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CityLIS at BL Labs Symposium 2018
On November 12th, all CityLIS students taking classes on Mondays (i.e. full-time and part-time year 1) will attend the BL Labs Symposium at the British Library. The concept of data files as documents, which can be subject to the processes … Continue reading
Information Bodyguards
Student Perspectives is our series of guest posts written by current CityLIS students. This post is written by current CityLIS student Stephanie McMullan. Inspired by the issues raised in the TV series ‘Bodyguard’, Stephanie considers the ethical implications of mass … Continue reading
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Tagged #CambridgeAnalytica, #citylis, #digitalprivacy, #surveillance, Library and Information Science, social media
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Follow the Data
Student Perspectives is our series of guest posts written by current CityLIS students. In this post Tim Darach gives a brief history of the origins of computing and identifies some of the key people involved in it’s inception. The original … Continue reading
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Tagged #citylis, ada lovelace, Alan Turing, History of computing, Library and Information Science, Networks, Student Perspectives
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Waves of Light – Colour as Information
Student Perspectives is our series of guest posts written by current CityLIS students. This post is written by Alexander Bell, and first appeared on his blog on September 16th 2018. Alexander considers how colour can be read as information and the … Continue reading
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Tagged #citylis, information, Information Science, Luciano Floridi, Student Perspectives
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