If you build it will they come?
This study by the Manchester e-Research Centre and Edinburgh's Institute for the Study of Science, Technology and Innovation indicates that a majority of researchers are making at least occasional use of one or more web 2.0 tools or services for purposes related to their research: for communicating their work; for developing and sustaining networks and collaborations; or for finding out about what others are doing. But frequent or intensive use is rare, and some researchers regard blogs, wikis and other novel forms of communication as a waste of time or even dangerous.
Mr Graham Pryor
As Associate Director Graham has responsibility for the Edinburgh team’s contribution to the DCC partnership, with a particular interest in the identification of new directions and new business. Prior to joining the DCC he was project manager for JISC's Source to Output Repositories project (StORe), which explored the creation of bidirectional links between electronic publications and the data from which they are derived. Before StORe, Graham spent nine years as Director of Information Systems and Services at the University of Aberdeen, following ten years in a number of senior information management posts within the oil and gas sector. His second novel, Preferred Lies, was published in 2007.
- Institution:
- Edinburgh
- Contact:
- graham.pryor@ed.ac.uk