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Ludovica Price deposited Internet Archiving – The Wayback Machine on Humanities Commons 8 years, 1 month ago
Assignment for the Information Management & Policy (IMP) module for the Library Science Masters at City, University of London. This essay answers the question “is information a resource that can be managed in the same way as gas or water?” by looking at the issues surrounding the archiving of the internet, with particular reference to the…[Read more]
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Ludovica Price deposited Serious leisure in the digital world: exploring the information behaviour of fan communities in the group
Library & Information Science on Humanities Commons 8 years, 2 months agoThis research investigates the information behaviour of cult media fan communities on the internet, using three novel methods which have not previously been applied to this domain. Firstly, a review, analysis and synthesis of the literature related to fan information behaviour, both within the disciplines of LIS and fan studies, revealed unique…[Read more]
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Ludovica Price deposited Serious leisure in the digital world: exploring the information behaviour of fan communities in the group
CityLIS on Humanities Commons 8 years, 2 months agoThis research investigates the information behaviour of cult media fan communities on the internet, using three novel methods which have not previously been applied to this domain. Firstly, a review, analysis and synthesis of the literature related to fan information behaviour, both within the disciplines of LIS and fan studies, revealed unique…[Read more]
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Ludovica Price deposited Serious leisure in the digital world: exploring the information behaviour of fan communities on Humanities Commons 8 years, 2 months ago
This research investigates the information behaviour of cult media fan communities on the internet, using three novel methods which have not previously been applied to this domain. Firstly, a review, analysis and synthesis of the literature related to fan information behaviour, both within the disciplines of LIS and fan studies, revealed unique…[Read more]
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David Bawden deposited Information research: still versus the practitioner? in the group
CityLIS on Humanities Commons 8 years, 4 months agoReviews the relation between research and practice in library and information science, and argues for a closer relation between the two, with theory forming a vital third aspect for the discipline and profession
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David Bawden deposited Information research: still versus the practitioner? on Humanities Commons 8 years, 5 months ago
Reviews the relation between research and practice in library and information science, and argues for a closer relation between the two, with theory forming a vital third aspect for the discipline and profession
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David Bawden deposited Still awaiting the quantum turn in the group
CityLIS on Humanities Commons 8 years, 6 months agoTwo years ago a paper by myself and my colleagues Lyn Robinson and Tyabba Siddiqui was published in JASIST, introducing and explaining the idea of an emerging ‘quantum information science’. We argued that this could be seen in five respects: use of loose analogies and metaphors between concepts in quantum physics and library/information science;…[Read more]
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Two years ago a paper by myself and my colleagues Lyn Robinson and Tyabba Siddiqui was published in JASIST, introducing and explaining the idea of an emerging ‘quantum information science’. We argued that this could be seen in five respects: use of loose analogies and metaphors between concepts in quantum physics and library/information science;…[Read more]
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David Bawden deposited “Potentialities or possibilities”: Towards quantum information science? in the group
CityLIS on Humanities Commons 8 years, 6 months agoThe use of quantum concepts and formalism in the information sciences is assessed through an analysis of published literature. Five categories are identified: use of loose analogies and metaphors between concepts in quantum physics and library/information science; use of quantum concepts and formalisms in information retrieval; use of quantum…[Read more]
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David Bawden deposited “Potentialities or possibilities”: Towards quantum information science? on Humanities Commons 8 years, 6 months ago
The use of quantum concepts and formalism in the information sciences is assessed through an analysis of published literature. Five categories are identified: use of loose analogies and metaphors between concepts in quantum physics and library/information science; use of quantum concepts and formalisms in information retrieval; use of quantum…[Read more]
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David Bawden deposited Curating the infosphere: Luciano Floridi’s Philosophy of Information as the foundation for Library and Information Science in the group
CityLIS on Humanities Commons 8 years, 6 months agoThe purpose of this editorial review is to re-examine the prospect that Luciano Floridi’s Philosophy of Information (PI), and information ethics (IE) may serve as the conceptual foundation for library and information science (LIS), and that LIS may thus be seen as applied PI. This re-examination is timely, fifteen years after this proposal was…[Read more]
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David Bawden deposited Curating the infosphere: Luciano Floridi’s Philosophy of Information as the foundation for Library and Information Science on Humanities Commons 8 years, 6 months ago
The purpose of this editorial review is to re-examine the prospect that Luciano Floridi’s Philosophy of Information (PI), and information ethics (IE) may serve as the conceptual foundation for library and information science (LIS), and that LIS may thus be seen as applied PI. This re-examination is timely, fifteen years after this proposal was…[Read more]
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Ludovica Price deposited The Sims: A Retrospective – A Participatory Culture 14 Years On in the group
Library & Information Science on Humanities Commons 8 years, 7 months agoA review of the original Sims game and how fans are attempting to preserve the game and its assets through digital archives and other participatory practices. Written for the Intensive: Cult Media Review section of Intensities: The Journal of Cult Media.
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Ludovica Price deposited The Sims: A Retrospective – A Participatory Culture 14 Years On in the group
CityLIS on Humanities Commons 8 years, 7 months agoA review of the original Sims game and how fans are attempting to preserve the game and its assets through digital archives and other participatory practices. Written for the Intensive: Cult Media Review section of Intensities: The Journal of Cult Media.
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Ludovica Price deposited The Sims: A Retrospective – A Participatory Culture 14 Years On on Humanities Commons 8 years, 7 months ago
A review of the original Sims game and how fans are attempting to preserve the game and its assets through digital archives and other participatory practices. Written for the Intensive: Cult Media Review section of Intensities: The Journal of Cult Media.
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Ludovica Price deposited Area Studies in Information Domains in the group
Library & Information Science on Humanities Commons 8 years, 8 months agoPowerpoint slides for a lecture on Area Studies, given for the #cityLIS Information Domains module (#INM307), 2015-16 cohort.
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Ludovica Price deposited Area Studies in Information Domains in the group
CityLIS on Humanities Commons 8 years, 8 months agoPowerpoint slides for a lecture on Area Studies, given for the #cityLIS Information Domains module (#INM307), 2015-16 cohort.
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Ludovica Price deposited Area Studies in Information Domains on Humanities Commons 8 years, 8 months ago
Powerpoint slides for a lecture on Area Studies, given for the #cityLIS Information Domains module (#INM307), 2015-16 cohort.
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David Bawden deposited Encountering on the road to Serendip? Browsing in new information environments on Humanities Commons 8 years, 9 months ago
Considers the continuing relevance of the ideas of browsing, serendipity, information encountering, and literature discovery in a digital information environment.
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David Bawden deposited Library and Information Science (encyclopaedia article) on Humanities Commons 8 years, 9 months ago
This is an updated version of an encyclopaedia entry written in 2014. It gives a succinct overview of the discipline of library and information science (LIS).
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