Exploring the relationship between listener receptivity and source of music recommendations
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Vargheese, J. P., Wilson, M., Stephen, K., Salzano, R., & Brazier, D. (2025, April)
Exploring the relationship between listener receptivity and source of music recommendations. Presented at The 47th European Conference on Information Retrieval, Lucca, Tuscany
Music recommender systems are utilised by many music streaming platforms to provide new artist and song recommendations on a person-alised basis to listeners. By applying dyna...
Creative Informatics: how data driven innovation has transformed the creative workplace
Presentation / Conference
Paneels, I., & Patrick-Thomson, H. (2024, September)
Creative Informatics: how data driven innovation has transformed the creative workplace. Paper presented at Transdisciplinary Workplace Research Conference
The creative economy is a workforce with a high proportion of freelancers and SMEs. This paper reflects on new ways of working, accelerated by the digital pivot of the creativ...
Developing user-led interventions aimed at improving digital literacies in older adults
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Feeney, A. (2024, April)
Developing user-led interventions aimed at improving digital literacies in older adults. Presented at Scottish Academic Libraries Cooperative Training Group: Student Research Showcase 2024, Online
Our present 'digital-by-default' society structurally supports inequalities in both digital access and skills development, with older adults being disproportionately affected ...
Tracking Information Literacy Undercurrents in Public Libraries
Digital Artefact
Feeney, D. (2024)
Tracking Information Literacy Undercurrents in Public Libraries. [Blog]
Much work within public libraries is required to turn implicit information literacy knowledge into explicit information literacy practice. This blog post discusses this issue...
‘New Clicks’: Developing User-Led Digital Literacies in Older Adults Within Scottish Public Libraries
Conference Proceeding
Feeney, A. J. (2024)
‘New Clicks’: Developing User-Led Digital Literacies in Older Adults Within Scottish Public Libraries. In European Conference on Information Literacy (121-129). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-53001-2_11
Background
Research details that our present ‘digital-by-default' society structurally supports inequalities, where users without the requisite skills to enable meaningful eng...
Library catalogue’s search interface: Making the most of subject metadata
Journal Article
Golub, K., Gnoli, C., Haynes, D., Salaba, A., Shiri, A., & Slavic, A. (in press)
Library catalogue’s search interface: Making the most of subject metadata. Knowledge Organization,
This article addresses the underutilization of knowledge organization systems (KOS) elements in online library catalogues, hindering effective subject-based search and discove...
Addressing gender imbalance in STEM graduate apprenticeships
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cecil, M., & Taylor Smith, E. (2023, December)
Addressing gender imbalance in STEM graduate apprenticeships. Paper presented at Society for Research in Higher Education Conference 2023, Birmingham
There is currently significant gender imbalance within Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) graduate apprenticeship (GA) programmes in Scotland. This is a c...
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...
The power of audio: presenting archives via podcasts
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wilson, M., Ryan, B., Hall, H., & McGregor, I. (2023, June)
The power of audio: presenting archives via podcasts. Paper presented at Shaking the Archive - Reconsidering the Role of Archives in Contemporary Society, Edinburgh
Heritage Organisations and Podcasts Scoping Study (HOPSS) was a small-scale project completed by a team at Edinburgh Napier University in 2022. Designed to scope the research ...