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Open Access monographs: A message from David Ball, UKeiG Chair
Get PDFOpen science and open access (OS/OA) as a disruptive technology is also an essential part of UKeiG’s portfolio. UKeiG Chair David Ball has written and presented extensively on the emergence on OS/OA, Open Monographs, Open Data and Open Peer Review. He emphasises that this developing paradigm goes way beyond STEM subjects and impacts on social science, arts and humanities. ‘The concept of Open Access to research outputs has been common currency for many years. The rapid growth of the Internet has made different publication models easily available. More recent thinking has expanded the concept of openness even further, to Open Science, which aims to transform science by making research more open, global, collaborative, creative and closer to society. All academic disciplines are embracing this approach. The shift is extremely important for the development and exploitation of research, and hence for the professionals who support it.’ In UKeiG’s inaugural column in the March 2023 issue of CILIP’s Information Professional magazine, David writes about open access monographs, and we share his insights
Information landscapes, technological ecosystems, enterprise discoverability, humanities open data conundrums and web search analysis for the public good: Reflections on a pandemic
Get PDFReports from UKeiG member forums, lectures and events during the pandemic, including:
Open data practices in the humanities
Analysing web searches for public good
Defining and developing the enterprise search experience
Managing the information landscape
The library technology ecosystem
AI - utopia or dystopia
Managing information to serve the information user
Get PDFThe late Jason Farradane pioneered the creation of the Institute of Information Scientists, developing the professional scope, objectives and governance structure of the Institute and coining the term ‘information scientist.’ He first made an impact on the library and information science community with a paper on the ‘scientific approach to documentation’ presented at a Royal Society Scientific Information Conference in 1948. He was instrumental in establishing the first academic information science courses in 1963 at the precursor to City University, London, where he became Director of the Centre for Information Science in 1966. UKeiG’s award in his honour still exists today and is given in recognition of an outstanding contribution to the library and information profession.
The 2020 winner was Thomas D. Wilson (Professor Emeritus, University of Sheffield, UK), primarily for his pioneering work in open access through the foundation and editing of the international electronic journal Information Research.
Professor Wilson was ‘honoured and delighted,’ to receive the award. ‘I occasionally met Jason Farradane at conferences. I was teaching indexing at the time, so we had common interests to discuss. Having known the man makes receiving the award even more special.\u27
He opened UKeiG’s seventh annual Strix Memorial lecture in December 2021 with a celebratory presentation - ‘Managing information to serve the information user.’ It explores the essential link and convergence between information management and information behaviour, asking the fundamental question: how can we manage information effectively if we don\u27t know how people seek and use information?
Persistence, vision, networks, collaboration - leadership in information retrieval research
Get PDFThe library and information science community has its share of inspirational research pioneers building a corpus of knowledge to influence and construct the future. Intuitive search interface design, the psychology and mechanics of information retrieval and information seeking behaviour are key development priorities. In December 2021, Ian Ruthven, Professor of Information Seeking and Retrieval at the Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Strathclyde, presented the seventh annual Strix Memorial Lecture entitled: ‘Google’s what you use when Alexa doesn’t know the answer, Uncle Ian.’ It was inspired by an innocent comment made by his young niece.
People create their own models of how information works for them. Information seeking behaviour is social and shaped by life, so there are infinite iterations of queries and limitless perceived solutions to perceived problems.
We explore Ian’s work and his observation that there is so much potential to progress research by placing information seeking and retrieval within the broader societal and cultural framework of what people or populations want from or do with information.
Laying down the tracks for impactful research communications
Get PDFAndy is an Information Specialist at The School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) at The University of Sheffield. He writes, teaches and delivers talks and training about research communications (including podcasting, blogging, social media, video/animation, infographics), digital academia, open research, web and information science and altmetrics: in particular, their application for research, teaching, learning, knowledge exchange and collaboration. Andy hosts two online courses for UKeiG on communicating research using a mixture of digital tools
Editorial
Get PDFWe’re delighted to publish this eclectic issue after an extended hiatus. It embraces diverse topics including information landscapes, technological ecosystems, enterprise discoverability, humanities open data conundrums, research marketing and communication, web search analysis for the public good and that elephant in the room … artificial intelligence (AI).
