Mapping creative industries in south-east Scotland
Bruce Ryan has recently mapped data about creative industries in south-east Scotland. This was for the Creative Informatics programme. The maps show creative companies in [more …]
Dr David Brazier and Marina Milosheva present at ECIL 2021
Earlier this year, Centre for Social Informatics (CSI) members Dr David Brazier and Marina Milosheva presented their work at the European Conference on Information Literacy 2021 [more …]
CILIPS Autumn Regathering, 26 October 2021
Bruce Ryan and Rachel Salzano were lucky enough to get spaces at CILIP Scotland’s first in-person gathering for two years. Many thanks to CILIPS East [more …]
A PhD by publication
After 10 years of working through a narrow seam of data relating to Scottish community councils, was awarded a PhD by publication back in July. [more …]
Doing Magic with Metadata – Part 1: Purposes
Based on a talk to the Singapore chapter of the International Society for Knowledge Organization (ISKO). A recording of the talk is available at: http://www.iskosg.org/magic_with_metadata_haynes.html [more …]
Creative Sparks Event with the Beltane Network
22 September, 2021 the Beltane Network hosted the Creative Sparks Programme in Edinburgh. The Network, a partnership between the four universities of Edinburgh to support [more …]
Ada Scotland Festival events for students
The second Ada Scotland Festival launches on Monday 11th October. We have 10 days of free online events, celebrating women in computing, and open to [more …]
Natural language interface for career decision-making – new PhD
Hi, my name is Marianne Wilson. I will be starting my PhD with the Centre for Social Informatics next week. My research is focused on [more …]
Award for Brian Detlor
A nice piece of good news to share before the start of the summer. Visiting Professor Brian Detlor was awarded 2021 “Research to Practice Excellence [more …]
Spreading the news of RIVAL at the 2021 CILIPS and SCURL conferences #cilips21
Professor Hazel Hall and Dr Bruce Ryan have been speaking about the success of the Royal Society of Edinburgh funded Research Impact Value and Library and Information Science (RIVAL) project.