information work

By Isto Huvila, 14 December, 2016

COST-ARKWORK Archaeological practices and knowledge work

COST-ARKWORK is a new network funded by the COST scheme that brings together the multidisciplinary work of researchers of archaeological practices in the field of archaeological knowledge production and use. COST-ARKWORK was launched in November and will run four years until October 2020. 

COST-ARKWORK Archaeological practices and knowledge work

Archaeology is everywhere. Archaeological knowledge and knowledge of archaeology is relevant in different sectors of life from scholarly research of the past and land development to schools, museums and local community groups. In spite of this, the current understanding of how archaeologists work and how archaeological knowledge is produced and used is fragmented and incomplete.
By Isto Huvila, 20 October, 2016

When is information work?

Information science researchers and practitioners discuss information activities using a large number of different terms. A concept that often appears in colloquial discussions of information activities but that has received less systematic attention in information science research is that of information work.

information work

Latest Publications

Regimes of Participation: Theorising Participatory Archives from the Outset of Archivists Views on Archival Institutions and User Participation in Scandinavia
Huvila, I. . (2024). Regimes of Participation: Theorising Participatory Archives from the Outset of Archivists Views on Archival Institutions and User Participation in Scandinavia. Information Research, 29, 121–146. http://doi.org/10.47989/ir291539
On Infrastructural Speculation
Huvila, I. . (2023). On Infrastructural Speculation. Current Swedish Archaeology, 31, 39–42. http://doi.org/10.37718/CSA.2023.02
My Personal Doctor Will Not Be Replaced with Any Robot Service! : Older Adults Experiences with Personal Health Information and eHealth Services
Enwald, H. ., Eriksson-Backa, K. ., Hirvonen, N. ., & Huvila, I. . (2024). My Personal Doctor Will Not Be Replaced with Any Robot Service! : Older Adults Experiences with Personal Health Information and eHealth Services. In S. . Kurbanoğlu, S. . Špiranec, J. . Boustany, Y. . Ünal, I. . Sencan, D. . Kos, … L. . Roy (Eds.), European Conference on Information Literacy (pp. 145–157). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland. http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-53001-2_13
Conceptualizing Data Needs within Contexts of Data Discoverability and Reuse: A Study of Environmental and Social Scientists
Liu, Y.-H. ., Huvila, I. ., Kaiser, J. ., Friberg, Z. ., Sköld, O. ., Andersson, L. ., … Wu, M. . (2023). Conceptualizing Data Needs within Contexts of Data Discoverability and Reuse: A Study of Environmental and Social Scientists. In IST23 Conference: Information Science Perspectives to Documenting Processes and Practices. Uppsala: ASIS&T European Chapter. http://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.7937097
Users Experiences With Online Access to Electronic Health Records in Mental and Somatic Health Care: Cross-Sectional Study
Wang, B. ., Kristiansen, E. ., Fagerlund, A. ., Zanaboni, P. ., Hägglund, M. ., Bärkås, A. ., … Johansen, M. . (2023). Users Experiences With Online Access to Electronic Health Records in Mental and Somatic Health Care: Cross-Sectional Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 25, e47840. http://doi.org/10.2196/47840

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Isto Huvila

(né Isto Vatanen)  
Professor in  
Information Studies  
Department of ALM  
Uppsala University

Docent (adjunct professor) in information management  
Information studies  
Ã…bo Akademi University

Isto Huvila is working on management and organisation of what we know and how we know in contexts ranging from social media to more traditional arenas of learning and working. My special areas of expertise are organisational information, social media, health, archives, libraries, museums and cultural heritage.

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