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Addressing self-harm via digital innovation (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Nicol, E., & Rasmussen Pennington, D. (2018, November). Addressing self-harm via digital innovation. Poster presented at ‘Tomorrow’s World: The Next 10 Years of Mental Health Research’, Annual Scientific Meeting of NHS Research Scotland’s Mental H

"Why not use it more?" Sources of self-efficacy in researchers’ use of social media for knowledge sharing (2018)
Journal Article
Alshahrani, H., & Rasmussen Pennington, D. (2018). "Why not use it more?" Sources of self-efficacy in researchers’ use of social media for knowledge sharing. Journal of Documentation, 74(6), 1274-1292. https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-04-2018-0051

Purpose: To investigate the sources of self-efficacy that researchers rely on when using social media for knowledge sharing and to explore how these sources impact their use. Design/methodology/approach: The study employed 30 semi-structured intervie... Read More about "Why not use it more?" Sources of self-efficacy in researchers’ use of social media for knowledge sharing.

Student wellbeing: Managing your PhD journey (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rasmussen Pennington, D. (2018, July). Student wellbeing: Managing your PhD journey. Paper presented at 10th Annual Scottish Informatics & Computer Science Alliance PhD Conference (SICSA Conference 2018), Aberdeen

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Relationship status: Libraries and linked data in Europe (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rasmussen Pennington, D., & Cagnazzo, L. (2018, July). Relationship status: Libraries and linked data in Europe. Paper presented at 15th International ISKO (International Society for Knowledge Organization) Conference, Porto, Portugal

Libraries shared metadata long before the advent of the Internet by utilising standards such as MARC and AACR to enable interoperability (Tallerås, 2013). A difficulty with their use in the networked environment has been the inability to exchange dat... Read More about Relationship status: Libraries and linked data in Europe.

What is research evidence? (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rasmussen Pennington, D. M. (2018, July). What is research evidence?. Paper presented at CILIP Conference 2018, Brighton

It is time to dispel the myth that only ‘researchers’ or ‘academics’ in the information profession can and should do research. All information professionals have a place in collecting and examining data to improve their services, resources, and space... Read More about What is research evidence?.

Book review: David Haynes, Metadata for Information Management and Retrieval: Understanding Metadata and Its Use (2018)
Journal Article
Pennington, D. R. (2021). Book review: David Haynes, Metadata for Information Management and Retrieval: Understanding Metadata and Its Use. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 53(4), 699-700. https://doi.org/10.1177/0961000618783103

David Haynes published the first edition of this book in 2004. It outlined the basics of metadata, including description, standards, purposes and management. In its final chapter, he questioned whether metadata as we knew it at the time would remain,... Read More about Book review: David Haynes, Metadata for Information Management and Retrieval: Understanding Metadata and Its Use.

Social media for learning and teaching: Examining the landscape (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rasmussen Pennington, D. M. (2018, June). Social media for learning and teaching: Examining the landscape. Presented at University of Strathclyde's 4th Annual Learning and Teaching in an International Technological University Conference, Glasgow

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"Lookin' for a sound that's gonna drown out the world": Resolving musical emotional ambiguity in U2's POPVision (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rasmussen Pennington, D. (2018, June). "Lookin' for a sound that's gonna drown out the world": Resolving musical emotional ambiguity in U2's POPVision. Paper presented at The U2 Conference 2018 - POPVision, Belfast

Semantic ambiguity complicates finding desired information. Additionally, the same music elicits different emotions in different people, which makes it difficult to find music online that meets our emotional desires. I operationalise this as “musical... Read More about "Lookin' for a sound that's gonna drown out the world": Resolving musical emotional ambiguity in U2's POPVision.