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Tag Archives: Library and Information Science
Changes to STEM Scholarly Communication
***This essay was written by CityLIS student Camilla Paffey in April 2019. It is reproduced here with the author’s permission as part of our CityLIS Writes initiative.*** The means by which academics have traditionally disseminated their findings has a rich … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Deal, CityLIS, Library and Information Science, Scholarly Communication, Virtual Reality
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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
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Tagged #catalogue, CityLIS, Library and Information Science
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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
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Tagged #CambridgeAnalytica, #digitalprivacy, #surveillance, CityLIS, 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 ada lovelace, Alan Turing, CityLIS, History of computing, Library and Information Science, Networks, Student Perspectives
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