01491nas a2200193 4500000000100000008004100001260001900042100001900061700001600080700001600096700001600112700001900128700001600147245003200163300000900195490000700204520104600211020004001257 2024 d bSpringeraCham1 aLisa Andersson1 aIsto Huvila1 aOlle Sköld1 aIsto Huvila1 aLisa Andersson1 aOlle Sköld00aAn Introduction to Paradata a1-140 v133 aAbstract To address the challenge of data process and practice descriptions, the aim of this volume is twofold. First, we propose the paradata concept as a method to think about and describe data, information, and knowledge processes and practices. Second, by inviting scholars and practitioners from a wide variety of disciplines, we explore how the paradata concept can be useful in and for information and knowledge management in a wide range of settings. The volume brings together scholars and practitioners from a broad range of subject areas, each offering a distinctive perspective on paradata in different contexts, highlighting diverse scenarios in which collection, extraction, and use of such data may prove constructive. The introductory chapter gives a brief history of the paradata term including insights into current research on the topic. Thereafter follows a concise contextualization of the study of paradata in the knowledge management tradition. The chapter is concluded by a guide to the volume s chapters. a978-3-031-53945-9 978-3-031-53946-6