Outputs (12)

Photography and Memory (2022)
Book Chapter
Stutterheim, K. (2022). Photography and Memory. In Ron O'Donnell - Edinburgh: A Lost World (2-5). Edinburgh Napier University

The essay reflects on Photography and Memory, in occassion of Ron O'Donnell's exhibition at the City Art Centre Edinbugh.
These images introduce us to a specific place that can be accurately designated. Above all, however, the photos focus on the... Read More about Photography and Memory.

Digital entrepreneurship in a rural context: the implications of the rural-urban digital divide (2022)
Book Chapter
Gerli, P., & Whalley, J. (2022). Digital entrepreneurship in a rural context: the implications of the rural-urban digital divide. In M. Keyhani, T. Kollmann, A. Ashjari, A. Sorgner, & C. Hull (Eds.), Handbook of Digital Entrepreneurship (291-305). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800373631.00026

Digital technologies are expected to encourage entrepreneurship by making it less spatially bounded, but there is increasing evidence that digital entrepreneurship remains geographically concentrated in a few locations. Drawing on interviews from Ita... Read More about Digital entrepreneurship in a rural context: the implications of the rural-urban digital divide.

Seguranca digital e o regulacao do metaverso (in Portuguese) (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Haynes, D. (2022, September). Seguranca digital e o regulacao do metaverso (in Portuguese)

This summarises the research questions being investigated in the Starter grant 2021 to investigate the usage of and attitudes towards the metaverse in the UK. The purpose of the talk is to stimulate discussion with Brazilian partners to form the basi... Read More about Seguranca digital e o regulacao do metaverso (in Portuguese).

Information literacy impact framework: Final project report (2022)
Report
Cruickshank, P., Ryan, B., & Milosheva, M. (2022). Information literacy impact framework: Final project report

This report presents findings from a review of literature reporting on information literacy (IL) impact. It is intended to deliver considerations towards a framework for impactful IL interventions, including development of parameters to guide impact... Read More about Information literacy impact framework: Final project report.

Digital options: an assessment of audience engagement with a digitised archive set transformed from online text and images to audio format (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ryan, B., Hall, H., & McGregor, I. (2022, August). Digital options: an assessment of audience engagement with a digitised archive set transformed from online text and images to audio format. Paper presented at Archives and Records Association Annual Conference 2022, Chester, UK

We report the findings of a research project funded by the AHRC, with support of the BBC, British Library, and a community museum. This exploits, augments, and exhibits a set of existing archive data by transforming a young woman’s personal testimony... Read More about Digital options: an assessment of audience engagement with a digitised archive set transformed from online text and images to audio format.

Science, technology and innovation for sustainable urban development in a post-pandemic world (2022)
Report
Zhang, L., Mora, L., Hasannudin, Z., Akgun, E., Zhang, J., & Godunova, M. (2022). Science, technology and innovation for sustainable urban development in a post-pandemic world. Geneva: United Nations

This UN report focuses on the contribution that Science, technology and innovation (STI) practices make towards mitigating some of the most pressing sustainability challenges facing the urban sociotechnical systems in a post-covid world. The report a... Read More about Science, technology and innovation for sustainable urban development in a post-pandemic world.

The public library as public sphere: a longitudinal analysis (2022)
Journal Article
Appleton, L., & Hall, H. (2023). The public library as public sphere: a longitudinal analysis. Journal of Documentation, 79(1), 112-126. https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-02-2022-0031

Purpose
The research was undertaken to explore the role of the UK public library as a public sphere and the ways in which this role relates to the epistemic, community and political functions of public libraries.

Design/methodology/approach
A lo... Read More about The public library as public sphere: a longitudinal analysis.

Evaluation Of Inequalities Of Access In UK Online Digital Collections: A Systematic Review (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Brazier, D., Ryan, B., & Gooding, P. (2022, April). Evaluation Of Inequalities Of Access In UK Online Digital Collections: A Systematic Review. Paper presented at ASIST 24-Hour Global Conference, Online

This paper presents the results of a systematic literature review into how UK Cultural Heritage Institutions (CHIs) deal with issues of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI). In recent years, researchers have addressed the fragmented nature of Cul... Read More about Evaluation Of Inequalities Of Access In UK Online Digital Collections: A Systematic Review.

A Participative Approach To Understanding The Hidden Curriculum (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Brazier, D., & Milosheva, M. (2022, April). A Participative Approach To Understanding The Hidden Curriculum. Paper presented at ASIST 24-Hour Global Conference, Online

Information needs are fundamental building blocks of the information behaviour and information retrieval literature. However, the concept of an “information need” is rarely discussed or defined, particularly in the context of everyday life informatio... Read More about A Participative Approach To Understanding The Hidden Curriculum.

A Study of Online Safety and Digital Literacy of Academic Researchers Working from Home during the COVID-19 Pandemic (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Haynes, D., & Salzano, R. (2022, April). A Study of Online Safety and Digital Literacy of Academic Researchers Working from Home during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Paper presented at ASIS&T Global 24-hour Conference, 2022, Online

Universities in the UK responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by moving teaching to an online environment and requiring staff to work from home, as far as possible. Researchers face particular challenges of security and privacy where their work involves... Read More about A Study of Online Safety and Digital Literacy of Academic Researchers Working from Home during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Speculative and Critical Design: approaches and influences in education (2022)
Journal Article
Helgason, I., Encinas, E., Mitrovic, I., & Smyth, M. (2022). Speculative and Critical Design: approaches and influences in education. Interaction Design and Architecture(s) IxDetA, 5-7. https://doi.org/10.55612/s-5002-051-001psi

As guest editors of this special edition we are delighted to present this selection of papers responding to our call about Speculative and Critical Design in education. The response to the call demonstrates that interest in this approach is increasin... Read More about Speculative and Critical Design: approaches and influences in education.

Four levers of reciprocity across human societies: concepts, analysis and predictions (2022)
Journal Article
Lehmann, L., Powers, S. T., & van Schaik, C. P. (2022). Four levers of reciprocity across human societies: concepts, analysis and predictions. Evolutionary Human Sciences, 4, Article e11. https://doi.org/10.1017/ehs.2022.7

This paper surveys five human societal types – mobile foragers, horticulturalists, pre-state agriculturalists, state-based agriculturalists and liberal democracies – from the perspective of three core social problems faced by interacting individuals:... Read More about Four levers of reciprocity across human societies: concepts, analysis and predictions.