Looks at the processes of managing the inventory of state government properties in São Paulo, Brazil and the systematisation and exchanges of information between state agencies. It traces the integration of operations between these agencies and between different layers of government as elements of database storage and electronic interconnection have been implemented. It sees the co-evolution of...

This article touches on developments in collaborative research and development efforts. It examines key areas where the effects and opportunities of R&D have most influence: Collaborative spaces and remote collaboration ,New legal frameworks & intellectual property, Collaboration with clients and suppliers, Open Source collaboration, Cross border collaboration and emerging labour relations ,...

Documentation is moving beyond the archives. Heritage can be tagged, commented and rewritten through new layers of participation and visualisation. The future is a continuous open documentation of heritage authored both by researchers and by the public. It is a move towards creating open and accessible records of public heritage. Historical records, buildings and artefacts can exist a conn...

Before the digial divide there was hope. This thesis is a prefix to the broadband era and shows how a whole region moved through systems of communication from foot to fidonet email. Interviews with email pioneers, details of 100 years of telecommunications traffic and stories from the turning points of electronic eras build the account of East Africa's hope, rebellion, triumph and submersion. ...