Abstract
This paper examines the recent development of an e-research agenda. e-Research is taken as the latest stage of the e-science programme, which – as developed in tandem with web 2.0 tools – has begun to be adopted by researchers. This paper discusses these research infrastructures before current research investigating the relationship between academic researchers and technology is reviewed. The results of a survey undertaken in 2007 within a UK research-led university are presented and analysed in order to answer the questions about the uptake of these technologies by academic researchers and the relationship between the two technological infrastructures. If e-research is to mean enhanced research, it must include web 2.0 developments alongside e-science initiatives, even if this poses problems for institutional support and development.
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NeSC ‘Defining e-Science’ is available online at http://www.nesc.ac.uk/nesc/define.html
The NCeSS website is available online at http://www.ncess.ac.uk
The ReDReSS website is available online at http://www.redress.lancs.ac.uk
The Access Grid website is available online at http://www.accessgrid.org
The eius website is available online at http://www.eius.ac.uk