TY - BOOK AU - Regazzi,John J. ED - IGI eBooks. ED - IGI Global. TI - Infonomics and the business of free: modern value creation for information services SN - 9781466644557 (ebook) AV - HD9999.I492 R44 2014e U1 - 338.4/702504 23 PY - 2014/// CY - Hershey, Pa. PB - IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA) KW - Information services industry KW - Online information services industry KW - Information services KW - Economic aspects KW - Information technology KW - Information society KW - Knowledge economy KW - Digital libraries KW - Knowledge management KW - Mobile computing KW - Open access KW - Open source KW - Social networking KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references; The beginnings of infonomics -- The shifting sands of the information industry -- Slippery slopes -- Open source and open access: how do you compete with free? -- Digital libraries in the clouds -- From knowledge management to social networking -- Learning and playing get personal -- Connections in the sky; Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers; Also available in print N2 - "This book addresses the question of whether or not information has become a commodity and examines how infonomics and the "business of free" have changed the way companies must create and market their information to make it most accessible and valuable for their consumers"--Provided by publisher UR - http://ezproxy.alfaisal.edu/login?url=http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/978-1-4666-4454-0 ER -