Computopia Revisited: Yoneji Masuda’s Realistic Utopianism
Journal Article
Duff, A., & Ito, Y. (2020)
Computopia Revisited: Yoneji Masuda’s Realistic Utopianism. Keio communication review, 42(3), 53-74
Utopianism has always had a bad press. The whole genre, not least classics such as Thomas More’s Utopia (More, 1516), Robert Owen’s New View of Society (Owen, 1813), and Willi...
Using a longitudinal focus group methodology to measure the value and impact of public libraries
Conference Proceeding
Appleton, L., Duff, A. S., Hall, H., & Raeside, R. (2019)
Using a longitudinal focus group methodology to measure the value and impact of public libraries. In Conference Proceedings. , (484-492
Introduction
There is a general acceptance that public libraries contribute to ‘community’, and at least have the potential to have a very positive impact on civil society. (V...
The Human Position in an Artificial World: creativity, ethics and AI in knowledge organization. ISKO UK Sixth Biennial Conference London, 15-16th July 2019
Book
Haynes, D., & Vernau, J. (Eds.)
(2019). The Human Position in an Artificial World: creativity, ethics and AI in knowledge organization. ISKO UK Sixth Biennial Conference London, 15-16th July 2019. Ergon Verlag
Haynes, David – Vernau, Judi (eds.) The Human Position in an Artificial World: Creativity, Ethics and AI in Knowledge Organization ISKO UK Sixth Biennial Conference London, 15...
'Digital youth work: youth workers' balancing act between digital innovation and digital literacy insecurity.
Journal Article
Pawluczuk, A., Hall, H., Webster, G., & Smith, C. (2019)
'Digital youth work: youth workers' balancing act between digital innovation and digital literacy insecurity. Information Research, 24(1),
Purpose: The aim of this paper is to present empirical research which examines the ways youth workers in the United Kingdom perceive their work in the context of digital liter...
Reading lists at Edinburgh Napier University: Who, where, what, how, & why
Presentation / Conference
Ennis, L. (2018, June)
Reading lists at Edinburgh Napier University: Who, where, what, how, & why. Presented at The library at the heart of learning, teaching and research, Leiden University
This talk, delivered at the University of Leiden, discusses how staff at Edinburgh Napier University implemented an improved reading list management platform.
Using Knowledge Organization Systems to automatically detect forward-looking sentiment in company reports to infer social phenomena.
Journal Article
Cleverley, P., & Muir, L. (2018)
Using Knowledge Organization Systems to automatically detect forward-looking sentiment in company reports to infer social phenomena. Knowledge Organization, 45(2), 152-169. https://doi.org/10.5771/0943-7444-2018-2-152
The study investigates whether existing Knowledge Organization Systems (KOS) for strong and hesitant forward-looking sentiment could be improved to detect social phenomena.
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Tacit knowledge sharing in online environments: locating ‘Ba’ within a platform for public sector professionals
Journal Article
Buunk, I., Smith, C. F., & Hall, H. (2019)
Tacit knowledge sharing in online environments: locating ‘Ba’ within a platform for public sector professionals. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 51(4), 1134-1145. https://doi.org/10.1177/0961000618769982
Presented in this article are some findings from a study which investigates tacit knowledge sharing and social media use. The results reported here derive from a survey comple...
UK public library roles and value: a focus group analysis
Journal Article
Appleton, L., Hall, H., Duff, A., & Raeside, R. (2018)
UK public library roles and value: a focus group analysis. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 50(3), (275-283). ISSN 0961-0006
Findings from a study of the advantages and disadvantages accrued by individuals from their public library use, and the impact of this on citizenship at individual and communi...
Applications and applicability of Social Cognitive Theory in Information Science research
Journal Article
Middleton, L., Hall, H., & Raeside, R. (2019)
Applications and applicability of Social Cognitive Theory in Information Science research. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 51(4), 927-937. https://doi.org/10.1177/0961000618769985
Social Cognitive Theory (SCT) is a theory that derives from Psychology, yet has been adopted in other interdisciplinary subject areas, including Information Science. The origi...
Blurred reputations: Managing professional and private information online
Journal Article
Ryan, F. V., Cruickshank, P., Hall, H., & Lawson, A. (2020)
Blurred reputations: Managing professional and private information online. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 52(1), 16-26. https://doi.org/10.1177/0961000618769977
Results are reported from a study that investigated patterns of information behaviour and use as related to personal reputation building and management in online environments....