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New project for 2025: 'Tackling misinformation and disinformation for Scottish school librarians'
Dec 9, 2024

Source CILIPS Research Fund Recipients 2024-25 Announced
Summary CILIPS (https://www.cilips.org.uk) has awarded funding to Dr Bruce Ryan, a senior research fellow in the Applied Informatics Subject Group. The project seeks to expand on CILIPS’ current work on the spread of mis- and dis-information. It will deliver a foundation for advocacy on this topic, and how Scotland’s school librarians can work to support pupils to better understand the implications of mis and disinformation.
Linked Funders CILIPS Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals in Scotland
People Bruce Ryan
Org Units School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment
Research Areas Education
Information society
Themes Culture and Communities
Research Centres/Groups Centre for Applied Informatics
Centre for Social Informatics
URL https://www.cilips.org.uk/rf-2024/
This news contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals
SDG 4 - Quality Education

Centre for Social Informatics researchers report on the long-term value of networking grants
Feb 15, 2018

Summary 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.
People Peter Cruickshank
Bruce Ryan
Outputs Long-term community development within a researcher network: a social network analysis of the DREaM project cadre
Org Units School of Computing
School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment
Research Areas Information science
Information society
Social informatics
Themes AI and Technologies
Research Centres/Groups Centre for Social Informatics
URL https://hazelhall.org/2018/02/15/the-impact-of-ukrc-networking-grants-a-new-publication-on-the-long-term-sustainability-of-the-ahrc-funded-dream-network/

Centre for Social Informatics contribute to ECIL 2017
Sep 20, 2017

Summary The Centre for Social Informatics made a contribution to the European Conference on Information Literacy (ECIL) in St Malo, France, in September 2017.
People Peter Cruickshank
Bruce Ryan
Outputs Exploring Information Literacy Through the Lens of Activity Theory
Org Units School of Computing
School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment
Research Areas Social informatics
Information society
Information science
Themes AI and Technologies
Research Centres/Groups Centre for Social Informatics
URL https://hazelhall.org/2017/09/18/exploring-information-literacy-through-the-lens-of-activity-theory-csi-at-ecil-2017-ecil17-ecil2017/

Centre for Social Informatics contribute nine papers to i3 2017
Jun 27, 2017

Summary Staff and research students from the Centre for Social Informatics presented nine papers at Information: interactions and impact (i3) in June 2017.
People Colin Smith
Peter Cruickshank
Gemma Webster
Mark Deakin
Peter Robertson
Frances Ryan
Alistair Lawson
Bruce Ryan
Tom Flint
Org Units School of Computing
School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment
Research Areas Information science
Information society
Social informatics
Themes AI and Technologies
Research Centres/Groups Centre for Social Informatics
URL https://hazelhall.org/2017/07/18/information-interactions-and-impact-i3-2017-review-i3rgu/

Information Literacy for Democratic Engagement: project findings
Mar 19, 2017

Summary Researchers in the Centre for Social Informatics have released findings of the Information Literacy for Democratic Engagement (IL-DEM) project.
People Peter Cruickshank
Bruce Ryan
Outputs Migrants’ healthcare experience: a meta-ethnography review of the literature
Org Units School of Computing
School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment
Research Areas Information society
Information science
Social informatics
Themes AI and Technologies
Research Centres/Groups Centre for Social Informatics
URL https://hazelhall.org/2017/03/19/information-literacy-for-democratic-engagement-il-dem-project-findings/

Demographic data of UK information professions from CSI/ERI Workforce Mapping project released
Jun 30, 2016

Summary Demographic data of UK information professions from CSI/ERI Workforce Mapping project released
People Bruce Ryan
Org Units School of Computing
School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment
Research Areas Information science
Social informatics
Themes AI and Technologies
Research Centres/Groups Centre for Social Informatics

Centre for Social Informatics research contributes to information industry factsheets
Jun 30, 2016

Summary The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) and the Archives and Records Association (ARA) have published a series of 24 fact sheets on the basis of the findings of the Workforce Mapping Project, led by Professor Hazel Hall in 2014/15.
People Matthew Dutton
Bruce Ryan
Org Units School of Computing
Business School
School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment
Research Areas Information science
Social informatics
Information society
Themes AI and Technologies
URL https://hazelhall.org/2016/06/30/demographics-of-the-uk-information-professions-fact-sheets-published-by-cilip-and-ara/