Practices of community representatives in exploiting information channels for citizen engagement

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Cruickshank, P., Ryan, B., & Hall, H. (2017, June)

Practices of community representatives in exploiting information channels for citizen engagement. Paper presented at i3: Information: Interactions and impact

This extended abstract presents results of an investigation of the practices of community representatives (in this case: Community Councillors in Scotland) in exploiting infor...

Tacit knowledge sharing in online environments: locating “Ba” within a platform for public sector professionals

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Buunk, I., Hall, H. & Smith, C. (2017, June)

Tacit knowledge sharing in online environments: locating “Ba” within a platform for public sector professionals. Paper presented at i3 - information, interactions and impact, Aberdeen, Scotland

Results from a survey undertaken by members of an online platform that incorporates social media features, and enables knowledge sharing amongst public sector professionals, a...

Demonstrating the impact of the public library on citizenship development in the UK: focus group findings

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Appleton, L., Duff, A., Hall, H. & Raeside, R. (2017, June)

Demonstrating the impact of the public library on citizenship development in the UK: focus group findings. Paper presented at i3: information: interactions and impact, Aberdeen, Scotland

Introduction This paper presents the findings of a research project that seeks to understand how public libraries operate and demonstrate value and social impact. The research...

Perspectives, people and projects: social informatics research at Edinburgh Napier University.

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Hall, H. (2017, March)

Perspectives, people and projects: social informatics research at Edinburgh Napier University. Paper presented at LETCIC symposium, University of São Paulo, Brazil

Invited presentation. More information can be found on Hazel's website - https://hazelhall.org/2017/03/12/perspectives-people-and-projects-social-informatics-research-at-edinb...

Information professionals: strong, influential and effective – what we know, and what next?

Presentation / Conference

Hall, H. (2016, October)

Information professionals: strong, influential and effective – what we know, and what next?. Presented at Internet Librarian International, London

Closing keynote presentation. Slides from the presentaton can be found on slideshare - https://www.slideshare.net/HazelHall/internet-librarian-international-2016-closing-ple...

Watching the workers: researching information behaviours in, and for, workplace environments

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Hall, H. (2016, October)

Watching the workers: researching information behaviours in, and for, workplace environments. Presented at Information behavior in workplaces: Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIST) Annual Symposium on Information Needs Seeking and Use 2016, Copenhagen, Denmark

Opening keynote. Presentation slides can be found on Slideshare - https://www.slideshare.net/HazelHall/info-behaviour-workplacesasist2016sigusekeynote No abstract available.

What happens next? Strategies for building and assessing the long-term impact of research projects

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Hall, H. (2016, May)

What happens next? Strategies for building and assessing the long-term impact of research projects. Presented at 8th International Conference on Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries (QQML) 2016, London

Closing keynote paper. Presentation slides can be viewed on slideshare - https://hazelhall.org/2016/05/27/strategies-for-building-and-assessing-the-long-term-impact-of-resear...

How do public libraries demonstrate their impact upon citizenship development in the UK? : results of a focus group methodology.

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Appleton, L., Hall, H., Duff, A. & Raeside, R. (2015, July)

How do public libraries demonstrate their impact upon citizenship development in the UK? : results of a focus group methodology. Paper presented at 11th Northumbria International Conference on Performance Management in Libraries and Information Services, Edinburgh

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. (Varheim, 2007)...

The role of the census in public policy-making: information practices of policy makers

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Killick, L., Deakin, M., Duff, A. & Hall, H. (2015, June)

The role of the census in public policy-making: information practices of policy makers. Paper presented at Information: interactions and impact 2015, Aberdeen, Scotland

No abstract available.

How can information literacy be modelled from a lifelong learning perspective?

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Irving, C., Hall, H. & Brettle, A. (2015, June)

How can information literacy be modelled from a lifelong learning perspective?. Paper presented at Information: interactions and impact (i3) 2015, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland

Traditionally much research into information literacy has focused on one area: it prioritises investigations into the information literacy skills of those in education. Provis...