Comments on: Freedom in networked research: what does it mean? http://lemire.me/blog/archives/2004/07/14/freedom-in-networked-research-what-does-it-mean/ Computer Scientist and Open Scholar: Databases, Information Retrieval, Business Intelligence. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:13:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Daniel Lemire http://lemire.me/blog/archives/2004/07/14/freedom-in-networked-research-what-does-it-mean/comment-page-1/#comment-112 Daniel Lemire Wed, 14 Jul 2004 15:44:46 +0000 http://www.daniel-lemire.com/blog/archives/2004/07/14/freedom-in-networked-research-what-does-it-mean/#comment-112 I agree with you that it is a valid definition. But it isn't what I do for a living. What you describe is more like journalistic research, or library research... When I write "research", I mean the "research *I* do". Sorry to sound egocentric... but there is no other way to put it. Collecting and organizing information is part of what I do, and hopefully, part of my contribution to society, but the research I do involves creativity and it involves the network. Oh... where to start... I don't even want to try to propose a definition of what research is... I'm not even sure it is possible. I agree with you that it is a valid definition. But it isn’t what I do for a living. What you describe is more like journalistic research, or library research… When I write “research”, I mean the “research *I* do”. Sorry to sound egocentric… but there is no other way to put it.

Collecting and organizing information is part of what I do, and hopefully, part of my contribution to society, but the research I do involves creativity and it involves the network.

Oh… where to start… I don’t even want to try to propose a definition of what research is… I’m not even sure it is possible.

]]> By: Claire http://lemire.me/blog/archives/2004/07/14/freedom-in-networked-research-what-does-it-mean/comment-page-1/#comment-111 Claire Wed, 14 Jul 2004 13:50:41 +0000 http://www.daniel-lemire.com/blog/archives/2004/07/14/freedom-in-networked-research-what-does-it-mean/#comment-111 I think research is collecting, organizing and storing information. I think research is collecting, organizing and storing information.

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