Research impact from LISResearch.org to LISResearch.org.au #LISRAproject

Posted on March 22, 2016 by Hazel Hall

Between 2009 and 2012 I led the implementation of the UK’s Library and Information Science Research Coalition. The broad mission of the Coalition was to facilitate a coordinated and strategic approach to Library and Information Science (LIS) research across the UK, strengthening links between LIS researchers and LIS practitioners, and between research and practice. This was achieved through the activities of the Coalition as a whole, and its ‘daughter’ projects: Developing Research Excellence and Methods (DREaM), and the two-part Research in Librarianship Impact Evaluation Study. Continue reading →

Celebrations of International Women’s Day 2016 #iwd2016

Posted on March 14, 2016 by Hazel Hall

As was the case in many UK universities, last Tuesday 8th March – International Women’s Day – was a busy day for Edinburgh Napier University’s Athena SWAN teams. The coordinators of our gender equality network (GEN) – Dr Clare Taylor (Senior Lecturer in the School of Life, Sport and Social Sciences) and Frances Ryan (PhD student, School of Computing) – organised ‘equality breakfasts’ on each of the three main University campuses. These were co-hosted by the Athena SWAN leads for our six schools and Equate Scotland, the Edinburgh Napier based organisation that supports the recruitment, retention, development, and progression of women in science, engineering, technology and the built environment in Scotland. Continue reading →

Information Science Scotland: advanced training for PhD students April 2016

Posted on March 7, 2016 by Hazel Hall

#InfoSciScot

Information Science Scotland, the partnership of the four Scottish universities that support research students within the ESRC Scottish Graduate School of Social Science Information Science Pathway (Edinburgh Napier, Glasgow, Strathclyde, and Robert Gordon), is hosting a two-day training event on April 12th and 13th 2016. The venue is the Sighthill campus of Edinburgh Napier University (room 5.B.14), which has good transport links to the rest of the city by tram, bus and train. Continue reading →

Invited keynote presentation at #QQML 2016

Posted on March 7, 2016 by Hazel Hall

I have recently accepted an invitation to give the closing keynote paper at the 8th International Conference on Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries (QQML 2016) on Friday 27th May at Senate House, London.

The main theme of my presentation, entitled What happens next? Strategies for building and assessing the long-term impact of research projects, will be the impact of research and its measurement. Continue reading →

Tackling gender inequality from the classroom to the boardroom: workshop preview

Posted on March 6, 2016 by Hazel Hall

A pirate princess gender stereotype compromise?

Why do we continue to see gender stereotyping in education?
What is the impact of such gender stereotyping on the labour market?
How does gender stereotyping limit career opportunities for individuals?
What are the wider impacts of gender stereotyping on society at large?
Which approaches work best in achieving sustained change with respect to gender imbalance in educational settings and the workplace?

These questions will be addressed at a half-day workshop on tackling gender inequality, hosted by the Employment Research Institute (ERI) at Edinburgh Napier University from 10:00-13:00 on Tuesday 10th May 2016. The discussions will take into account recent research on gender imbalances in education and key sectors of the economy undertaken at the ERI. Continue reading →

Proceedings of #IDIMC 2016 available

Posted on March 4, 2016 by Hazel Hall

A PDF file of the conference proceedings of the 2nd International Data, Information and Knowledge Management conference (IDIMC 2016) held in January 2016 has been published by LISU. This provides:

details of the invited papers
the presentation slides and summaries of points made in the ‘Redefining Information and Knowledge Management’ workshop led by Sheila Moorcroft and Noleen Schenk
the full text of all the contributed papers

Among the contributed papers are two co-authored by colleagues at Edinburgh Napier University, the full citations of which are: Continue reading →

Soapbox Science is coming to Edinburgh

Posted on March 3, 2016 by Hazel Hall

The grassroots public outreach programme Soapbox Science is coming to Edinburgh this summer. This free public event, which takes place on the Mound from noon to 3pm on on July 24th 2016, is one of several throughout the UK designed to promote the visibility of women in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM).

My colleague Dr Clare Taylor and I became involved in Soapbox Science last summer. One of its co-founders – Dr Seirian Sumner – was in the audience when we made our presentation about Edinburgh Napier University’s work to support the careers of women in STEM at the June 2015 Athena SWAN awards ceremony. Serian was inspired by our energy and enthusiasm for women in science issues, and particularly interested in Clare’s 2014 Edinburgh Fringe show Women – Science is not for you! After the awards ceremony Serian made contact to invite us to become involved in Soapbox Science, and we agreed to arrange for Edinburgh Napier University to present an event in Edinburgh in 2016. Continue reading →

Frances Ryan performs at Bright Club Edinburgh

Posted on February 23, 2016 by Hazel Hall

Update 29th February 2016: a video of Frances’ excellent performance is now available on YouTube. Frances also writes about the experience of presenting her research in stand-up format on her blog Just a PhD.

Good luck to Centre for Social Informatics PhD student Frances Ryan, who is performing tonight at The Stand Comedy Club as part of a Bright Club Edinburgh show. Continue reading →

Power to the population? The population census under review

Posted on February 22, 2016 by Hazel Hall

In November 2015 Lynn Killick, who works with me within the Centre for Social Informatics, presented some preliminary results from her doctoral study at the Asian Conference on Technology, Information and Society (ACTIS) 2015. Lynn’s AHRC-funded PhD is entitled An investigation into the population census as a tool for building the good society: policy, ethics and social informatics. Its focus is the future of the population census, and its role in informing the good society. Continue reading →

Journal of Information Science i3 2015 special issue: papers available from OnlineFirst #i3rgu

Posted on February 4, 2016 by Hazel Hall

Louise Rasmussen presents on KM as management innovation at i3 (credit I. Buunk)

Seven full papers developed from presentations made at last year’s Information: interactions and impact (i3) conference are now available online as peer-reviewed journal articles. Together they contribute to a special issue of Journal of Information Science (JIS) to be published in spring 2016.

Two of these papers are contributions from members of my team within the Centre for Social Informatics at Edinburgh Napier University. The first concerns Knowledge Management as a management innovation, and the other discusses the role of the census as an information source in policy-making. Continue reading →