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Librarians as Proxies: An exploratory study on the digital proxy practices of librarians

May 5, 2023 Frances Ryan 0

I have recently been awarded a small research grant from Edinburgh Napier University. The project, for which I am PI, is called “Librarians as Proxies: An [more …]

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Five fully funded PhD studentships available – October 2023 start

May 3, 2023 Peter Cruickshank 0

A chance to apply for one of up to five fully funded PhD project in applied informatics. Apply by 21 May for an October 2023 start.

Knowledge Organization and Information Discovery: Improving user experience, quality and trust

April 25, 2023 davidhaynes 0

The 7th ISKO UK biennial conference will be in Scotland for the first time. Strathclyde University in Glasgow is hosting the conference on 24-25th July. [more …]

Old and new: Highlights from our experiences at iConference 2023

April 17, 2023 Prof Diane Rasmussen Pennington 3

By Professor Diane Rasmussen Pennington and PhD Student Marina Milosheva The more things change, the more they remain the same. This 19th century French epigram [more …]

Registration open for RIVAL Reunion, 25th May, Edinburgh

April 14, 2023 Prof Diane Rasmussen Pennington 0

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 …]

Edinburgh Napier University joins the iSchools Organisation

March 3, 2023 Prof Diane Rasmussen Pennington 0

We are delighted to announce that the School of Computing, Engineering, & the Built Environment at Edinburgh Napier University has just become the 125th iSchool! [more …]

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New Director of the Centre for Social Informatics

February 9, 2023 Prof Diane Rasmussen Pennington 0

I’m delighted to post here that Edinburgh Napier University has appointed me, Diane M. Rasmussen Pennington, as Professor of Social Informatics. I arrived at Edinburgh [more …]

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Funded PhD Opportunity: Policy changes for inclusion of disabled students in HE

December 21, 2022 Peter Cruickshank 1

Higher education institutions in Scotland are legally bound to provide an inclusive learning environment. Tinklin & Hall (1999) conducted a study to explore the experiences [more …]

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Funded PhD Opportunity: Organisational learning & agile coaching

December 21, 2022 Peter Cruickshank 1

Here is a further PhD idea that missed our main list: There are currently many agile coaches tasked with mentoring remits within the IT function. [more …]

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Fully funded PhD Opportunities for 2023!

December 21, 2022 Peter Cruickshank 1

We are very happy to announce that we can offer funded PhD opportunities in five wide ranging social informatics projects for a number of students [more …]

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