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Blurred reputations: Managing professional and private information online (2018)
Journal Article
Ryan, F. V., Cruickshank, P., Hall, H., & Lawson, A. (2020). Blurred reputations: Managing professional and private information online. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 52(1), 16-26. https://doi.org/10.1177/0961000618769977

Results are reported from a study that investigated patterns of information behaviour and use as related to personal reputation building and management in online environments. An everyday life information seeking (ELIS) perspective was adopted. Data... Read More about Blurred reputations: Managing professional and private information online.

Practices of community representatives in exploiting information channels for citizen democratic engagement (2018)
Journal Article
Hall, H., Cruickshank, P., & Ryan, B. (2019). Practices of community representatives in exploiting information channels for citizen democratic engagement. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 51(4), 950-961. https://doi.org/10.1177/0961000618769966

The purpose of the research was to investigate the practices of elected, yet unpaid, community councillors in Scotland as they exploit information channels for democratic engagement with citizens. Its focus is both novel and significant in that it co... Read More about Practices of community representatives in exploiting information channels for citizen democratic engagement.

Long-term community development within a researcher network: a social network analysis of the DREaM project cadre (2018)
Journal Article
Hall, H., Cruickshank, P., & Ryan, B. (2018). Long-term community development within a researcher network: a social network analysis of the DREaM project cadre. Journal of Documentation, 74(4), 844-861. https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-05-2017-0069

Purpose Results are reported from a study that investigated the extent to which an intervention to develop a community of library and information science researchers – the Developing Research Excellence and Methods (DREaM) project-was successful in m... Read More about Long-term community development within a researcher network: a social network analysis of the DREaM project cadre.

Exploring Information Literacy Through the Lens of Activity Theory (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hall, H., Cruickshank, P., & Ryan, B. (2017, September). Exploring Information Literacy Through the Lens of Activity Theory. Presented at European Conference on Information Literacy 2017, St Malo, France

Activity Theory (AT) is presented as a framework for explaining Information Literacy (IL) as a technologically mediated social practice. This is achieved in the context of a study conducted in 2016 on the information gathering and sharing activities... Read More about Exploring Information Literacy Through the Lens of Activity Theory.

Librarian Questionnaire data for IL-DEM project November - December 2016 (2017)
Data
Hall, H., Cruickshank, P., & Ryan, B. (2017). Librarian Questionnaire data for IL-DEM project November - December 2016. [Data]. https://doi.org/10.17869/ENU.2017.682093

Results of questionnaire emailed to senior public librarians in Scotland. Questions were around their support of Community Councils including support and training of Community Councillors information skills, for a project around information literacy... Read More about Librarian Questionnaire data for IL-DEM project November - December 2016.

Building identity in online environments: an Information Science perspective (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ryan, F. V. C., Cruickshank, P., Hall, H., & Lawson, A. (2017, October). Building identity in online environments: an Information Science perspective. Presented at Annual Meeting of The Association for Information Science & Technology, Washington D.C., US

The research presented in this poster is concerned with the ways in which people use information to build identities for themselves online with reference to the themes of personal reputation management. To date these two themes have been under-explor... Read More about Building identity in online environments: an Information Science perspective.

Practices of community representatives in exploiting information channels for citizen engagement (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cruickshank, P., Ryan, B., & Hall, H. (2017, June). Practices of community representatives in exploiting information channels for citizen engagement. Paper presented at i3: Information: Interactions and impact, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen

This extended abstract presents results of an investigation of the practices of community representatives (in this case: Community Councillors in Scotland) in exploiting information channels for citizen engagement.

Information literacy for democratic engagement (IL-DEM) (2017)
Report
Hall, H., Cruickshank, P., & Ryan, B. (2017). Information literacy for democratic engagement (IL-DEM). Scotland: Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals

Between October and December 2016 a team from the Centre for Social Informatics at Edinburgh Napier University investigated the information practices of community councillors in a research project funded by the Information Literacy Group of the Chart... Read More about Information literacy for democratic engagement (IL-DEM).

Community Councillors survey data for IL-DEM project November -December 2016 (2017)
Data
Hall, H., Cruickshank, P., & Ryan, B. (2017). Community Councillors survey data for IL-DEM project November -December 2016. [Data]. https://doi.org/10.17869/ENU.2017.682227

Results of online survey of Community Councillors around Scotland. Most questions were around their use of information skills, for a project around information literacy in community-level democracy, but some questions were about their general roles a... Read More about Community Councillors survey data for IL-DEM project November -December 2016.

