A little bit of (self-)promotion. The article Situational appropriation of information published in 2015 in the AsLib Journal of Information Management 65 (5) was awarded the Outstanding Paper Award of 2016 of the same journal. The paper is freely available to download for one year on the Emerald Insight website.
Latest Publications
What a Standard Makes out of a Process? Data-documentation Standards and Their Consequences to Process Documentation
Huvila, I., Sköld, O., Zengenene, D., & Andersson, L. (2026). What a Standard Makes out of a Process? Data-documentation Standards and Their Consequences to Process Documentation. Journal of Documentation, 82, 289–314. http://doi.org/10.1108/JD-10-2025-0324 (Original work published 2026)
Habitats of Archaeological Knowledge: From Information Ecologies to Information-in-Ecologies
Huvila, I. (2026). Habitats of Archaeological Knowledge: From Information Ecologies to Information-in-Ecologies. In N. Solhjoo (Ed.), Multispecies Information Science (pp. 201–220). London: Routledge. http://doi.org/10.4324/9781003583424-15
Documenting AI Use in Humanities Research
Huvila, I. (2025). Documenting AI Use in Humanities Research. In H. Verhagen, S. Tienken, A. Widholm, M. Fridlund, M. Nermo, & A. Blåder (Eds.), Huminfra 2025 (pp. 57–62). Stockholm: Stockholm University.
Letting AI Loose in an Archive: Technology to Manage or to Manage With
Huvila, I. (2025). Letting AI Loose in an Archive: Technology to Manage or to Manage With. Archiv, Theorie & Praxis, 75, 12–15.
Researchers Data Processing Descriptions–Understanding Paradata Creation Practices and Their Underpinning Instrumentalities
Huvila, I., Andersson, L., & Sköld, O. (2025). Researchers Data Processing Descriptions–Understanding Paradata Creation Practices and Their Underpinning Instrumentalities. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 76(11), 1570–1590. http://doi.org/10.1002/asi.70003 (Original work published 2026)
One of the hottest buzzwords of business research is gamification. Similarly to many other terms from Web 2.0 to BPR, and well yes, knowledge management, it is offered as a miracle cure to problems organisations are facing today and a recipe for success to make a day tomorrow.