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Facet analysis in UDC: questions of structure, functionality and data formality. (2017)
Journal Article
SLAVIC, A. and DAVIES, S. 2017. Facet analysis in UDC: questions of structure, functionality and data formality. Knowledge organization [online], 44(6): selected papers from the proceedings of the 2017 International UDC seminar: faceted classification today: theory, technology and end users, 14-15 September 2017, London, UK, pages 425-435. Available from: https://www.ergon-verlag.de/isko_ko/downloads/ko_44_2017_6_e.pdf

The paper will look into different patterns of facet analysis used in the UDC schedules and how these affect the scheme presentation, the underlying data structure and the management of the classification scheme. From the very beginning, UDC was desi... Read More about Facet analysis in UDC: questions of structure, functionality and data formality..

Fifty years of library and information history. (2017)
Journal Article
REID, P. 2017. Fifty years of library and information history. Library and information history [online], 33(4), pages 233-235. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/17583489.2017.1372972

It has been fifty years since, in the spring of 1967, Library and Information History first appeared under the title of Library History. It was launched by the Library History Group of the then Library Association to replace a newsletter that had bee... Read More about Fifty years of library and information history..

Citizen curation in online discussions of Donald Trump's presidency: sharing the news on Mumsnet. (2017)
Journal Article
PEDERSEN, S. and BURNETT, S. 2018. Citizen curation in online discussions of Donald Trump's presidency: sharing the news on Mumsnet. Digital journalism [online], 6(5), pages 545-562. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2017.1399806

In an era of fake news and concerns about social-media bubbles, we consider how participants in online discussions on the UK parenting website Mumsnet assess the validity and potential subjectivity of news information sources. Building on previous wo... Read More about Citizen curation in online discussions of Donald Trump's presidency: sharing the news on Mumsnet..

Nick Moore, his information policy matrix, with a bibliometric analysis. (2017)
Journal Article
MUIR, A. and OPPENHEIM, C. 2017. Nick Moore, his information policy matrix, with a bibliometric analysis. Library management, 38(8/9), pages 394-403. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/LM-02-2017-0027

One of Nick Moore's contributions to library and information research and practice was the development of a matrix to be used for analysing different countries' information policies. Conceptions of information policy have changed over time, from mana... Read More about Nick Moore, his information policy matrix, with a bibliometric analysis..

Caroline Phillips: Aberdeen suffragette and journalist. (2017)
Book
PEDERSEN, S. 2017. Caroline Phillips: Aberdeen suffragette and journalist. Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University.

Aberdeen Art Gallery holds a unique collection of correspondence that belonged to a woman journalist called Caroline Phillips. As honorary secretary of the Aberdeen branch of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), otherwise known as the Suffr... Read More about Caroline Phillips: Aberdeen suffragette and journalist..

I've got a feeling: the effect of haptic information on the preferred location of purchase of guitars and stringed wooden instruments. (2017)
Thesis
PIRIE, E. 2017. I've got a feeling: the effect of haptic information on the preferred location of purchase of guitars and stringed wooden instruments. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

This thesis develops technology adoption and sensory information literatures through an evaluation of antecedents to consumers purchase location intention of Musical Instruments (MI). With the unique factor of instrument heterogeneity MI e-retail sal... Read More about I've got a feeling: the effect of haptic information on the preferred location of purchase of guitars and stringed wooden instruments..

The Dublin Library Society and its founding members: associational activity and cultural patriotism in late-eighteenth-century Dublin. (2017)
Thesis
ABBAS, H. 2017. The Dublin Library Society and its founding members: associational activity and cultural patriotism in late-eighteenth-century Dublin. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

In late-eighteenth-century Dublin, options were limited for an expanding reading public who wished to consult quality printed works. During this period of the Anglican Ascendancy, membership to institutional libraries or participation in associationa... Read More about The Dublin Library Society and its founding members: associational activity and cultural patriotism in late-eighteenth-century Dublin..

Talent exchange project description and evaluation. (2017)
Report
COOK, Y., FULFORD, H. and MARCELLA, R. 2017. Talent exchange project description and evaluation. Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University.

The 3 year Talent Exchange project, funded by the Scottish Funding Council (SFC), was designed to widen and extend the pool of work related experience (WRE) opportunities available to Robert Gordon University (RGU) students; enhance student employabi... Read More about Talent exchange project description and evaluation..

Dissecting wage dispersion. (2017)
Journal Article
CANNON, S. and MUSTRE-DEL-RIO, J. 2017. Dissecting wage dispersion. Economic review (Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City) [online], 102(3), pages 35-52. Available from: https://www.kansascityfed.org/Economic%20Review/documents/544/2017-Dissecting%20Wage%20Dispersion.pdf

At any time, wages differ dramatically across US workers. Some differences in workers' hourly wages may be due to differences in observable characteristics, such as age, sex, race or education level. But substantial dispersion in wages across individ... Read More about Dissecting wage dispersion..