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CityLIS Repository on Humanities Commons
*** This CityLIS Reflections and Research post describes our collective repository project on Humanities Commons. *** Many of you will already have noticed our CityLIS group on Humanities Commons. Humanities Commons is a trusted, nonprofit network where humanities scholars can create a … Continue reading
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Tagged CityLIS, Humanities Commons, open access, repository, research
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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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LIS PhD Idea: ‘In Search of Understanding’
This post originally appeared on 05/04/2017, on thelynxiblog.com *** The School of Mathematics, Computer Science and Engineering at City, University of London is offering 5 doctoral scholarships for research students who wish to start in September 2017. The School is … Continue reading
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Tagged CityLIS, information, Library and Information Science, PhD, research, understanding
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CityLIS Reflections and Research: Gutta percha: forgotten material of the communication revolution by David Bawden
This CityLIS Reflections and Research post is by David Bawden and looks at a material oft forgotten in discussions on the communication revolution… *** Few other materials have had such a revolutionary impact on the world. And few others have … Continue reading
CityLIS Reflections and Research: Why LIS doesn’t have a quick fix for the post-factual society … and why that’s OK by David Bawden
This CityLIS Reflections and Research post is by David Bawden and how Library and Information Science can help in a post-factual society. *** The irony is that by now it was supposed to be perfect. For most of my working … Continue reading
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Tagged alternative facts, blogging, CityLIS, danah boyd, fake news, filter bubbles, Georgina Cronin, information access, information behaviour, information literacy, Information Science, Karl popper, Libraries, Library and Information Science, Library Science, LIS, Luciano Floridi, Lyn Robinson, post-factual society, post-truth, research, The Information Society, understanding
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