Seminar on Delphi technique
Last week’s Social Informatics Research Group meeting was a seminar on the Delphi technique. Marianne Wilson and David Haynes introduced the technique, which is a ‘structured way of [more …]
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LILAC conference, 25 to 27 March 2024
Two members of the Social Informatics Research Group – Bruce Ryan and Drew Feeney – attended this conference, held in Leeds Beckett University in March 2024. Here they briefly [more …]
Information literacy: a SIRG seminar
On Friday 26 January, the social informatics research group hosted a seminar on its research into information literacy. SIRG members were delighted to welcome attendance [more …]
Plans for early 2024
A brief round-up of some Social Informatics Research Group members’ plans for this trimester. Busy busy busy!
New roles for research group members Drew Feeney and Bruce Ryan
Congratulations to Social Informatics Research Group member Drew Feeney, who is now the Public Libraries representative on CILIP’s Information Literacy Group (ILG). He will represent the UK’s national Public [more …]
Religion, Non-human Animals, and Critical Research: Reflections on ASIS&T 2023
Dr Rachel Salzano was one of Edinburgh Napier University’s delegates at ASIS&T 2023 Annual Meeting, presenting her poster on community validation as a method to establish trustworthiness in [more …]
‘Information Literacy and Society’ project report published
Dr Bruce Ryan, Marina Milosheva and Associate Professor Peter Cruickshank have delivered their final report on the impacts of information literacy (IL) research on society. It is now available [more …]
Celebrating Hazel Hall and the Social Informatics Research Group’s distinguished guests
Recently there were two happy events for the Social Informatics Research Group. Firstly, emeritus professor Hazel Hall is among the top 2 percent of most [more …]
Working with colleagues in Brazil
During the summer I (David Haynes) worked with some amazing students and respected research colleagues in Brazil. I ran a short course on digital literacy [more …]
Social Informatics Research Group at ASIS&T 2023
Edinburgh Napier University’s Social Informatics Research Group will have a strong presence at the Association for Information Science and Technology’s 2023 annual meeting. Check out [more …]