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 …]
Bruce Ryan
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!
Full ECIL2023 papers published
In October, Social Informatics Research Group PhD researchers, Marina Milosheva and Drew Feeney, presented some of their work at the 2023 European Conference on Information Literacy (ECIL2023). The full [more …]
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 …]
Article now out: Information literacy of community representatives in Brazil
Our article “An information literacy lens on community representation for participatory budgeting in Brazil ” has now been published by the Journal of Information Literacy
‘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 …]
Social Informatics Research Group at ECIL2023!
Two Social Informatics Research Group PhD researchers, Marina Milosheva and Drew Feeney, will present their work at the 2023 European Conference on Information Literacy (ECIL2023).
‘Information Literacy and Society’ project well under way
Earlier this year, Bruce Ryan, Marina Milosheva, and Peter Cruickshank started on a literature review project to understand the impacts of information literacy (IL) on society. In this project, Bruce, [more …]