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David Bawden's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 2 years, 2 months ago
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David Bawden deposited “Transmitted as never before”: the communication revolution and the green infrastructure, 1830 – 1880 in the group
CityLIS on Humanities Commons 2 years, 11 months agoA presentation given at an international symposium on ‘The Genesis of the Green Infrastructure’, celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Frederick Law Olmsted.
This presentation reviews developments in information and communications technologies, and associated legislation and infrastructure, during the period 1830-1880, in the…[Read more]
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David Bawden deposited “Transmitted as never before”: the communication revolution and the green infrastructure, 1830 – 1880 on Humanities Commons 2 years, 11 months ago
A presentation given at an international symposium on ‘The Genesis of the Green Infrastructure’, celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Frederick Law Olmsted.
This presentation reviews developments in information and communications technologies, and associated legislation and infrastructure, during the period 1830-1880, in the…[Read more]
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Alexander Andrew Bell's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 2 years, 11 months ago
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Alexander Andrew Bell changed their profile picture on Humanities Commons 2 years, 11 months ago
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David Bawden deposited Health information equity: rebalancing healthcare collections for racial diversity in UK public service contexts in the group
CityLIS on Humanities Commons 2 years, 11 months agoCOVID-19 illustrated health disparities experienced by racially minoritised people, with heightened risks faced by Black and South Asian communities lending the issue transparency and urgency. Despite efforts to decolonise medical education, deficits in racial representation in research and resources remain. This study investigates the potential…[Read more]
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David Bawden deposited Health information equity: rebalancing healthcare collections for racial diversity in UK public service contexts on Humanities Commons 2 years, 12 months ago
COVID-19 illustrated health disparities experienced by racially minoritised people, with heightened risks faced by Black and South Asian communities lending the issue transparency and urgency. Despite efforts to decolonise medical education, deficits in racial representation in research and resources remain. This study investigates the potential…[Read more]
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Lyn Robinson changed their profile picture on Humanities Commons 3 years, 9 months ago
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Lyn Robinson's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 3 years, 9 months ago
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David Bawden deposited Information Overload: An Overview in the group
CityLIS on Humanities Commons 4 years, 3 months agoFor almost as long as there has been recorded information, there has been a perception that humanity has been overloaded by it. Concerns about “too much to read” have been expressed for many centuries, and made more urgent since the arrival of ubiquitous digital information in the late 20th century. As society fully experiences Floridi’s Fourt…[Read more]
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David Bawden deposited Information Overload: An Overview on Humanities Commons 4 years, 3 months ago
For almost as long as there has been recorded information, there has been a perception that humanity has been overloaded by it. Concerns about “too much to read” have been expressed for many centuries, and made more urgent since the arrival of ubiquitous digital information in the late 20th century. As society fully experiences Floridi’s Fourt…[Read more]
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Joseph Dunne-Howrie deposited Networked audience participation: the futurity of post-Brexit democracy in One Day, Maybe and Operation Black Antler on Humanities Commons 4 years, 5 months ago
Where are we in the story of British democracy? Was the 2016 EU Referendum a rehearsal for a new political system of direct democracy that ultimately benefits the far right? Or will the Internet replace the conventional machinery of government with a radical new form of network power where people discursively experiment with new political…[Read more]
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Alexander Andrew Bell's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 4 years, 6 months ago
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Alexander Andrew Bell's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 5 years ago
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Falilat Olu Alabi deposited BEYOND THE BOOK: Public Libraries as Social Prescription Hubs: A case study of a London Public Library in the group
Open Educational Resources on Humanities Commons 5 years, 9 months agoPurpose: – 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]
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Falilat Olu Alabi deposited BEYOND THE BOOK: Public Libraries as Social Prescription Hubs: A case study of a London Public Library in the group
Library & Information Science on Humanities Commons 5 years, 9 months agoPurpose: – 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]
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Falilat Olu Alabi deposited BEYOND THE BOOK: Public Libraries as Social Prescription Hubs: A case study of a London Public Library in the group
CityLIS on Humanities Commons 5 years, 9 months agoPurpose: – 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]
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Colette Townend deposited Section 28 and Black History Month: public libraries after the new urban left in the group
CityLIS on Humanities Commons 5 years, 9 months agoThe 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]
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Colette Townend deposited Section 28 and Black History Month: public libraries after the new urban left on Humanities Commons 5 years, 9 months ago
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]
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Falilat Olu Alabi deposited BEYOND THE BOOK: Public Libraries as Social Prescription Hubs: A case study of a London Public Library on Humanities Commons 5 years, 9 months ago
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]
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