NDLI: Knowledge sharing, quality, and intermediation

Content Provider	ACM Digital Library
Author	Whinston, Andrew B. Vishik, Claire
Abstract	Informal publishing flourished in the World Wide Web environment, where every user with a sufficient level of access can become a publisher. Although it appears that in such an environment intermediation in the distribution and sharing of information becomes unnecessary, the uneven quality of information and resulting quality uncertainty of information users, together with the increased search efforts, represent a sufficient reason for information and knowledge intermediaries to preserve and even reinforce their roles. Large-scale efforts in knowledge management pursued by industry leaders highlight the need for "new" intermediation.The paper focuses on economic and business issues in the distribution and sharing of Internet based information and digital products. We address the inefficiency of the pure exchange model in "information markets" that is analyzed based on double coincidence of wants and the lack of discernment on the part of users (many of them occasional users) about the market and intrinsic value of informational and digital products. These inefficiencies can be remedied with the introduction of recognizable currencies, which do not have to be of monetary nature, and the situation can be further improved with intermediation. We conclude that "virtual communities" and intermediation are important in ameliorating the efficiency of the distribution of the electronic information and quality of informational goods. This point of view is supported by the success of the new Internet-based intermediaries, such as Yahoo.
Starting Page	157
Ending Page	166
Page Count	10
File Format	PDF
ISSN	01635948
DOI	10.1145/295666.295683
Journal	ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes (SOEN)
Volume Number	24
Issue Number	2
Language	English
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Publisher Date	1979-04-01
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Intermediation World wide web Knowledge management Internet Economics of information Information exchange
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
5	Website/Portal (Helpdesk)	Queries regarding NDLI and its services	support@ndl.gov.in
6	Contents and Copyright Issues	Queries related to content curation and copyright issues	content@ndl.gov.in
7	National Digital Library of India Club (NDLI Club)	Queries related to NDLI Club formation, support, user awareness program, seminar/symposium, collaboration, social media, promotion, and outreach	clubsupport@ndl.gov.in
8	Digital Preservation Centre (DPC)	Assistance with digitizing and archiving copyright-free printed books	dpc@ndl.gov.in
9	IDR Setup or Support	Queries related to establishment and support of Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) and IDR workshops	idr@ndl.gov.in

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