For CityLIS part-time students who will be returning in September 2020 for their second year of study, here are some suggestions for summer reading. This is not required, but may be helpful for those who wish to do some preparation for the term 1 modules INM341 Information Management and Policy and INM356 Research Methods and Communication) and for initial thoughts on the dissertation. All are available as e-books in the university library
INM341
Chapter 12 (Information management and policy), in Introduction to Information Science, Bawden and Robinson, Facet, 2012
Records, information and data: exploring the role of record-keeping in an information culture, Yeo, Facet, 2018
Practical knowledge and information management, Schopflin and Walsh, Facet, 2018
Management basics for information professionals (4th edition), Evans, Alire and Layzell Ward, Facet, 2020
INM356
Chapter 14 (Information science research, what and how), in Introduction to Information Science, Bawden and Robinson, Facet, 2012
Research methods in information (2nd edition), Pickard, Facet, 2020
Research methods in library and information science (6th edition), Connaway and Radford, Libraries Unlimited, 2017
Dissertation
Succeeding with your master’s dissertation: a step-by-step handbook (4th edition), Biggam, Open University Press, 2017
