Areas of Research
CIPEG is actively engaged in research, teaching, grant making, and publishing in its areas of expertise. The primary research foci of CIPEG cover six interrelated areas that represent the most significant current and developing issues related to information in public policy and the public sphere. Listed below each major area of research are specific kinds of projects.
- Information Policy
- National Security and Restrictions/Classifications of Information
- Freedom of Information and Open Source Information
- Privacy, Surveillance, and Security
- Secure Sharing of Sensitive Information
- Electronic Records Management
- Intellectual Property, Copyright, and Patents
- Electronic Government
- Design and Implementation of E-government
- E-government and Public Libraries
- Education and Equal Access
- Information Ethics
- Transparency
- Computational Modeling and Human Values
- Educational Technology and Human Values
- Digital Libraries and Human Values
- Social Networks
- Trust in Social Networks
- Social Network Analysis
- Social Capital
- Emergency Response and Recovery
- Community Response and Recovery
- Community Response Grids and Campus Response Grids
- Continuity of Government and Continuity of Operations
- Emergency Information Needs
- Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management
- Equal Access to Information
- Evaluation of Electronic Resources
- Diversity and LIS Education
- Access for Persons with Disabilities
- Universal Usability