knowledge management

By Isto Huvila, 11 June, 2016

Information specialists, knowledge management, information literacy -- and information

Yesterday, I had the opportunity to have an enjoyable discussion with Johanna Lahtinen about her doctoral thesis Information specialists’ roles and activities in collaborative development projects between education and working life: a case study of the formation of knowledge practices and innovative knowledge communities (summary is available in English) at her public viva.

By Isto Huvila, 16 February, 2015

Managing information and knowledge is (child's) play, no, game?

CC by https://www.flickr.com/photos/malias/73169727One of the hottest buzzwords of business research is gamification. Similarly to many other terms from Web 2.0 to BPR, and well yes, knowledge management, it is offered as a miracle cure to problems organisations are facing today and a recipe for success to make a day tomorrow.

knowledge management

Latest Publications

What a Standard Makes out of a Process? Data-documentation Standards and Their Consequences to Process Documentation
Huvila, I., Sköld, O., Zengenene, D., & Andersson, L. (2026). What a Standard Makes out of a Process? Data-documentation Standards and Their Consequences to Process Documentation. Journal of Documentation, 82, 289–314. http://doi.org/10.1108/JD-10-2025-0324 (Original work published 2026)
Habitats of Archaeological Knowledge: From Information Ecologies to Information-in-Ecologies
Huvila, I. (2026). Habitats of Archaeological Knowledge: From Information Ecologies to Information-in-Ecologies. In N. Solhjoo (Ed.), Multispecies Information Science (pp. 201–220). London: Routledge. http://doi.org/10.4324/9781003583424-15
Documenting AI Use in Humanities Research
Huvila, I. (2025). Documenting AI Use in Humanities Research. In H. Verhagen, S. Tienken, A. Widholm, M. Fridlund, M. Nermo, & A. Blåder (Eds.), Huminfra 2025 (pp. 57–62). Stockholm: Stockholm University.
Letting AI Loose in an Archive: Technology to Manage or to Manage With
Huvila, I. (2025). Letting AI Loose in an Archive: Technology to Manage or to Manage With. Archiv, Theorie & Praxis, 75, 12–15.
Researchers Data Processing Descriptions–Understanding Paradata Creation Practices and Their Underpinning Instrumentalities
Huvila, I., Andersson, L., & Sköld, O. (2025). Researchers Data Processing Descriptions–Understanding Paradata Creation Practices and Their Underpinning Instrumentalities. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 76(11), 1570–1590. http://doi.org/10.1002/asi.70003 (Original work published 2026)

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Isto Huvila

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

Docent (adjunct professor) in information management  
Information studies  
Ă…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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