During the July 2021 UKeiG members’ event, delegates were also presented with the outcome a major research project, a ‘private passion’ and ‘labour of love’ that has attempted to map and preserve the rich history of the Institute of Information Scientists. Past IIS Presidents Dr Sandra Ward and Martin White unveiled the fruits of a significant collaborative effort - ‘Evolution and impact: a history of the Institute of Information Scientists 1958 – 2002’ - set against the backdrop of two World Wars and the explosive increase in scientific research and scholarly publications.
UKeiG Information Manager of the Year 2016: In Her Own Words
Get PDFLast year Marlize Palmer was presented with the UKeiG Information Manager of the Year Award. She is the Welsh Government’s Head of Information and Archive Services and Departmental Records Officer and offers a fascinating insight into the challenges of information management in a government setting. “The information management profession in government is changing fast. The emergence of big data, social media, cloud and mobile-based services presents massive challenges and opportunities for information professionals and librarians working in government and at the Welsh Government in particular.
Getting to Grips with Data Literacy and Data-Driven Decision Making: UKeiG’s Members’ Day 2017
Get PDFUKeiG’s Members’ Day, held at CILIP’s London headquarters on the 16th March 2017, was a huge success and attracted a diverse range of delegates. It showcased the theme of information modelling using data and metrics: the analysis, exploitation, utilisation, management and visualisation of data in a number of settings, including the construction industry and public libraries.
Keith Wilson, Construction Information Consultant, provided a fascinating insight into Building Information Modelling (BIM), a well-established integrated project information model and common data environment in that sector.
Aude Charillon, of Newcastle City Libraries, presented on “releasing and re-using” public library data to engage and empower library visitors. She is a champion of open, shared content and data literacy; the need to educate people about their rights to utilise and customise creative works – images, sound, films and data - that are free of copyright.
Jisc\u27s Siobhan Burke gave the delegates an overview of Analytics Lab, a joint HESA (UK Higher Education data and analysis) and Jisc business intelligence research and development project. She also gave an overview of Heidi Plus, the Higher Education Information Database for Institutions. It encompasses the delivery of data sets through a data explorer tool, dashboards, visualisations, training and support materials.
Data literacy is an increasingly important part of working life and ensuring that it is integrated into the knowledge and information skills set will future proof the profession. Nick observed that library and information professionals have often stood on the periphery spectating, watching things happen not making things happen, and allowing major developments in “big data” and “data science” to pass us by. Now is the time to respond more effectively to the challenges and opportunities that data has to offer
NAISC-L: An Authoritative Linked Data Interlinking Approach for the Library Domain
Get PDFA fascinating feature on Linked Data (LD) for libraries, archives and other cultural heritage institutions. Lucy McKenna is in the final year of her PhD in the ADAPT Centre, Trinity College Dublin. The Centre, funded by Science Foundation Ireland, ‘focuses on developing next generation digital technologies that transform how people communicate by helping to analyse, personalise and deliver digital data more effectively for businesses and individuals. ADAPT researchers are based in four leading universities: Trinity College Dublin, Dublin City University, University College Dublin and Dublin Institute of Technology. ADAPT\u27s transformative tools allow you explore video, text, speech and image data in a natural way across languages and devices, helping companies unlock opportunities that exist within digital content to re-imagine how to connect people, process and data to realise new economic value.’ Lucy invites library and information professionals to evaluate an LD interlinking framework that she has developed as part of her research. She is also looking for information professionals who would like to trial the framework locally to create interlinks from their organisation’s LD datasets
One search to search them all?
Get PDFMartin White, Managing Director of Intranet Focus Ltd, issues a note of caution as the omnipresent Microsoft Office 365 makes further inroads into enterprise wide federated search capability. He offers invaluable advice on key questions that you should ask your IT department before they lead you by the nose to a total O365 search solution. At the end of the day, a sound business case based upon an information management and digital workplace strategy, is fundamental to success. ‘A federated search implementation must add value to the user experience and to the achievement of business objectives.