online survey was launched. The survey targeted 241 people, including mainly professional researchers, but also research trainees and some technical staff integrating the research teams. The questionnaire was designed so as to collect data on the organization’s information management and information culture, and on the information flows taking place, and their relationship with the objectives of the organization. The questionnaire comprised two distinct and independent parts. The first (on the organization’s information culture and information management) obtained seventy nine responses, while the second (information flows) achieved ninety two, corresponding to 32,8% and 38,2% of the total population, respectively. The work carried out provided the basic requirements for the task of developing a software infrastructure to support the collaboratory, addressing the various aspects of collaborative tools, information archiving, hierarchical tag classification, search, transparent integration of the user local environment with the platform and remote control of scientific instruments.por
dc.identifier.citationCorreia, Z.; Egreja, F.; Barrulas, J.; Gil, R.; Ferreira, D. R. Building a collaboratory in an engineering R&D organization. In: IADIS International Journal on Computer Science and Information Systems, 2010, vol. 5, nº.1, p. 58-71por
dc.identifier.issn1646-3692
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.9/928
dc.language.isoengpor
dc.publisherIADISpor
dc.subjectCollaboratorypor
dc.subjectInformation auditpor
dc.subjectInformation managementpor
dc.subjectInformation culturepor
dc.subjectInformation behaviourpor
dc.titleBuilding a collaboratory in an engineering R&D organizationpor
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.endPage71por
oaire.citation.startPage58por
oaire.citation.titleIADIS International Journal on Computer Science and Information Systemspor
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspor
rcaap.typearticlepor

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