Modified and updated version of a chapter published in ‘Theory development in the information sciences’, D. Sonnenwald (ed.), University of Texas Press, 2016, pp 281-299, with recent references included.

Coming changes in the information environment, particularly the infosphere and immersive documents are briefly reviewed, and their significance for library/information science considered, with a focus on topics addressed in the writings of Tatjana Aparac-Jelušić. Issues analysed include the nature of these new developments, new models of i…[Read more]

This paper describes a new approach to education for library/information students in data
literacy – the principles and practice of data collection, manipulation and management – as a
part of the Masters programme in library and information science (CityLIS) at City,
University of London.

This paper examines how the library building accommodates books and how the library catalogue allows the management and use of those books; all in the context of the great increase in book numbers after the establishment of printing with moveable type in Europe from about the year 1500. The following subjects are studied in particular: furniture…[Read more]

Across the decades, many writers within the Library and Information Science (LIS) sector have sought to define and discuss issues surrounding data, information and knowledge, often drawing on other disciplines. What is lacking, however is any kind of consensus as different ideas and opinions are merely presented and argued.

This dissertation…[Read more]

In this discussion, we advocate for a broad(er) model of transcultural fandom studies that, in shifting focus to the affective affinities that spark fan interest in transcultural fan objects, is intended as a corrective to nation-centred analyses of border-crossing fandoms. It is our contention that the binary approach to transnational fandom…[Read more]