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Summary
Summary
As semantic technologies prove their value with targeted applications, there are increasing opportunities to consider their usefulness in social contexts for knowledge, learning, and human development. ""Social Web Evolution: Integrating Semantic Applications and Web 2.0 Technologies"" explores the potential of Web 2.0 and its synergies with the Semantic Web and provides state-of-the-art theoretical foundations and technological applications. A reference edition for academicians, practitioners, policy makers, and government officers eager for knowledge on Web 2.0 and social Web, this book emphasizes practical aspects of the integration of semantic applications into social Web technologies.
Author Notes
Miltiadis D. Lytras is an Assistant Professor in the Computer Engineering and Informatics Department-CEID (University of Patras). His research focuses on semantic web, knowledge management and e-learning, with more than 100 publications in these areas. He has co-edited / co-edits, 25 special issues in International Journals (e.g. IEEE Transaction on Knowledge and Data Engineering, IEEE Internet Computing, IEEE Transactions on Education, Computers in Human Behaviour etc) and has authored/[co-]edited 12 books [e.g. Open Source for Knowledge and Learning management, Ubiquitous and Pervasive Knowledge Management, Intelligent Learning Infrastructures for Knowledge Intensive Organizations, Semantic Based Information systems]. He is the founder and officer of the Semantic Web and Information Systems Special Interest Group in the Association for Information Systems (http://www.sigsemis.org). He serves as the (Co) Editor in Chief of 12 international journals [e.g. International Journal of Knowledge and Learning, International Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning, International Journal on Social and Humanistic Computing, International Journal on Semantic Web and Information Systems, International Journal on Digital Culture and Electronic Tourism, International Journal of Electronic Democracy, International Journal of Electronic Banking, International Journal of Electronic Trade] while he is associate editor or editorial board member in seven more. Patricia Ordonez de Pablos is professor in the Department of Business Administration and Accountability, at the Faculty of Economics of The University of Oviedo (Spain). Her teaching and research interests focus on the areas of strategic management, knowledge management, intellectual capital measuring and reporting, organizational learning and human resources management. She is Executive Editor of the International Journal of Learning and Intellectual, the International Journal of Strategic Change Management and Co-Executive Editor of International Journal of Chinese Culture and Management.
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Library Journal Review
This definitive guide divides an expansive, recently distinguished, and rapidly evolving subject into 19 thematic chapters, dealing with informational facets as diverse as social networking sites, public comment applications, e-commerce, online learning, and information diffusion models. Lytras and Ordonez de Pablos (coeditors, Knowledge Networks) bring together the scholarship of 44 field professionals, who employ international empirical case studies to support assertions and concepts. Each chapter-long essay is divided by issue heading and closes with a multipage bibliography. A more expansive, scholarly complement to Ann Bell's Exploring Web 2.0.-Savannah Schroll Guz, formerly with Smithsonian Lib., Washington, DC (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
