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  1. Flexible Work and Personal Digital Infrastructures

    Article • Communications of the ACM, June 2021, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Brian S Butler, Dr Steve Sawyer, Michael Dunn

  2. Examining Assumptions: Provocations on the Nature, Impact, and Implications of IS Theory

    Article • MIS Quarterly, March 2021, MIS Quarterly

    Brian S Butler

  3. Cultural Activity Diversity and Community Characteristics: An Exploratory Study

    Article • January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Brian S Butler

  4. Small worlds in a distant land: International newcomer students' local information behaviors in unfamiliar environments

    Article • Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, January 2019, Wiley

    Brian S Butler

  5. How are information deserts created? A theory of local information landscapes

    Article • Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, November 2018, Wiley

    Brian S Butler

  6. New international students' social information practices during transition to their host country

    Article • Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, January 2018, Wiley

    Brian S Butler

  7. Wandering as information behavior in new environments

    Article • Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, January 2018, Wiley

    Brian S Butler

  8. Information from social networking sites: Context collapse and ambiguity in the hiring process

    Article • Information Systems Journal, September 2017, Wiley

    Brian S Butler

  9. Overcoming transience and flux: routines in community-governed mass collaborations

    Article • Information Technology and People, June 2017, Emerald

    Elisabeth Joyce, Brian S Butler

  10. Expanding the horizons of digital social networks: Mixing big trace datasets with qualitative approaches

    Article • Information and Organization, June 2016, Elsevier

    Brian S Butler

  11. Electronic Pedagogy and Future University Business Models

    Article • Communications of the Association for Information Systems, January 2016, Association for Information Systems

    Brian S Butler

  12. Newcomers from the other side of the globe: International students' local information seeking during adjustment

    Article • Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, January 2016, Wiley

    Brian S Butler

  13. Stories of impact: the role of narrative in understanding the value and impact of digital collections

    Article • Archival Science, September 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Brian S Butler

  14. The interacting effects of distributed work arrangements and individual dispositions on willingness to engage in sensemaking behaviors

    Article • Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, April 2015, Wiley

    Brian S Butler

  15. What Makes a Place More Familiar?

    Article • April 2015, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Brian S Butler

  16. The assimilation of enterprise information system: An interpretation systems perspective

    Article • Information & Management, April 2015, Elsevier

    Brian S Butler

  17. Open Education in the Wild

    Article • February 2015, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Brian S Butler

  18. Understanding Data Providers in a Global Scientific Data Hub

    Article • February 2015, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Brian S Butler

  19. Different geospatial information behaviors of new domestic and international graduate students

    Article • Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, January 2015, Wiley

    Brian S Butler

  20. Quality Hackathon

    Article • November 2014, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Brian S Butler

  21. Does Anything Ever Happen Around Here? Assessing the Online Information Landscape for Local Events

    Article • Journal of Urban Technology, October 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Brian S Butler

  22. Beyond the organizational ‘container’: Conceptualizing 21st century sociotechnical work

    Article • Information and Organization, October 2014, Elsevier

    Brian S Butler

  23. Open badges for education: what are the implications at the intersection of open systems and badging?

    Article • Research in Learning Technology, August 2014, Association for Learning Technology

    Brian S Butler

  24. An Attraction-Selection-Attrition Theory of Online Community Size and Resilience

    Article • MIS Quarterly, January 2014, MIS Quarterly

    Brian S Butler

  25. Information behavior of international students settling in an unfamiliar geo-spatial environment

    Article • Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, January 2014, Wiley

    Brian S Butler

  26. Local big data

    Article • January 2014, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Brian S Butler

  27. OCData Hackathon @ CSCW 2014

    Article • January 2014, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Brian S Butler

  28. Social informatics and social media: Theoretical reflections

    Article • Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, January 2014, Wiley

    Brian S Butler

  29. Rhetoric and the Arts of Design

    Article • November 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Brian S Butler

  30. Editorial

    Article • Information Systems Journal, October 2013, Wiley

    Brian S Butler

  31. Dialectic Tensions of Information Quality: Social Networking Sites and Hiring

    Article • Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, October 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Brian S Butler

  32. The Impact of Membership Overlap on Growth: An Ecological Competition View of Online Groups

    Article • Organization Science, April 2013, INFORMS

    Brian S Butler

  33. Consequences of content diversity for online public spaces for local communities

    Article • January 2013, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Brian S Butler

  34. Keeping eyes on the prize

    Article • January 2013, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Brian S Butler

  35. Learning to be a better q'er in social Q&A sites: Social norms and information artifacts

    Article • Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, January 2013, Wiley

    Brian S Butler

  36. The Dynamics of Open, Peer-to-Peer Learning: What Factors Influence Participation in the P2P University?

    Article • January 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Brian S Butler

  37. Rules and Roles vs. Consensus

    Article • American Behavioral Scientist, December 2012, SAGE Publications

    Brian S Butler

  38. Monitoring Academic Conferences: Real-Time Visualization and Retrospective Analysis of Backchannel Conversations

    Article • December 2012, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Brian S Butler

