From information commons to knowledge commons: Building a collaborative knowledge sharing environment for innovative communities

Electronic Library

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 247-257

  Shuhuai, Ren ^a   Xingjun, Sheng ^a   Haiqing, Lin ^b   Jialin, Cao ^a  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Communities; Computer applications; Digital libraries; Knowledge sharing

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651154583     PISSN: 02640473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02640470910947593     Document Type: Article

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