Emerging Technologies and Information Systems for the Knowledge Society

Download or read book Emerging Technologies and Information Systems for the Knowledge Society written by Miltiadis D. Lytras and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-09-11 with total page 627 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, in conjunction with the volume CCIS 19, constitutes the refereed proceedings of theFirst World Summit, WSKS 2008, held in Athens, Greece, in September 2008. The 64 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 286 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on social & humanistic computing for the knowledge society; knowledge, learning, education, learning technologies and e-learning for the knowledge society; information technologies for the knowledge society; culture & cultural heritage - technology for culture management - management of tourism and entertainment - tourism networks in the knowledge society; government and democracy for the knowledge society.