Purpose: This mixed method study explored the entrenched views of school library significance held by different stakeholders. It investigated current debates surrounding legislation, funding and who holds the real power and influence. It sought to find proof of impact upon pupil/student grades and social/emotional wellbeing links in UK students…[Read more]

Essay presented in fulfilment of requirements for completion of the module INM304 – Digital Libraries, part of the MSc Library and Information Science course at City, University of London. Abstract: This essay delivers a broad-ranging account of digital libraries as tools for promoting social mobility and reducing information poverty, It…[Read more]

An overview of 21st-Century visual culture and its implications for digital publishing. This essay explores some of the complexities of the media of 21st-century visual culture and the relationship between publishing, information professionals and the vehicles of todays information communication society. It delves into how organisations harnessing…[Read more]

Assignment for the Data Information and Technologies (DITA) module INM348 for the Library and Information Science Masters, at the City University of London, taught by Dr Lyn Robinson. This essay gives an introductory analysis of some of the problems associated with the increased use of social media, focusing on Facebook and Twitter and the rise of…[Read more]