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Record Nr.

UNINA9910953492103321

Autore

Nilsen Kirsti

Titolo

The impact of information policy : measuring the effects of the commercialization of Canadian government statistics / / Kirsti Nilsen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn., : Ablex Publishing, 2001

ISBN

9781567508727

1567508723

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Contemporary studies in information management, policies, and services

Disciplina

338.971/06

Soggetti

Information policy - Canada

Canada Statistical services

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-252) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; Contents; 1 Investigating Information Policy Effects; 2 Methodology; 3 Government Information Policy: A Literature Review; 4 Canadian Government Information Policy; 5 Policy Effects on a Government Agency: Statistics Canada's Response to the Cost Recovery and Restraint Initiatives; 6 User Studies of Social Scientists and Statistics; 7 Findings on Social Scientists and Their General Use of Statistics; 8 Findings on Use of Statistics Canada and Other Statistics Sources; 9 Effects of Information Policy on Users; 10 Summarizing Findings and Drawing Conclusions

11 Epilogue: How Statistics Canada Responded to Social Scientists Concerns; Appendix A List of Source Journals; Appendix B Survey Questionnaire in English; Appendix C Comments from Survey Respondents; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This volume focuses on the effects of information policy. It examines the impact of government-wide information policies on a specific government agency in terms of its dissemination policies. It also studies the effects of the ensuing agency information policies on social science research.