Bruce Ryan
Bruce Ryan

Dr Bruce Ryan

Senior Research Fellow

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  B.Ryan@napier.ac.uk

   

Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Bruce Ryan is a Senior Research Fellow in the Social Informatics Research Group in the School of Computing, Engineering snd Built Environment at Edinburgh Napier University. Before obtaining this permanent post in 2021, Bruce undertook project work within the Research Group (then known as the Centre for Social Informatics), focussing on the use of computing and technology for democratic engagement, connecting library and information science researchers and library practitioners, and investigating the UK library and information workforce. These stemmed from his MSc in Information Systems Development (awarded 2014: distinction and class medal). Prior to that, he was production manager in a leading Scottish educational publisher, having completed a PhD in organic chemistry.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Bruce’s current research interests include: ICT in hyperlocal government; information literacy, especially information literacy interventions; digital literacy in workplaces that are part of democracy; and information avoidance in healthcare. He is an experienced multidisciplinary researcher who has worked in a number of areas, including digital archives and the Scottish computer games industry. A key aspect of all of Bruce’s research is that it involves tackling practical questions and problems.

Recent research projects as Principle Investigator include
- 'Information Literacy and Society' (2023, funded by CILIP)
- 'Platform to Platform: an investigation into audience engagement with digitised archives and its transformative impact across different online formats' (AHRC-funded via the Creative Informatics project, 2022)
- 'Heritage organisations and podcasts: scoping study' (2022, concurrent with ‘Platform to Platform’).

Bruce has been co-investigator on the following projects:
- Information Literacy Impact Framework (2022)
- Community Councils online (2022)
- Research Impact and Value in Library and Information Science (2019-2021)
- Public engagement and information literacy (2020)
- GCRF map/database (2019)
- The role of participatory budgeting in supporting the very poor in Sao Paulo (2019)
- Information Literacy for democratic engagement (2018-2020)
- digiCC workshops (2014-2015)
- Workforce Mapping project (2014-2015)
- Hyperlocal engagement (2014)
- Emergent ICT strategies for local democracy: capturing innovation (2014)
- Community Councils location finder (2014)
- Community Council online presences: a survey (2012)

Bruce has also been a research fellow on
- Animation and games legacy of Scotland (2022)
- CHOICES: Cultural Heritage Organisations Impact in the COVID Era for Society (2021)
- iDP: Information professionals and volunteers as ‘digital proxies’: impact on effectiveness of clients and employees of informal support in accessing services (2020-2021).

Further information on these projects is available at https://bruceryan.info/a-brief-cv, while Bruce’s publication record is available at https://bruceryan.info/resources/publications.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

- Bruce joined Edinburgh Napier University’s School of Computing Research and Innovation Committee in September 2021.
- He reviews for JeDEM (eJournal of eDemocracy and Open Government)
- In late 2023, Bruce became secretary of the 'Scottish Information Literacy Community of Practice'.

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Information Literacy Impact Framework

Conference Proceeding
Ryan, B., Cruickshank, P., & Milosheva, M. (in press)
Information Literacy Impact Framework. In ECIL2023 (15-27). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-52998-6_2
This paper presents findings from a scoping review of academic literature reporting on information literacy (IL) impact. It is intended to deliver considerations towards a fra...

Translated transcription of a focus group with participative councillors, for information literacy research in Brazil

Dataset
Ryan, B., & Cruickshank, P. (2023)
Translated transcription of a focus group with participative councillors, for information literacy research in Brazil. [Dataset]. https://doi.org/10.17869/enu.2023.3407211
This focus group took place on 24 January 2019, in São Paulo city hall. It was held in English and Portuguese with eight participative councillors, with in situ interpretation...

An information literacy lens on community representation for participatory budgeting in Brazil

Journal Article
Cruickshank, P., & Ryan, B. (2023)
An information literacy lens on community representation for participatory budgeting in Brazil. Journal of Information Literacy, 17(2), 46-68. https://doi.org/10.11645/17.2.5
This paper presents an evaluation of the information literacies used by community representatives when engaging with participatory budgeting in São Paulo City, Brazil. Using q...

Information literacy and society: A report to present findings from a review of literature on the impact of information literacy on society

Report
Ryan, B., Cruickshank, P., & Milosheva, M. (2023)
Information literacy and society: A report to present findings from a review of literature on the impact of information literacy on society. Media and Information Literacy Alliance
This report presents findings from a review of literature reporting on the impact of information literacy (IL) on society. It is intended to deliver considerations on how acad...

Selected poems: Lorna Lloyd

Book
Ryan, B., & Hall, H. (Eds.)
(2022). Selected poems: Lorna Lloyd. Edinburgh: Edinburgh Napier University
This volume comprises 37 poems by Lorna Lloyd (1914-1942) arranged by date of composition: 1928-1930 (11); early 1930s (11); mid to late 1930s (10); early 1940s (5). It was pr...

From a network model to a model network: strategies for network development to narrow the LIS research-practice gap

Journal Article
Hall, H., Ryan, B., Salzano, R., & Stephen, K. (in press)
From a network model to a model network: strategies for network development to narrow the LIS research-practice gap. Journal of Documentation, https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-04-2022-0088
PURPOSE: The purpose of the empirical study was to examine whether strategies shown to work well in one model of network development for Library and Information Science (LIS) ...

Practices related to diabetes information in a group of Finnish adults living with Type 1 diabetes

Journal Article
Eriksson-Backa, K., Widén, G., & Ryan, B. (2022)
Practices related to diabetes information in a group of Finnish adults living with Type 1 diabetes. Informaatiotutkimus, 41(2-3), 29-33. https://doi.org/10.23978/inf.122558

The creative use of digitised archives: case study of Lorna Lloyd’s ‘Diary of the War’ podcast series

Presentation / Conference
Ryan, B., Hall, H., Wilson, M., & Berger, J. (2022, September)
The creative use of digitised archives: case study of Lorna Lloyd’s ‘Diary of the War’ podcast series. Presented at The BBC at 100 Symposium, National Science and Media Museum, Bradford
The roundtable discussion is concerned with the creative use of digitised archives in the work undertaken for the AHRC Creative Informatics funded Platform to Platform project...

Information literacy impact framework: Final project report

Report
Cruickshank, P., Ryan, B., & Milosheva, M. (2022)
Information literacy impact framework: Final project report
This report presents findings from a review of literature reporting on information literacy (IL) impact. It is intended to deliver considerations towards a framework for impac...

Digital options: an assessment of audience engagement with a digitised archive set transformed from online text and images to audio format

Presentation / Conference
Ryan, B., Hall, H., & McGregor, I. (2022, August)
Digital options: an assessment of audience engagement with a digitised archive set transformed from online text and images to audio format. Paper presented at Archives and Records Association Annual Conference 2022, Chester, UK
We report the findings of a research project funded by the AHRC, with support of the BBC, British Library, and a community museum. This exploits, augments, and exhibits a set ...