Author Archives: Joseph Dunne-Howrie

About Joseph Dunne-Howrie

Joseph is a practitioner scholar in theatre and library information science. He teaches at several universities including City, Rose Bruford College, and UEL. His research interests include immersive performance, performative writing, digital culture, documenting and archiving, and audience participation. You can learn more about Joseph's work at www.josephjohndunne.com.

Visiting the Bibliothekartag/Bibliothekskongress

Posted on 09/04/2019 by Joseph Dunne-Howrie

Student Perspectives is our series of guest posts written by current CityLIS students. This post is written by Lauren Cummings, who recently visited the Bibliothekartag in Leipzig, Germany. Lauren attended the conference with support from the John Campbell Trust. A … Continue reading →

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Collection Development Strategy Report – Tyndale House Library Cambridge

Posted on 15/03/2019 by Joseph Dunne-Howrie

***This analysis was written by CityLIS student Bethany Sherwood in January 2019. It is reproduced here with the author’s permission as part of our CityLIS Writes initiative.*** Collection Development Strategy Report – Tyndale House Library Cambridge Background to the organisation and library: … Continue reading →

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An analysis and evaluation of an article from the Journal of Information Science

Posted on 11/03/2019 by Joseph Dunne-Howrie

***This analysis was written by CityLIS student Timothy Spring in January 2019. It is reproduced here with the author’s permission as part of our CityLIS Writes initiative.*** Introduction For this assignment, I have chosen to evaluate the article ‘Academics’ attitudes towards peer … Continue reading →

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How has the catalogue developed from the ancient world until the 21st Century? What current questions does cataloguing face?

Posted on 04/03/2019 by Joseph Dunne-Howrie

***This essay was written by CityLIS student Monica Boria in January 2019. It is reproduced here with the author’s permission as part of our CityLIS Writes initiative.*** The writer and bibliophile Alberto Manguel maintains that “the subjects or categories into which a library is … Continue reading →

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Is information governance essential for good information management?

Posted on 26/02/2019 by Joseph Dunne-Howrie

***This essay was written by CityLIS student Lauren Cummings in January 2019. It is reproduced here with the author’s permission as part of our CityLIS Writes initiative.*** Information governance is a concept that has appeared fairly recently, and perhaps because of this … Continue reading →

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