Category Archives: News

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Good Neighbours: The Warburg Library Classification Scheme in its Context

Posted on 09/03/2020 by Joseph Dunne-Howrie

***CityLIS alumna Anna Gialdini compares the classification scheme at the Warburg Institute with other Knowledge Classification Schemes to adumbrate how they affect people’s perception of the world.It is reproduced here with the author’s permission as part of our CityLIS Writes … Continue reading →

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Welcome to IDLE

Posted on 15/01/2020 by dbawden

Our renamed and relaunched Masters module Information and Data, Law and Ethics (IDLE) begins next week, and runs through the spring term. The legal and ethical dimensions of library and information science have always been an important feature of the … Continue reading →

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Student Perspectives: How public libraries are using makerspace technology to allow their users to create and innovate

Posted on 02/12/2019 by Joseph Dunne-Howrie

Student Perspectives is our series of posts written by current CityLIS students. This post is written by Ellena Moyse looks at the american innovation of the Makerspace in public libraries. Ellena is on Twitter:@ElleMoyse Makerspace (definition): “A place in which … Continue reading →

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Welcome to CityLIS 19/20!

Posted on 17/09/2019 by lyn

The new CityLIS academic year 19/20 starts with our Induction Class on Thursday 19th September, in advance of our taught programme which returns on Monday September 23rd. This year, perhaps more than ever, we all understand that library and information … Continue reading →

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Radical Immersions Conference

Posted on 16/09/2019 by Joseph Dunne-Howrie

This post was originally published on Joseph Dunne-Howrie’s blog. *** This conference was organised by the Digital Research Humanities Association and looked at the impact new (and not so new) technologies are having on the ways art is produced and received by … Continue reading →

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