Understanding Information Policy

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