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UNINA9910953492103321 |
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Autore |
Nilsen Kirsti |
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Titolo |
The impact of information policy : measuring the effects of the commercialization of Canadian government statistics / / Kirsti Nilsen |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Westport, Conn., : Ablex Publishing, 2001 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (272 pages) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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Contemporary studies in information management, policies, and services |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Information policy - Canada |
Canada Statistical services |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-252) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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