Lost in translation: Qualitative data collecting and translating challenges in multilingual settings in information systems research
Journal Article
Demeke, W., & Ryan, B. (2021)
Lost in translation: Qualitative data collecting and translating challenges in multilingual settings in information systems research. University of Dar es Salaam Library Journal, 16(2), 105-118
In this paper under-researched methodological issues in information systems research of multilingual interview data collection and translation using translators explored. Obse...
The Social Impact of Digital Youth Work: What Are We Looking For?
Journal Article
Pawluczuk, A., Webster, G., Smith, C., & Hall, H. (2019)
The Social Impact of Digital Youth Work: What Are We Looking For?. Media and Communication, 7(2), 59-68. https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v7i2.1907
Digital youth work is an emerging field of research and practice which seeks to investigate and support youth-centred digital literacy initiatives. Whilst digital youth work p...
Information Literacy as a joint competence shaped by everyday life and workplace roles amongst Scottish community councillors
Journal Article
Cruickshank, P., Hall, H., & Ryan, B. (2020)
Information Literacy as a joint competence shaped by everyday life and workplace roles amongst Scottish community councillors. Information Research, 25(4 (supplement)), https://doi.org/10.47989/irisic2008
*Introduction: This paper addresses the information practices of hyperlocal democratic representatives, and their acquisition and application of information literacy skills.
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IS Degrees: Sociotechnical or Technosocial? - A Reflective Analysis.
Conference Proceeding
Coady, J., Berg, T., & Pooley, R. (2013)
IS Degrees: Sociotechnical or Technosocial? - A Reflective Analysis. In H. Linger, J. Fisher, A. Barnden, C. Barry, M. Lang, & C. Schneider (Eds.), Building Sustainable Information Systems: Proceedings of the 2012 International Conference on Information Systems Development, 219-231. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7540-8_17
This paper describes a reflective and empirical investigation by staff involved in delivery of the Heriot-Watt University Information Systems undergraduate degree. It looks pa...
A community-based approach to sustainable urban regeneration
Journal Article
Deakin, M. (2009)
A community-based approach to sustainable urban regeneration. Journal of Urban Technology, 16, 91-112. https://doi.org/10.1080/10630730903090354
This paper outlines the research that has been carried out to understand Large Urban Distressed Areas (LUDAs) and the community-based approach to sustainable urban regeneratio...
Initiating e-Participation Through a Knowledge Working Network
Conference Proceeding
Rasmussen, L., Davenport, E., & Horton, K. (2006)
Initiating e-Participation Through a Knowledge Working Network. In R. Suomi, R. Cabral, J. F. Hampe, A. Heikkila, & J. Jarvelainen (Eds.), Project E-Society: Building Bricks. IFIP International Federation for Information Processing, 96-108. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-39229-5_9
The authors present a study of e-participation within a public sector agency (PSA), where a number of knowledge management initiatives have been introduced since the inception...
Defining the UK information worker: the CILIP-ARA Workforce Mapping Project
Presentation / Conference
Hall, H. (2017, August)
Defining the UK information worker: the CILIP-ARA Workforce Mapping Project. Presented at McMaster Library Symposium 2017, Hamilton, Canada
In 2014 the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) and the Archives and Records Association (ARA) made a call to commission a team to undertake a...
Needing NoDI (normal democratic information)? The problem of information poverty in post-industrial society
Journal Article
Duff, A. S. (2015)
Needing NoDI (normal democratic information)? The problem of information poverty in post-industrial society. Information, Communication and Society, 18(1), 63-77. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118x.2014.934389
The paper addresses one of the main paradoxes of post-industrial society: information poverty. While digital divides of various types have been extensively theorized and resea...
From The City Of Bits to E-Topia: Space, Citizenship and Community as Global Strategy.
Journal Article
Deakin, M. (2014)
From The City Of Bits to E-Topia: Space, Citizenship and Community as Global Strategy. International Journal of E-Adoption, 6, https://doi.org/10.4018/ijea.2014010102
Mitchell's book on the City of Bits, sets out a vision of urban life literally done to bits. His next book e-topia, provides the counter-point to this vision of urban life and...
Cyber-Green: idealism in the information age
Journal Article
Duff, A. S. (2015)
Cyber-Green: idealism in the information age. Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society, 13(2), 146-164. https://doi.org/10.1108/jices-10-2014-0049
Purpose
This paper retrieves relevant aspects of the work of idealist thinker T.H. Green in order to improve comprehension of, and policy responses to, various dilemmas facing...