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Perspectives, people and projects: social informatics research at Edinburgh Napier University. (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hall, H. (2017, March). Perspectives, people and projects: social informatics research at Edinburgh Napier University. Paper presented at LETCIC symposium

Invited presentation. More information can be found on Hazel's website - https://hazelhall.org/2017/03/12/perspectives-people-and-projects-social-informatics-research-at-edinburgh-napier-university/ Slides available at https://www.slideshare.net/H... Read More about Perspectives, people and projects: social informatics research at Edinburgh Napier University..

Information professionals: strong, influential and effective – what we know, and what next? (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hall, H. (2016, October). Information professionals: strong, influential and effective – what we know, and what next?. Presented at Internet Librarian International

Closing keynote presentation. Slides from the presentaton can be found on slideshare - https://www.slideshare.net/HazelHall/internet-librarian-international-2016-closing-plenary-keynote-information-professionals-strong-influential-and-effective

What happens next? Strategies for building and assessing the long-term impact of research projects (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hall, H. (2016, May). What happens next? Strategies for building and assessing the long-term impact of research projects. Presented at 8th International Conference on Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries (QQML) 2016

Closing keynote paper. Presentation slides can be viewed on slideshare - https://hazelhall.org/2016/05/27/strategies-for-building-and-assessing-the-long-term-impact-of-research-projects-closing-plenary-at-qqml2016/

Incorporating a research-minded approach in professional practice (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hall, H. (2015, June). Incorporating a research-minded approach in professional practice. Presented at Research minded: supporting, understanding, conducting research workshop

Opening keynote. Presentation slides can be found on slideshare - https://www.slideshare.net/HazelHall/incorporating-a-researchminded-approach-to-professional-practice

The information needs of international students (1995)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hall, H. (1995, June). The information needs of international students. Paper presented at Non-traditional students and the academic library (CoFHE) Annual Conference

No abstract available.

Evaluating a business information sources online course (2000)
Journal Article
Gillham, M., & Hall, H. (2000). Evaluating a business information sources online course. Econtent; Wilton, 23(5), 55-63

With a history of innovative course material delivery mechanisms, the Information Management Department at Queen Margaret University College in Edinburgh, Scotland, decided to take advantage of funding from the University College to develop a Web sit... Read More about Evaluating a business information sources online course.

Digital Proxies – a potential new research area (2015)
Digital Artefact
Ryan, B. (2015). Digital Proxies – a potential new research area. [https://bruceryan.info/2015/03/13/digital-proxies-a-potential-new-research-area/]

What is a digital proxy? A digital proxy would be someone who undertakes a citizen’s online affairs, principally around digital participatory or elective democracy, because the citizen cannot use the internet for some reason. Paper was a contri... Read More about Digital Proxies – a potential new research area.

You can’t say politics on the internet? (2015)
Digital Artefact
Ryan, B. (2015). You can’t say politics on the internet?. [http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/114803/1/Final-report-A-Manifesto-for-Digital-Messiness.pdf]

I have been interested in how governments use the internet to engage with citizens for a few years now. Of course, I’m very late to this party – e-democracy was ‘invented’ over 20 years ago. I didn’t start from there – I stumbled into researching how... Read More about You can’t say politics on the internet?.

Getting real about social media (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hall, H. (2010, October). Getting real about social media. Presented at Internet Librarian International

Keynote presentation. Presentation slides can be found on slideshare -https://www.slideshare.net/HazelHall/getting-real-about-social-media-15918378

Skills in Sight: How Social Media Affordances Increase Network Awareness (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buunk, I., Hall, H., & Smith, C. (2017). Skills in Sight: How Social Media Affordances Increase Network Awareness. In Proceedings of the 18th European Conference on Knowledge Management ECKM 2017

The discussion in this paper derives from an analysis of data from twenty interviews conducted with members of an online knowledge sharing platform between October 2016 and February 2017. The empirical work is part of a larger doctoral study that inv... Read More about Skills in Sight: How Social Media Affordances Increase Network Awareness.

Information strategy: a new item for the textile industry's agenda (1994)
Journal Article
Hall, H. (1994). Information strategy: a new item for the textile industry's agenda. Journal of the Textile Institute, 85(4), 533-541. https://doi.org/10.1080/00405009408631299

A discussion of current thinking on the role of information as a business resource for competitive advantage leads to the conclusion that consideration should be given by the textile industry to the adoption of strategies to harness such a valuable r... Read More about Information strategy: a new item for the textile industry's agenda.

Adoption of information and communication technologies in the hotel and associated business in Addis Ababa, Ethiopa (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Demeke, W. (2014, February). Adoption of information and communication technologies in the hotel and associated business in Addis Ababa, Ethiopa. Presented at The 7th IADIS International Conference, Information Systems, Madrid, Spain

Many international organisations assert that Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) play an important role as a facilitator and as one of the critical determinants for economic growth and poverty reductions in the developing countries. For... Read More about Adoption of information and communication technologies in the hotel and associated business in Addis Ababa, Ethiopa.

Information strategy and manufacturing industry — Case studies in the Scottish textile industry (1994)
Journal Article
Hall, H. (1994). Information strategy and manufacturing industry — Case studies in the Scottish textile industry. International Journal of Information Management, 14(4), 281-294. https://doi.org/10.1016/0268-4012%2894%2990005-1

The results are given of an investigation into the perception and use of information as a strategic resource for effective business performance and competitive advantage in the Scottish high performance textile industry. Case studies reveal that ther... Read More about Information strategy and manufacturing industry — Case studies in the Scottish textile industry.

New modes of information behavior emerging from the social web (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wid én-Wulff, G., Huvila, I., Hall, H., Nivakoski, O., Kronqvist-Berg, M., & Francke, H. (2009, November). New modes of information behavior emerging from the social web. Presented at 2009 ASIS&T Annual Meeting: Thriving on diversity – Information opportunities in a pluralistic world,, Vancouver, Canada

Engaging in interactive and social events on the Web has become very common practice. Activities such as blogging, posting web pages, instant messaging, engaging in e-commerce, chatting online etc. all comprise elements of personal information produc... Read More about New modes of information behavior emerging from the social web.

Setting the context for teaching business information (1995)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hall, H. (1995, November). Setting the context for teaching business information. Paper presented at Improved practice and integrated skills in the LIS field

How do we teach information management students about the business environment? • How can we design courses on information sources and services provision that interest and motivate students?