The impact of information policy : measuring the effects of the commercialization of Canadian government statistics / Kirsti Nilsen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nilsen, Kirsti.

Series:

Contemporary studies in information management, policy, and services.

Contemporary studies in information management, policies, and services

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Information policy--Canada.

Information policy.

Canada--Statistical services.

Canada.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Ablex Publishing, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-252) and index.

ISBN:

9781567508727

1567508723

OCLC:

475995102