Community Council Liaison Officer questionnaire data for IL-DEM project November - December 2016 (2017)
Data
Hall, H., Cruickshank, P., & Ryan, B. (2017). Community Council Liaison Officer questionnaire data for IL-DEM project November - December 2016. [Data]. https://doi.org/10.17869/ENU.2017.682243

Results of questionnaire emailed to all Community Council Liaison Officers (1) in Scotland. Questions were around their Community Councils' use of information skills, for a project around information literacy in community-level democracy.

(1) Com... Read More about Community Council Liaison Officer questionnaire data for IL-DEM project November - December 2016.

Managing and evaluating personal reputations on the basis of information shared on social media: a Generation X perspective. (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ryan, F., Cruickshank, P., Hall, H., & Lawson, A. (2016, September). Managing and evaluating personal reputations on the basis of information shared on social media: a Generation X perspective. Presented at ISIC: the information behaviour conference, Zadar, Croatia

Introduction. The means by which individuals evaluate the personal reputations of others, and manage their own personal reputations, as determined by information shared on social media platforms, is investigated from an information science perspectiv... Read More about Managing and evaluating personal reputations on the basis of information shared on social media: a Generation X perspective..

Interviews with Community Councillors for IL-DEm project November - December 2016 (2016)
Data
Hall, H., Cruickshank, P., & Ryan, B. (2016). Interviews with Community Councillors for IL-DEm project November - December 2016. [Data]. https://doi.org/10.17869/ENU.2017.682133

Transcripts of semi-structured interviews with 19 Community Councillors from around Scotland. Most questions were around their use of information skills, for a project around information literacy in community-level democracy, but some questions were... Read More about Interviews with Community Councillors for IL-DEm project November - December 2016.

RiLIES2: Final report (2012)
Report
Hall, H., Cruickshank, P., & Irving, C. (2012). RiLIES2: Final report. United Kingdom: Library and Information Science Research Coalition

Research report of the RiLIES2 (Research in librarianship - Impact Evaluation Study) project commissioned by the Library and Information Science Research Coalition to support the use and execution of research by librarians and information scientists

The right resources to support LIS research: findings from the RiLIES2 project poll (2012)
Journal Article
Cruickshank, P., Hall, H., & Irving, C. (2012). The right resources to support LIS research: findings from the RiLIES2 project poll. Library and information research, 36(113), 24-31

In 2011 and 2012 the Library and Information Science Research Coalition supported two projects entitled Research in Librarianship Impact Evaluation Study (RiLIES1 and RiLIES2). This paper discusses the results of a survey completed in spring 2012 as... Read More about The right resources to support LIS research: findings from the RiLIES2 project poll.

Improving access to Library and Information Science research: maximizing its relevance and impact to practitioners (2012)
Journal Article
Hall, H., Irving, C., & Cruickshank, P. (2012). Improving access to Library and Information Science research: maximizing its relevance and impact to practitioners. Business Information Review, 29(4), 224-230. https://doi.org/10.1177/0266382112470413

Between 2009 and 2012 there was considerable investment in three UK projects related to library and information science (LIS) research: (1) the Library and Information Science Research Coalition; (2) the AHRC-funded Developing Research Excellence and... Read More about Improving access to Library and Information Science research: maximizing its relevance and impact to practitioners.

Realising the value of RiLIES: the research in librarianship impact evaluation study (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cruickshank, P., Hall, H., & Taylor-Smith, E. (2012, May). Realising the value of RiLIES: the research in librarianship impact evaluation study. Paper presented at 4th International Conference on Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries

In 2011 researchers at Edinburgh Napier University, supported by the UK Library and Information Science Research Coalition, investigated the extent to which funded research projects in the domain of library and information science (LIS) influence pra... Read More about Realising the value of RiLIES: the research in librarianship impact evaluation study.

Enhancing the impact of LIS research projects (2011)
Report
Cruickshank, P., Hall, H., & Taylor-Smith, E. (2011). Enhancing the impact of LIS research projects. Edinburgh: Research Information Network

This report covers extent to which funded research projects in the domain of library and information science (LIS) influence practice in the UK. It focuses particularly on identifying factors that increase or hinder the impact of research findings on... Read More about Enhancing the impact of LIS research projects.