The Research Training Initiative website
(http://www.biad.uce.ac.uk/research/guides/index.html) already operates, to
some degree as an online resource centre with a number of case studies and
two related bibliographies, as well as other material. The idea of creating
a 'folder' into which reading lists and/or annotated bibliographies, or
short literature reviews could be tipped seems to me a very useful one.
Although I think below Ken sets out a more extensive project, something
relatively modest along the lines above could be incorporated into the
existing structure of the RTI site. I would be interested in further views
on this.
Darren Newbury
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From: Ken Friedman [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 9:35 AM
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Subject: Online resource center
Dick Buchanan's suggestion about
an online resource center for research
and professional studies in design
makes good sense.
We would all greatly benefit from a
serious Web-based design research
resource center, possibly organized
as an online library or facility of
some kind.
There has been some talk about this
kind of project from time to time,
but no one has yet found a way to
realize it.
It seems to me the value to the
field would be profound -- and that
it might be realized as a cooperative
venture among several schools who
might jointly develop, edit and host
it.
This requires a serious investment of
time. This is the kind of project
that is being undertaken in many
fields -- it helps to build a field and
provides a base of resources that
all can use.
An online resource center would do
much to enrich the work being done
in developing books, conferences,
journals, and seminars, and as a
common resource, it could do much
to make the results of other projects
more usable.
It seems to me a multiple site -- base
site with mirrors -- organized by a
group of editors working from several
points and perspectives would mark
an important step forward for design
research.
Suggestions?
--
Ken Friedman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Leadership and Strategic Design
Department of Knowledge Management
Norwegian School of Management
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