This category collects my latest news, to let you know what I’ve been up to. Click on the titles to go to each post.
A library is not a library is not a library because not all 'libraries' face the same challenges and not all librarians do the same jobs. The narrative we need to see more of is that Library and Information Science skills are today more needed than ever before.
I am excited to announce that this spring I will be leading an extracurricular research seminar for City University London postgraduate students (or alumni) titled 'The Questions Concerning Technology. A Critical Theory Seminar for Beginners.'
I published 'Signal, Not Solution: Notes on Why Sci-Hub Is Not Opening Access' on The Winnower. A conversation followed.
I had missed this! With thanks to Diane Bell, Research Librarian at City University London Library.
Current research interest: Library & Information Science . Other related research interest include: comics scholarship, digital humanities, open access publishing, research data management, scholarly communications.
Resources at City University London Library
CityLibrary Search is a resource discovery tool which searches across a wide range of resources including books, ebooks, ejournals, databases.
Ernesto recommends the City University London library subject guides too for different subjects such as Information Science. Education, Social Sciences. The comprehensive City University London Researcher guide covering research resources, reference management, sharing research etc.
You can also find databases and electronic journals on the Library Guides page.
There are also library related databases such as LISA and LISTA. Other useful databases include: Taylor & Francis, Ebscohost, Emerald Insight and Wiley.
Recommended research tools
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Where I write for the #citylis blog on #citymash, the libraries and technology unconference taking place on Saturday 13 June 2015.
Today in The Conversation UK, my piece on hyperauthorship... what happens to the concept of 'author' when articles creidt thousands of authors?
Yesterday Graphixia published its post number 202. It's a post by me, where I briefly discuss the graphic novella 1874, by Mexican authors Bernardo Fernández “Bef” and Jorge F. Muñoz “Yorko”.
Nothing like the hottest day of the year so far in London town to start a new site. Today I set up the #citylis blog...
A quick note on the (lack of open) licensing in two of the REF2014 reports announced today.
If you have used open data in your teaching practice we would like to hear from you. It's only three questions.
The Scottish Comics Unconference Meet-Up was a success. Find out how many #comicsunconf15 Tweets there were and how many of us tweeted using the hashtag.
Andy Byers and I are going to Birmingham today to participate in the #dataspring Sandpit Workshop from Jisc.
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