  39. Holding the line or opening up: Managing cross-posting in online communities

    Article • Information Systems Research, September 2012, INFORMS

    Brian S Butler

  40. Corporate Adoption of Social Computing: A Process-Based Analysis

    Article • Journal of Information Technology Case and Application Research, April 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Brian S Butler

  41. Conceptualizing and advancing research networking systems

    Article • ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, March 2012, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Brian S Butler

  42. Community Commitment and Participation in Online Groups

    Article • Information Systems Research, December 2011, INFORMS

    Brian S Butler

  43. Research Note—Knowledge Exploration and Exploitation: The Impacts of Psychological Climate and Knowledge Management System Access

    Article • Information Systems Research, December 2011, INFORMS

    Brian S Butler

  44. Emphasizing social features in information portals: Effects on new member engagement

    Article • Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, August 2011, Wiley

    Brian S Butler

  45. Creating Bigger Problems: Grand Challenges as Boundary Objects and the Legitimacy of the Information Systems Field

    Article • Journal of Information Technology, June 2011, SAGE Publications

    Brian S Butler

  46. Ranked Levels of Influence model: Selecting influence techniques to minimize IT resistance

    Article • Journal of Biomedical Informatics, June 2011, Elsevier

    Brian S Butler

  47. To disclose or not: publicness in social networking sites

    Article • Information Technology and People, March 2011, Emerald

    Brian S Butler

  48. Supercourse

    Article • February 2011, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Brian S Butler

  49. Handling flammable materials

    Article • February 2011, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Elisabeth Joyce, Brian S Butler

  50. “You are not alone”: Effects of highlighting social aspects on responsiveness, joining, and profile information sharing in an information portal

    Article • Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, November 2010, Wiley

    Brian S Butler

  51. The Cross-Purposes of Cross-Posting: Boundary Tensions in Online Technical Discussion Communities

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2010, Elsevier

    Brian S Butler

  52. The Role of Membership Claim and Grant Signals in Individual-Community Relationships

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2010, Elsevier

    Brian S Butler

  53. An Ecological Perspective on Online Communities

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2009, Elsevier

    Brian S Butler

  54. The Assessment of Organizational Mindfulness Processes for the Effective Assimilation of IT Innovations

    Article • Journal of Decision System, January 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Brian S Butler

  55. Development of an instrument for measuring clinicians’ power perceptions in the workplace

    Article • Journal of Biomedical Informatics, December 2008, Elsevier

    Brian S Butler

  56. Good Partners are Hard to Find: The Search for and Selection of Collaborators in the Health Sciences

    Article • December 2008, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Brian S Butler

  57. Facebook for Scientists: Requirements and Services for Optimizing How Scientific Collaborations Are Established

    Article • Journal of Medical Internet Research, August 2008, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Brian S Butler

  58. Supporting Emerging Disciplines with e-Communities: Needs and Benefits

    Article • Journal of Medical Internet Research, June 2008, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Brian S Butler

  59. Don't look now, but we've created a bureaucracy

    Article • April 2008, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Brian S Butler

  60. Empirical evidence of information overload constraining chat channel community interactions

    Article • January 2008, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Dr Daphne R Raban, Brian S Butler

  61. Determinants of the Use of Relational and Nonrelational Information Sources

    Article • Journal of Management Information Systems, December 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Brian S Butler

  62. Team Cognition: Development and Evolution in Software Project Teams

    Article • Journal of Management Information Systems, October 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Brian S Butler

  63. Encouraging participation in virtual communities

    Article • Communications of the ACM, February 2007, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Brian S Butler

  64. Predicting Disruption: Understanding Technology Impacts on Market Intermediaries

    Article • Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, June 2006, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Brian S Butler

  65. Coordination and Virtualization: The Role of Electronic Networks and Personal Relationships

    Article • Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, June 2006, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Brian S Butler

  66. Reliability, Mindfulness, and Information Systems

    Article • MIS Quarterly, January 2006, JSTOR

    Brian S Butler

  67. Talk to me

    Article • January 2006, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Brian S Butler

  68. The Power of Words

    Article • February 2004, Taylor & Francis

    Brian S Butler

  69. Detecting Collaborations in Text Comparing the Authors' Rhetorical Language Choices in The Federalist Papers

    Article • Computers and the Humanities, February 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Brian S Butler

  70. Review: Power and Information Technology Research: A Metatriangulation Review

    Article • MIS Quarterly, December 2002, JSTOR

    Brian S Butler

  71. The quality of online social relationships

    Article • Communications of the ACM, July 2002, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Brian S Butler

  72. Membership Size, Communication Activity, and Sustainability: A Resource-Based Model of Online Social Structures

    Article • Information Systems Research, December 2001, INFORMS

    Brian S Butler

  73. Designing Interactive Worlds With Words

    Article • April 2000, Taylor & Francis

    Brian S Butler

  74. Coordination and Virtualization: The Role of Electronic Networks and Personal Relationships

    Article • Organization Science, December 1999, INFORMS

    Brian S Butler

  75. Cybermediaries in Electronic Marketspace: Toward Theory Building

    Article • Journal of Business Research, March 1998, Elsevier

    Brian S Butler