Sorting things out: classification and its consequences
Sorting things out: classification and its consequences
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Information and knowledge are often stored not in databases repositories, but within highly distributed communities of experts. Leveraging these resources requires identifying needs and gathering, contextualizing and making information available. While this can happen in one-on-one interaction with experts, there are significant limitations to the dyadic approach. In this paper, we present our case study in progress which examines how Supercourse, a virtual organization focused on public health supports large-scale knowledge mobilization. Preliminary examination of this case suggests that social capital creation and genre usage play an important part in knowledge mobilization.