RIVAL Reunion event, 25 May 2023
The fifth RIVAL* event was held on Thursday 25 May 2023, at Edinburgh Training and Conference Venue. Presentation slides and videos of some of the presentations [more …]
Events
Activity Theory workshop: 18 May (1pm to 5pm)
Our Visiting Professor, Brian Detlor of McMaster University, Canada, is leading a workshop on Activity Theory (AT) on 18 May (1pm to 5pm) in room [more …]
Registration open for RIVAL Reunion, 25th May, Edinburgh
Hazel Hall, who is now our Emeritus Professor, founded the RIVAL network, with the assistance of Bruce Ryan. Funded in 2019-2021 by the Royal Society [more …]
Ada Scotland Festival 2022
The 3rd Ada Scotland Festival starts on Wednesday 12th October, with two weeks of activities and events, mostly online, but including in-person events for the [more …]
Platform to Platform presentation at ‘BBC at 100’ symposium, 13 to 15 September 2022
This post outlines the round-table presentation on the Platform to Platform project by Bruce Ryan, Hazel Hall, Marianne Wilson (all of the Centre for Social [more …]
Doing Magic with Metadata – Part 2: Challenges and ways forward
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 …]
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 …]
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 …]
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 …]
Information needs workshops for colleagues
CSI members Dr David Brazier and Marina Milosheva recently ran a set of three participative design workshops for Napier colleagues entitled: “What are your unique [more …]