Category Archives: CityLIS Writes

*** This category collects essays and reports written by CityLIS students. All the essays are reproduced with permission, and copyright remains with the author.

The essays are published here to encourage our current students to engage with written communication throughout their careers, and also as an education resource for other students, whether in library & information science, or a related area.

No supervisor comments or marks on the essays are shown. Whilst each of the essays published on the CityLIS Blog was awarded over 60% (merit), the published articles have been chosen by the course team as being not only well written, but also of wider interest to the LIS community and related disciplines. Constructive comments from classmates and the wider LIS community positively encouraged. :) ***

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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The Ethical Conflicts Engendered by the increasing prevalence of e-books and e-journals in the academic world

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

***This essay was written by CityLIS student Stephanie Mcmullan in January 2019. It is reproduced here with the author’s permission as part of our CityLIS Writes initiative.*** According to the International Federation of Library Associates (IFLA) “librarianship is, in its very essence, an ethical … Continue reading →

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