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The Social Impact of Digital Youth Work: What Are We Looking For?

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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...

'Digital youth work: youth workers' balancing act between digital innovation and digital literacy insecurity.

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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...

The interaction between people, information and innovation: information literacy to underpin innovative work behaviour in a Finnish organisation

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Middleton, L., Hall, H., Muir, L., & Raeside, R. (2019)

The interaction between people, information and innovation: information literacy to underpin innovative work behaviour in a Finnish organisation. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 55(1), 367-376. https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.2018.14505501040

Workplace learning and employee-led innovation are related. For example, mistakes made when learning may spur innovation. Investigated in this paper is the role of information...

Youth digital participation: Measuring social impact

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Pawluczuk, A., Webster, G., Hall, H., & Smith, C. (2020)

Youth digital participation: Measuring social impact. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 52(1), 3-15. https://doi.org/10.1177/0961000618769975

Current scholarly debate around digital participatory youth projects and approaches to their evaluation are examined in this article. The analysis of the literature presented ...

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

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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

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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

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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

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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....

Job search information behaviours: An ego-net study of networking amongst young job-seekers

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Mowbray, J., Hall, H., Raeside, R., & Robertson, P. J. (2018)

Job search information behaviours: An ego-net study of networking amongst young job-seekers. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 50(3), (239-253). ISSN 0961-0006

Networking is considered an integral feature of job search, yet its behavioural manifestation has received little attention in the extant literature. Here this is addressed in...

Practices of community representatives in exploiting information channels for citizen democratic engagement

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Hall, H., Cruickshank, P., & Ryan, B. (2019)

Practices of community representatives in exploiting information channels for citizen democratic engagement. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 51(4), 950-961. https://doi.org/10.1177/0961000618769966

The purpose of the research was to investigate the practices of elected, yet unpaid, community councillors in Scotland as they exploit information channels for democratic enga...

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Platform to platform: an investigation into audience engagement with digitised archives and its transformative impact across different online formats

This project is closely tied to two goals of the call: unlocking value from digitised heritage content, and online performance. In respect of ‘unlocking value from digitised heritage’, the practical...

Funder: Arts & Humanities Research Council | Value: £4,994

Career information literacy and decision-making

The main aim of this doctoral study is to generate new knowledge on career development learning with reference to decision-making amongst young people in S2-S6 preparing for their lives beyond school ...

Funder: Economic and Social Research Council | Value: £52,279

Research Impact and Value in Library and Information Science (RIVAL) Network

To develop a formal Scotland-wide network of LIS researchers and practitioners, to help spread expertise into a connected practitioner community across all LIS sectors through high quality training an...

Funder: Royal Society of Edinburgh | Value: £20,000

SDS-SGSSS PhD: Meta-skills maturity for future workplaces

Workplaces seek creative, innovative, information literate employees with high-order, transferable skills to positively disrupt enterprises and communities, and to deliver exiting new products and ser...

Funder: Economic and Social Research Council | Value: £60,962

Information Literacy for Democratic Engagement (IL-DEM)

The findings of this research will contribute to strategies to improve citizen engagement in the democratic process at community level. Community Councillors are a vital link between local communities...

Funder: Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals | Value: £9,668

ESRC PhD studentship - L Middleton - Enhancing the capacity for workplace learning and innovation in Scotland

This research studentship will investigate innovation and best practice in skills development in the workplace in Scotland, drawing comparisons with the rest of the UK and other countries. It will exp...

Funder: Economic and Social Research Council | Value: £58,465

The evolution of social networking and its impact on Career Management Skills

In his thesis The role of networking and social media tools during job search: an information behaviour perspective Mowbray explores job search networking amongst 16-24 year olds living in Scotland, a...

Funder: Economic and Social Research Council | Value: £59,401

Research in Librarianship - Impact Evaluation Study 2 (RiLIES2)

RiLIES2 was a follow-on project to RiLIES1 (completed in 2011). RiLIES2 was successful in: (1) clarifying the support and training needs of library and information science (LIS) researcher and r...

Funder: Library & information Science Research Coalition | Value: £21,923

Research in Librarianship - Impact Evaluation Study (RiLIES1)

Enhancing the impact of LIS Research Projects. RiLIES1 investigated the influence of funded research on practice in UK library and information science (LIS). It identified factors that increase or ...

Funder: Library & information Science Research Coalition | Value: £27,945

Developing Research Excellence and Methods (DREaM)

This AHRC-funded project aimed to develop a formal UK-wide network of Library and Information Science (LIS) researchers. A key goal of the project was to build capacity and capability in the develop...

Funder: Arts & Humanities Research Council | Value: £33,466

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Career information literacy and the decision-making behaviours of young people

Marina Milosheva | Director of Studies: Dr Peter Cruickshank | Second Supervisor: Prof Peter Robertson

Evaluation of engagement with hyperlocal e-participation systems by citizens and representatives

This work is concerned with the information practices associated with hyperlocal representation. The fin...

