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Alternative media in Scotland: Problems, positions and 'Product' (2000)
Journal Article
Atton, C. (2000). Alternative media in Scotland: Problems, positions and 'Product'. Critical Quarterly, 42(4), 40-46. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8705.00318

Examines varied issues related to alternative media in Scotland. Analysis of a set of media practices collectively known as alternative media; Problems on finding an adequate definition for alternative media; Publication's position with respect to th... Read More about Alternative media in Scotland: Problems, positions and 'Product'.

'Karain': Constructing the Romantic Subject (2000)
Book Chapter
Dryden, L. (2000). 'Karain': Constructing the Romantic Subject. In Joseph Conrad and the Imperial Romance (110-136). Palgrave MacMillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230597075_6

In April 1898 Conrad wrote to Cunninghame Graham: ‘I am glad you like Karain. I was afraid you would despise it. There’s something magazine’ish about it. Eh? It was written for Blackwood’ (Letters 2, 57). Those ‘magazine’ish’ elements include a ghost... Read More about 'Karain': Constructing the Romantic Subject.

The infoshop: the alternative information centre of the 1990s (1999)
Journal Article
Atton, C. (1999). The infoshop: the alternative information centre of the 1990s. New Library World, 100(1), 24-29. https://doi.org/10.1108/03074809910248564

This article introduces the infoshop movement, a network of independent information centres run by political activists throughout Europe and the USA. The article defines and describes the nature of the infoshop, the services it provides and the natur... Read More about The infoshop: the alternative information centre of the 1990s.

A reassessment of the alternative press (1999)
Journal Article
Atton, C. (1999). A reassessment of the alternative press. Media, Culture and Society, 21(1), 51-76. https://doi.org/10.1177/016344399021001003

This article revisits the Comedia group's assessment of the alternative press as one of commercial failure. It examines the British alternative press of the 1990s and finds that, while financial exigency and anti-commercialism are still prevalent, ne... Read More about A reassessment of the alternative press.

The librarian as ethnographer: notes towards a strategy for the exploitation of cultural collections (1998)
Journal Article
Atton, C. (1998). The librarian as ethnographer: notes towards a strategy for the exploitation of cultural collections. Collection Building, 17(4), 154-158. https://doi.org/10.1108/01604959810238293

Argues that the hybrid nature of collection development (electronic and print) requires a corresponding hybridised system of collection exploitation. Proposes a model for the exploitation of hybrid cultural collections that draws on ethnographic prin... Read More about The librarian as ethnographer: notes towards a strategy for the exploitation of cultural collections.

Cultural studies in cyberspace: teaching with new technology. (1998)
Journal Article
Dryden, L., & Finkelstein, D. (1998). Cultural studies in cyberspace: teaching with new technology. Asynchronous Learning Networks Magazine, 2, 1-13

A search of the World Wide Web reveals more than a million pages dedicated to culture and/or the study of cultural values. It would be reasonable to assume, therefore, that cyberspace would be a particularly fruitful learning arena for students. This... Read More about Cultural studies in cyberspace: teaching with new technology..

Life (1997)
Book
Fraser, B. (1997). Life. Diehard Publishers

Policing electronic information: threats to freedom of expression (1995)
Journal Article
Atton, C. (1995). Policing electronic information: threats to freedom of expression. New Library World, 96(5), 5-9. https://doi.org/10.1108/03074809510147191

Considers two limits on freedom of expression in electronic
media: the regulation of the Internet and electronic
copyright. Examines these in two case studies, one on the
status of anarchist publishing on the Internet, the other on
the use of sam... Read More about Policing electronic information: threats to freedom of expression.

Using critical thinking as a basis for library user education (1994)
Journal Article
Atton, C. (1994). Using critical thinking as a basis for library user education. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 20(5-6), 310-313. https://doi.org/10.1016/0099-1333%2894%2990069-8

The article focuses on the critical examination of information in rewriting an undergraduate course of bibliographic instruction. By learning to ask questions, by learning from each other, by thinking critically and by taking responsibility for their... Read More about Using critical thinking as a basis for library user education.

Beyond the mainstream: examining alternative sources for stock selection. (1994)
Journal Article
Atton, C. (1994). Beyond the mainstream: examining alternative sources for stock selection. Library Review, 43(4), 57-64. https://doi.org/10.1108/00242539410063605

There are thousands of small publishers, small presses and individuals in Britain
currently producing textbooks, monographs, novels, poetry, journals,
newspapers and other, non-standard, publications. Their output ranges from the
stocklists of suc... Read More about Beyond the mainstream: examining alternative sources for stock selection..