Outputs (3)

Community Validation as a Method to Establish Trustworthiness in Qualitative LIS Research (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Salzano, R., Hall, H., Webster, G., & Brazier, D. (2023, October). Community Validation as a Method to Establish Trustworthiness in Qualitative LIS Research. Poster presented at ASIS&T Annual Meeting, London, UK

A core aspect of the scientific process is the verification of the credibility of findings. In research with a qualitative and mixed methods approach, there is ongoing discussion on the most effective method to validate results. Discussed in this pos... Read More about Community Validation as a Method to Establish Trustworthiness in Qualitative LIS Research.

What are public libraries for? Culture as a determinant of conceptualizations of public library services for forced migrants (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Salzano, R., Brazier, D., Hall, H., & Webster, G. (2022, October). What are public libraries for? Culture as a determinant of conceptualizations of public library services for forced migrants. Presented at Association for Information Science and Technology Annual Conference ASIS&T 2022, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Public libraries offer important services for newcomer populations, including forced migrants. They help facilitate the integration of forced migrants into the host country, increase their levels of trust within new communities, and build social capi... Read More about What are public libraries for? Culture as a determinant of conceptualizations of public library services for forced migrants.

Information Literacy Workshops: Trials and tribulations of Public Engagement within a pandemic (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Brazier, D., Salzano, R., & Ryan, B. (2021, September). Information Literacy Workshops: Trials and tribulations of Public Engagement within a pandemic. Poster presented at European Conference on Information Literacy 2021, Bamberg, Germany

Project Aim: This internally funded Public Engagement| project was aimed at engaging the public of Edinburgh to provide learning opportunities on Information Literacy and online search best practice. Two in-person workshops were organised for March 2... Read More about Information Literacy Workshops: Trials and tribulations of Public Engagement within a pandemic.