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The Scholarly Influence Of Heinz Klein: Ideational And Social Measures Of His Impact On Is Research And Is Scholars, Duane P. Truex, Michael J. Cuellar, Hirotoshi Takeda, Richard Vidgen Jan 2011

The Scholarly Influence Of Heinz Klein: Ideational And Social Measures Of His Impact On Is Research And Is Scholars, Duane P. Truex, Michael J. Cuellar, Hirotoshi Takeda, Richard Vidgen

Michael J. Cuellar

Heinz Klein was a fine scholar and mentor whose work and life have inspired us to explore the notion of ‘scholarly influence’ which we cast as ‘ideational’ and ‘social influence’. We adopt a portfolio of measures approach, using the Hirsch family of statistics to assess ideational influence and Social Network Analysis centrality measures for social influence to profile Heinz Klein’s contribution to information systems (IS) research. The results show that Heinz was highly influential in both ideational terms (a significant body of citations) and social terms (he is close to the heart of the IS research community). Reflecting on the …


No More Design By Committee: Strategies For Building Lean Mean Web Project Teams, Jennifer A. Keach, Jody C. Fagan Jan 2011

No More Design By Committee: Strategies For Building Lean Mean Web Project Teams, Jennifer A. Keach, Jody C. Fagan

Libraries

Whether you are implementing a virtual reference service or redesigning the library website, today’s web projects require organizational buy-in and web skill. Even when working well, standing committees don’t always have the skills needed to create a successful website, clear authority, and resources to complete the job. This program and paper presents research study findings about web committees and teams, and proposes an alternate strategy for developing project-focused, skill-driven teams to manage your library’s next web project.


No More Design By Committee: Strategies For Building Lean Mean Web Project Teams, Jennifer A. Keach, Jody C. Fagan Dec 2010

No More Design By Committee: Strategies For Building Lean Mean Web Project Teams, Jennifer A. Keach, Jody C. Fagan

Jody C Fagan

Whether you are implementing a virtual reference service or redesigning the library website, today’s web projects require organizational buy-in and web skill. Even when working well, standing committees don’t always have the skills needed to create a successful website, clear authority, and resources to complete the job. This program and paper presents research study findings about web committees and teams, and proposes an alternate strategy for developing project-focused, skill-driven teams to manage your library’s next web project.