Systems science and collaborative information systems: theories, practices and new research

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Vertical Integration of Science: An Approach to Including Information, Knowledge and Its Organization (pages 1-16) Emilia Currás (Autonomous University Madrid, Spain) 2. What is Information?: An Enquiry beyond Information Science from a Systemic Point of View (pages 17-36) Francisco-Javier García-Marco (Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain) 3. Information: A Multidimensional Reality (pages 37-70) José María Díaz Nafría (Universidad de León, Spain & Science of Information Institute, USA) 4. Informationism, Information and Its Neuronal Theories (pages 71-86) Emilia Currás (Autonomous University Madrid, Spain) 5. The Complexity of Finding Information in Collaborative Information Systems: Cognitive Needs (pages 87-120) Aida Varela (Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil), Marilene Lobo Abreu Barbosa (Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil) 6. Understanding User Attitudes toward Information Systems: A Grounded Theory Approach (pages 121-137) David A. Jank (Long Island University, USA) 7. Review and Brief History of Collaborative Systems: Taxonomy, Services and Classification (pages 139-160) Nuria Lloret Romero (Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain) 8. Adaptive Information Retrieval Based on Task Context (pages 161-184) Bich-Liên Doan (Supélec, France), Jean-Paul Sansonnet (LIMSI-CNRS, France) 9. Metadata for Information Retrieval in Archives (pages 185-195) Vicent Giménez Chornet (Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain) 10. Management Systems of User Interfaces Functionalities in Latin: American Web OPACs (pages 196-214) Elsa Barber (Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina), Silvia Pisano (Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina), Sandra Romagnoli (Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina), Verónica Parsiale (Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina), Gabriela de Pedro (Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina), Carolina Gregui (Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina), Nancy Blanco (Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina

11. Academic Libraries as Complex Systems (pages 215-232) Álvaro Quijano-Solís (El Colegio de México, Mexico), Guadalupe Vega-Díaz (El Colegio de México, Mexico) 12. Cultural Management 2.0 (pages 233-241) Margarita Cabrera Méndez (Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain) 13. Coagmento: A Case Study in Designing a User-Centric Collaborative Information Seeking System (pages 242-257) Chirag Shah (Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA)