This paper is based on the study of computer‐mediated communication (CMC) making use of e‐mail and video conferencing to facilitate co‐operative work at a distance. Video…
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This paper is based on the study of computer‐mediated communication (CMC) making use of e‐mail and video conferencing to facilitate co‐operative work at a distance. Video supported contact between remote partners can permit architects, other professionals (such as the structural engineers) and on‐site construction personnel, to relate to one another in real‐time. Video could provide a channel of communication between remote participants and serve as an analytical tool providing a record of mediated communication. The author investigates communicative issues raised by CMC practice. The theme of “presence” emerges as crucial.
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In the 1990s, North American archivists and records managers shifted some of their concern with electronic records and record keeping systems to conducting research about the…
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In the 1990s, North American archivists and records managers shifted some of their concern with electronic records and record keeping systems to conducting research about the nature of these records and systems. This essay describes one of the major research projects at the University of Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences, supported with funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Specifically, the essay focuses on the project's four main products: recordkeeping functional requirements, production rules to support the requirements, metadata specifications for record keeping, and the warrant reflecting the professional and societal endorsement of the concept of the recordkeeping functional requirements.