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Leah Perry deposited Substance and Style: Understanding Personal Style’s Influence on Information Behaviour and the Provision of Subject-Specific Information Services in the group
CityLIS on Humanities Commons 1 year, 4 months agoThis essay will explore the impact personal style has on information behaviour, with
particular reference to information seeking and subsequent information searching, and to
what extent personal style is related to academic subject choice. Through this exploration,
this essay will suggest the provision of adaptive tools, customised user…[Read more] -
Leah Perry deposited The Future is Wiki: National Libraries’ Wikidata Projects and the Culture of Connection in the group
CityLIS on Humanities Commons 1 year, 4 months agoLibraries and information services have long since been champions of equitable access to
information. As the popularity of open access grows, the GLAM (Galleries, Libraries,
Archives and Museums) sector investigates how to further develop their service and enrich
their collections through knowledge collaboration. With the increased…[Read more] -
Leah Perry deposited Bookish Identities: How the Online Reading Community Empowers the Self in the group
CityLIS on Humanities Commons 1 year, 4 months agoThe pervasiveness and increasing usage of digital technologies and information
communication technologies (ICTs) influences not only how we view the world around us,
but how we view ourselves. We are plugged in to an incessant stream of information and
networked to other informational entities – or inforgs (Floridi, 2010) – and in order to…[Read more] -
Leah Perry deposited Substance and Style: Understanding Personal Style’s Influence on Information Behaviour and the Provision of Subject-Specific Information Services on Humanities Commons 1 year, 4 months ago
This essay will explore the impact personal style has on information behaviour, with
particular reference to information seeking and subsequent information searching, and to
what extent personal style is related to academic subject choice. Through this exploration,
this essay will suggest the provision of adaptive tools, customised user…[Read more] -
Leah Perry deposited The Future is Wiki: National Libraries’ Wikidata Projects and the Culture of Connection on Humanities Commons 1 year, 4 months ago
Libraries and information services have long since been champions of equitable access to
information. As the popularity of open access grows, the GLAM (Galleries, Libraries,
Archives and Museums) sector investigates how to further develop their service and enrich
their collections through knowledge collaboration. With the increased…[Read more] -
Leah Perry deposited Bookish Identities: How the Online Reading Community Empowers the Self on Humanities Commons 1 year, 4 months ago
The pervasiveness and increasing usage of digital technologies and information
communication technologies (ICTs) influences not only how we view the world around us,
but how we view ourselves. We are plugged in to an incessant stream of information and
networked to other informational entities – or inforgs (Floridi, 2010) – and in order to…[Read more] -
Leah Perry deposited The City and the Country: How Do Public Libraries and Specialist Information Services Differ in their LGBTQ+ Information and Service Provision in Rural versus Urban Areas of England? in the group
CityLIS on Humanities Commons 1 year, 4 months agoPublic libraries, while providing a standardised general service, are often tailored to the communities they serve. This relies on the visibility and understanding of social groups within the local population. Across the country, the social, cultural, political, and historical local contexts influence the size and/or prominence of the LGBTQ+…[Read more]
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Leah Perry deposited The City and the Country: How Do Public Libraries and Specialist Information Services Differ in their LGBTQ+ Information and Service Provision in Rural versus Urban Areas of England? on Humanities Commons 1 year, 5 months ago
Public libraries, while providing a standardised general service, are often tailored to the
communities they serve. This relies on the visibility and understanding of social groups
within the local population. Across the country, the social, cultural, political, and
historical local contexts influence the size and/or prominence of the LGBTQ+…[Read more]
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