Intro -- Introduction -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Contents -- Understanding e-Science-What Is It About? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Work -- 3 Research Approach -- 3.1 Research Field and Methodology -- 3.2 Research Framework -- 4 Results -- 5 Discussion of Initial Results -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Organising Academia Online -- 1 Introduction -- 2 E-Learning Organisation: Media Integration as Organisational Development -- 2.1 Online Technologies in Higher Education -- 2.2 Virtualisation in Higher Education -- 3 Change of Organisational Theories and Paradigms -- 3.1 The Research Framework: Virtual (Educational) Organisations -- 3.2 Research Methods -- 4 Discussion and Conclusions -- 4.1 Theoretical Considerations About the Functioning of Virtual Organisations in the Academic Sector -- 4.2 Forms, Instruments and Mechanisms of Control in Virtual Organisations -- 4.3 Limitations -- References -- The Fish Model: When Do Researchers Collaborate Online? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Fish Model: A Conceptual Framework for E-Research Collaboration -- 2.1 The Reality of Managing Scientific Tasks in Terms of the Available Time -- 2.2 Online Research Activities Led by Work-Based Beliefs -- 2.3 Support for Technology Use in Context -- 2.4 Incentives Protected by Research Ethics -- 3 Method -- 4 Results -- 4.1 The Measurement Model -- 4.2 The Structured Model -- 5 Discussion: Conclusion and Limitations -- 5.1 Conclusions -- 5.2 Limitations -- Appendix -- References -- The Use of Digital Tools in Scholarly Activities. Empirical Findings on the State of Digitization of Science in Germany, Focusing on Saxony -- 1 E-Science, Cyberscience, Science 2.0: The Digitization of Science Is on the Move -- 2 The Empirical Question: Is Digitization Really on the Move? -- 3 Hypotheses, Data, and Methods -- 4 Results.

4.1 General Level of Adoption of Digital Tools in Scholarly Activities -- 4.2 Use of Web 2.0 Tools Among Scholars -- 4.3 Disciplinary Differences -- 4.4 Changing Scholarly Practices -- 5 Summary and Discussion -- References -- Digital Research Infrastructure -- 1 Introduction -- 2 IT Infrastructure -- 3 Information Infrastructure -- 3.1 Repositories and Publication Server -- 3.2 Data Formats -- 4 Legal Issues -- 4.1 Copyright Issues -- 4.2 Personal Data Protection -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- MOVING: A User-Centric Platform for Online Literacy Training and Learning -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Digitized Science -- 3 Overview of the MOVING Platform -- 4 The MOVING Web Application -- 4.1 Search -- 4.2 Recommender System -- 4.3 Communities -- 4.4 Learning Environment -- 4.5 Adaptive Training Support -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- CLARIN-D: An IT-Based Research Infrastructure for the Humanities and Social Sciences -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Impact of Digitization in the Humanities-From Digital Humanities to E-Humanities -- 3 CLARIN-D-An Infrastructure for Text-Oriented Humanities -- 4 Metadata, Citation, and Search -- 5 Summary and Conclusion -- References -- Toward Process Variability Management in Online Examination Process in German Universities: A State of the Art -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Motivation -- 3 Research Method -- 3.1 Literature Search and Data Collection in Three Domains -- 3.2 Accreditation Processes in Germany -- 4 Literature and Results -- 4.1 Evaluation of IT Approaches -- 4.2 Evaluation of Study Courses -- 4.3 Evaluation of Accreditation -- 4.4 Summary of the Results -- 5 Conclusion and Further Work -- Appendix 1: Summary of IT Approaches to e-Assessment -- Appendix 2: List of German universities reviewed -- References -- Designing External Knowledge Communication in a Research Network The Case of Sustainable Land Management.

1 Background: Theory and Project -- 1.1 Sustainable Communication in the Sciences -- 1.2 Theoretical and Conceptual Considerations for the Design of Communication Processes -- 1.3 Knowledge Management in the Sustainable Land Management Program as a Challenge for External Communication -- 2 Approach and Methodology -- 2.1 Data Collection -- 2.2 Evaluation Method -- 3 Results -- 3.1 Practitioners and Civil Society as Target Groups of External Knowledge Communication -- 3.2 Effects and Interactions of Factors Influencing External Knowledge Communication -- 3.3 Selecting a Suitable Means of Communication -- 3.4 Selecting and Preparing the Communications Content -- 3.5 Addressing the Attitude of Stakeholders -- 4 Conclusions -- 4.1 Background and Communicative Tasks -- 4.2 Definition of Communication Objectives -- 4.3 Definition of Target Groups -- 4.4 Formulating Messages -- 4.5 Definition of Communication Strategies -- 4.6 Activity Planning and Scheduling ("Concerted Activity") -- 4.7 Limitations of the Study -- 4.8 Lessons Learned -- References -- Researching Scientific Structures via Joint Authorships-The Case of Virtual 3D Modelling in the Humanities -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Defining Disciplines -- 1.2 Defining Cross-Disciplinarity -- 2 The Case of Virtual 3D Modelling in the Humanities -- 2.1 Field of Research -- 2.2 Data Sample -- 2.3 Scientific Approach: Analysis of Scientific Authorship Relations -- 3 Findings -- 3.1 Indication 1: Cooperative Authorship -- 3.2 Indication 2: Lotka Coefficient -- 3.3 Indication 3: Key Players -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Visions of a Future Research Workplace Arising from Recent Foresight Exercises -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Integration of Future Research Tools in Global Expert Systems -- 3 Results of the Delphi Survey on e-Science Tools and Factors -- 3.1 Delphi Survey Background and Scope.

3.2 The Future Use of Information Systems for e-Science-The Results of the Delphi Survey -- 4 Discussion and Conclusions -- References.

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