Article about an interview with Dr. Matt Finch about fan information behaviour and fan literacy.

Many public libraries in the UK may not be adequately meeting the information needs of LGBTIQ+ patrons. Research has shown that this is due to a variety of factors, such as slashed budgets, lack of staff knowledge and the lingering effects of Section 28, which sought to prevent the ‘promotion’ of homosexuality by Local Authorities. This study exa…[Read more]

This dissertation aims to examine virtual ensemble performances as performance documents and their potential effects on performance documentation. It will be looking at these topics from a library science and documentation perspective. This dissertation’s objectives include defining what a virtual ensemble is and other relevant terminology related…[Read more]

Outrage porn is widely described as material used to evoke anger, disgust or indignation and is widespread on social media. Research discussed here concludes the stimulating nature of outrage porn and the emotions they produce leave our brains in high arousal states encouraging us to react, which on social media translates to likes, shares,…[Read more]

The audiobook, in its modern form, was created in the 1930s to assist the blind community, World War I veterans and others unable to engage in Sustained Silent Reading (SSR). This dissertation investigates exactly how the audiobook and, to a lesser extent, the podcast have been received and celebrated by the world of library and information…[Read more]

Abstract

The audiobook, in its modern form, was created in the 1930s to assist the blind community, World War I veterans and others unable to engage in Sustained Silent Reading (SSR). This dissertation investigates exactly how the audiobook and, to a lesser extent, the podcast have been received and celebrated by the world of library and…[Read more]

This essay aims to make a thorough analysis and evaluation of the research paper, ‘Selecting fiction as a part of everyday life information seeking’ (Ooi and Liew, 2011). In doing so, it broadly uses the ‘three-pass’ approach proposed by Keshav (2007), in order to better appraise the material, its proposals, research methods, findings and conclus…[Read more]

The advent of digital technologies has caused significant disruption to the operations of public libraries. The Internet-connected user can access information and e-books instantly online, throwing the role of the public library into question. Libraries have responded in different ways: some have focused on expanding digital collections and remote…[Read more]

Background: University students with visual impairments (VI) can have difficulties accessing the library’s collection. The growth in academic libraries’ electronic resources alongside developments in assistive software technology have given libraries the opportunity to make their material more accessible for visually impaired students, but pre…[Read more]

China is one of the few countries worldwide to have had a relatively sophisticated, unbroken tradition of library classification for nearly two thousand years (Zhang, 2003). This may be considered a crowning achievement in the history of library and information services; yet paradoxically, China’s adherence to its literary traditions led to s…[Read more]

‘Reading for Pleasure’ has become a popular phrase in children’s education and literacy. The Open University and United Kingdom Literacy Association have a joint research portal dedicated to the phenomenon (The Open University, 2020), and many extol the benefits: if we can just get our children reading for pleasure, they will be less stres…[Read more]

In light of the Fan Studies Network’s statement regarding fan studies being overrun with whiteness, we are in a unique position to engage in scholarship that challenges the overwhelmingly white and Global North–centric structures that define how we study fan cultures. Multidisciplinarity, which may be understood as disciplines laid side by side, s…[Read more]

This extended resource guide is a starting point for exploring more of the Harry Potter series and J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World, which is a vast universe in canon and in fandom. You’ll find resources listed, followed by a short description of what to expect from them, and why they’re worth checking out. Even though this guide is geared towar…[Read more]

This extended resource guide is a starting point for exploring more of the Harry Potter series and J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World, which is a vast universe in canon and in fandom. You’ll find resources listed, followed by a short description of what to expect from them, and why they’re worth checking out. Even though this guide is geared towar…[Read more]

Collections development refers to the practice of adding items to the collection of a library, and collections management refers to what happens to these items after they join (Johnson, 2018). These terms encompass diverse activities from deciding the scope of a collection to a policy for de-selection (or ‘weeding’). Practice will vary between spe…[Read more]

In 2019, the World Health Organization identified vaccine hesitancy as one of the top ten threats to global health. One of the most noteworthy of ‘eradicated’ diseases in the Western world – measles, has made a resurgence as a direct result of the immunisation threshold not being reached in an increasing number of countries. The decline in pub…[Read more]

This project is aimed at the Library and Information Science field, with the purpose of discussing industrial databases, more specifically shipping and shipbuilding databases. This project is focused mainly on the Lloyd’s Register of Shipping. We will start by discussing the historical basis which enabled the establishment of such a database, w…[Read more]

Purpose: – The aim of this dissertation is to investigate the impact of public library activities on the health and wellbeing of library users. Concentrating on five library activities; knit and knit, rhyme time, learn my way, reading group and adult craft and calming colouring. It seeks to examine the implementation of the joint action path…[Read more]

The advent of Section 28 and Black History Month had very different initial impacts on British public library provision from 1987 onwards. Equal opportunities policies in new urban left local government of the earlier 1980s led to an increase of LGBT+ literature in libraries and schools, leading to the punitive Section 28 law, which would lead…[Read more]

The world is ablaze with colour, and for artists and designers the spectrum is both a vital tool and highly informational. Whether found in the circadian rhythms of nature, contemporary works of art or art & design libraries, colour’s kaleidoscopic lens allows us to observe, experience, and communicate the tessellation of information present in o…[Read more]