This article explores the tension between standardization and flexibility in information
infrastructure (II). Just like other large technical systems, the geographically dispersed yet highly …

In their initial articulation of the direction of the CSCW field, scholars advanced an open-ended
agenda. This continuing commitment to open-ness to different contexts and approaches …

Our paper is motivated by one simple question: Why do so many action research efforts fail
to persist over time? We approach this question, the problem of sustainability, building on a …

In this paper, we discuss conceptualizations of the relationship between IT and organizational
issues. To move beyond an “IT enables/constrains” position, we argue that it is necessary …

This paper focuses on the processes producing the standards which make up the technical
back-bone of an information infrastructure. These standards are neither ready-made nor …

Color-shift keying (CSK) is a visible light communication intensity modulation scheme,
outlined in IEEE 802.15.7, that transmits data imperceptibly through the variation of the color …

The `seamless' integration of a collectionof information systems has been recognised
asvital in promoting and realising thecollaborative aspects of work. This emphasis onthe …

All knowing is material. The challenge for Information Systems (IS) research is to specify
how knowing is material by drawing on theoretical characterizations of the digital. Synthetic …

Online communities frequently create significant economic and relational value for community
participants and beyond. It is widely accepted that the underlying source of such value is …

A considerable body of literature has demonstrated-- empirically as well as analytically--that
information systems need to be situated to the local context of use. Yet for infrastructural …