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CityLIS Research Student Profile: Dominic Dixon
From Library and Information Science to Philosophy and Back. Dominic Dixon February 13th 2019 *** Dominic joined CityLIS as a research student in February 2019. This post, introducing his work, was first published on 13/02/19, on Dominic’s blog podusmonens.com. You … Continue reading
Posted in Reflections and Research
Tagged CityLIS, Dominic Dixon, PhD, Philosophy, Philosophy of Information, research student
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How has the catalogue developed from the ancient world until the 21st Century? What current questions does cataloguing face?
***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
Posted in CityLIS Writes
Tagged #catalogue, CityLIS, Library and Information Science
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Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: An evaluation of Gorichanaz, T. (2018) ‘A first-person theory of documentation’
***This essay was written by CityLIS student Alexander Bell in January 2019. It is reproduced here with the author’s permission as part of our CityLIS Writes initiative.*** Mirror, mirror on the wall: introduction Ever enamoured by our own appearance, our ancestors created mirrors as … Continue reading
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Tagged CityLIS, #TimGorichanaz, research, Student Perspectives, students
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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
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Tagged BL Labs, CityLIS, Digital Collections, Digital Humanities
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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
Posted in Student Perspectives
Tagged #CambridgeAnalytica, #digitalprivacy, #surveillance, CityLIS, Library and Information Science, social media
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