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Tag Archives: Libraries
Welcome to CityLIS 19/20!
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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Tagged 21st century, CityLIS, Information Services, Libraries
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#CityLIS Student Perspectives: Who’s Afraid of Data? Dystopic Archives and Libraries
Student Perspectives is our series of guest posts written by current CityLIS students. This post is written by current CityLIS student, Anna Gialdini. Anna explores science fiction imaginaries of libraries and archives. She considers the dangers of removing the human from … Continue reading
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Tagged Archives, Future of Data, information access, Libraries, science fiction
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#CityLIS Guest Views: Derek MacKenzie Number crunching in the summer time
This guest post was written by Derek MacKenzie, Head of User Services at CityLibrary and #CityLIS Guest Lecturer. Here, Derek looks at the collection, uses and reasons for statistics in university libraries. *** The end of July always marks an … Continue reading
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Tagged academic lbraries, City University London Library, CityLibrary, HEFCE, Higher Education and Funding Council for Education, Information Science, Jisc, LibInsights, Libraries, Library and Information Science, Library Science, LIS, London, National Student Survey, NSS, SCONUL, Springshare, statistics, Teaching Excellence Framework, TEF, university llibraries
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#CityLIS Student Perspectives: digital libraries complicate library history, part iii / my independent study by Mariana Ou
Student Perspectives is our series of guest posts written by current #citylis students. This post is by current #citylis student, Mariana Ou, and is the third and final part of a series of reflections on her Independent Study about Library History. … Continue reading
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Tagged CityLIS, Digital Libraries, Independent Study, Librarianship, Libraries, Library History, Marija Dalbello
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#CityLIS Student Perspectives: the widening of library history, part ii / my independent study by Mariana Ou
Student Perspectives is our series of guest posts written by current #citylis students. This post is by current #citylis student, Mariana Ou, and is the second part of a series of three reflections on her Independent Study about Library History. *** … Continue reading
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Tagged Alistair Black, blogging, CityLIS, Elmar Mittler, Independent Study, Information Science, Jesse Shera, Libraries, library, Library and Information Science, Library History, Library Science, LIS, Melvil Dewey, Paul Hoare, Public Libraries, research, Student Perspectives, Wayne Wiegand
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