Dr Peter Cruickshank | Director of Studies: Prof Hazel Hall | Second Supervisor: Dr Kendall Richards

Metaskills Maturity for future workplaces

Katherine Stephen | Director of Studies: Dr David Brazier | Second Supervisor: Prof Hazel Hall

The influence of culture on perceived use of public libraries by forced migrants in the United Kingdom

Dr. Rachel Salzano | Director of Studies: Dr Gemma Webster | Second Supervisor: Prof Hazel Hall

Youth digital culture co-creation: Measuring social impact in Scotland

Alicja Pawluczuk | Director of Studies: Dr Gemma Webster | Second Supervisor: Dr Colin Smith

Exploring the development of innovative work behaviour of employees in multiple workplace contexts

The Scottish Government and supporting bodies have recognised the importance of innovation for organis...

Mrs Lyndsey Middleton | Director of Studies: Prof Hazel Hall | Second Supervisor: Prof Robert Raeside

The role of networking and social media tools during job search: an information behaviour perspective

John Mowbray | Director of Studies: Prof Hazel Hall | Second Supervisor: Prof Robert Raeside

Social media as facilitators of tacit knowledge sharing practices amongst public sector employees

This research explores the role, use and value of social media and tacit knowledge sharing practices. I...

Iris Buunk | Director of Studies: Prof Hazel Hall | Second Supervisor: Dr Colin Smith

The 21st century public library in England and Scotland: epistemic, community and political roles in the public sphere

Leo Appleton's PhD research explores the impact of libraries on citizenship. He is...

Leo Appleton | Director of Studies: Prof Hazel Hall | Second Supervisor: Prof Robert Raeside

Reputation management in a digital world: The role of online information in the building, management, and evaluation of personal reputations

This PhD is concerned with the role of online information in...

Dr Frances Ryan | Director of Studies: Prof Hazel Hall | Second Supervisor: Alistair Lawson

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Hazel Hall to receive the 2019 Clarivate Analytics Outstanding Information Science Teacher Award

The Association for Information Science and Technology announced Professor Hazel Hall as the winner of the 2019 Clarivate Analytics Outstanding Information Science Teacher Award.

Centre for Social Informatics researchers report on the long-term value of networking grants

15 February 2018

The Journal of Documentation has recently accepted a journal article by Centre for Social Informatics researchers that considers the long-term value and impact of AHRC network grant funding.

Professor Hazel Hall wins SICSA PhD Supervisor of the Year Silver Award 2017

12 January 2018

Professor Hazel Hall has won the SICSA PhD Supervisor of the Year Silver Award 2017

Professor Isto Huvila visits the Centre for Social Informatics

26 November 2017

Professor Isto Huvila of Uppsala University, Sweden visited Scotland in November 2017. As part of his programme he spent some time with colleagues in the Centre for Social Informatics at Edinburgh Nap...

Centre for Social Informatics contribute to ASIST2017 in Washington DC

30 October 2017

The Centre for Social Informatics participated at the 80th Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIST2017) in Washington DC on 30th October 2017.

Centre for Social Informatics contribute to the ESRC ‘Ways of being in a digital age’ project review conference

The Centre for Social Informatics made a contribution to the the ESRC ‘Ways of being in a digital age’ project review conference in October 2017.

Centre for Social Informatics contribute to ECIL 2017

19 September 2017

The Centre for Social Informatics made a contribution to the European Conference on Information Literacy (ECIL) in St Malo, France, in September 2017.

Centre for Social Informatics contribution to ECKM 2017

7 September 2017

The Centre for Social Informatics made a contribution to the European Conference on Knowledge Management 2017 in Barcelona, Spain in September 2017.

Centre for Social Informatics contribute nine papers to i3 2017

Staff and research students from the Centre for Social Informatics presented nine papers at Information: interactions and impact (i3) in June 2017.

Professor Hazel Hall admitted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Professor Hazel Hall was admitted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh at a ceremony on Monday 15th May.

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RIVAL (Research Impact Value and LIS) #lis_rival

Room 1/10, Craiglockhart Campus

iDocQ8 2018

Edinburgh Napier University Merchiston campus

The bright side of dysfunctional information and bad information practices - School of Computing Seminar Series

Room G2, Merchiston Campus

28 November 2017

Centre for Social Informatics hosts Connecting People, Connecting Ideas symposium

Teaching & Research links between ENU & the University of São Paulo - School of Computing Seminar Series

C19, Merchiston Campus

Digital storytelling and memory institutions: a case study using Activity Theory - School of Computing Seminar Series

C19, Merchiston campus

11 October 2016

Professor Hazel Hall gives invited seminar presentation at HATII, University of Glasgow

Dr Heidi Julien of SUNY presents research seminar on models of information behaviour

Centre for Social Informatics hosts ESRC-funded Scotland Advanced Training event

Academics from the Ionian University of Corfu visit the School of Computing

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