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The best of both worlds: highlighting the synergies of combining manual and automatic knowledge organization methods to improve information search and discovery. (2015)
Journal Article
CLEVERLEY, P.H. and BURNETT, S. 2015. The best of both worlds: highlighting the synergies of combining manual and automatic knowledge organization methods to improve information search and discovery. Knowledge organization, 42(6), pages 428-444.

Research suggests organizations across all sectors waste a significant amount of time looking for information and often fail to leverage the information they have. In response, many organizations have deployed some form of enterprise search to improv... Read More about The best of both worlds: highlighting the synergies of combining manual and automatic knowledge organization methods to improve information search and discovery..

Exploratory information searching in the enterprise: a study of user satisfaction and task performance. (2015)
Journal Article
CLEVERLEY, P.H., BURNETT, S. and MUIR, L. 2017. Exploratory information searching in the enterprise: a study of user satisfaction and task performance. Journal of the association for information science and technology [online], 68(1), pages 77-96. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.23595

No prior research has been identified that investigates the causal factors for workplace exploratory search task performance. The impact of user, task, and environmental factors on user satisfaction and task performance was investigated through a mix... Read More about Exploratory information searching in the enterprise: a study of user satisfaction and task performance..

A week can be a long time in politics. (2015)
Other
MARCELLA, R. 2015. A week can be a long time in politics. Press and journal: business [online], 23 September 2015. Available from: https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/business/north-of-scotland/703034/rita-marcella-week-can-long-time-politics/

This has been a busy and exciting few weeks in terms of British politics with a new Labour leader - if very definitely not a New Labour leader - Jeremy Corbyn taking his seat formally in the House of Commons following his landslide leadership electio... Read More about A week can be a long time in politics..

Music information seeking behaviour as motivator for musical creativity: conceptual analysis and literature review. (2015)
Journal Article
LAVRANOS, C., KOSTAGIOLAS, P.A., MARTZOUKOU, K. and PAPADATOS, J. 2015. Music information seeking behaviour as motivator for musical creativity: conceptual analysis and literature review. Journal of documentation [online], 71(5), pages 1070-1093. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-10-2014-0139

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the connection between musicians' information seeking behaviour and the creative process in music, providing a framework for understanding the role of information needs satisfaction in musical creativity. A... Read More about Music information seeking behaviour as motivator for musical creativity: conceptual analysis and literature review..

It took a lot to admit I am male on here: going where few men dare to tread: men on Mumsnet. (2015)
Book Chapter
PEDERSEN, S. 2015. It took a lot to admit I am male on here: going where few men dare to tread: men on Mumsnet. In Thorsen, E., Savigny, H., Alexander, J. and Jackson, D. (eds.) Media, margins and popular culture. London: Palgrave Macmillan [online], pages 249-261. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137512819_17

It may be unusual to consider men as a marginalised group, but the male users of the UK discussion forum Mumsnet form a very small minority. While Mumsnet states that it is 'by parents, for parents', the vast majority of the users of its discussion b... Read More about It took a lot to admit I am male on here: going where few men dare to tread: men on Mumsnet..

A linguistic and cultural analysis of localisation practices on oil and gas company websites. (2015)
Thesis
UMOH, I.E. 2015. A linguistic and cultural analysis of localisation practices on oil and gas company websites. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

Oil and Gas companies have the inevitable need to operate in a global environment and therefore have a global reach. This thesis seeks to understand the nature and degree of localisation of the websites in this industry. This thesis introduces two no... Read More about A linguistic and cultural analysis of localisation practices on oil and gas company websites..

Keeping the score: outreach services and collaboration for academic music libraries in financially straitened times. (2015)
Journal Article
KOSTAGIOLAS, P.A., LAVRANOS, C., MARTZOUKOU, K. and PAPADATOS, J. 2015. Keeping the score: outreach services and collaboration for academic music libraries in financially straitened times. Library management [online], 36(6/7), pages 495-510. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/LM-06-2014-0063

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to study the role of academic music libraries in financially straitened times. The academic music library aims to cover the information needs of the academic community; yet the unique nature of music information... Read More about Keeping the score: outreach services and collaboration for academic music libraries in financially straitened times..

Bring your own heritage: final project report. (2015)
Report
TAIT, E., LAING, R., GRINNALL, A., BURNETT, S., ISAACS, J. and SCOTT, J. 2015. Bring your own heritage: final project report. Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University.

Public libraries have traditionally played a role in the acquisition and curation of local studies collections, and cultural heritage is recognised as a core area of activity for libraries aiming to increase patron numbers (Danish Agency for Librarie... Read More about Bring your own heritage: final project report..

Content curation for research: a framework for building a "data museum". (2015)
Journal Article
CANNON, S. 2015. Content curation for research: a framework for building a "data museum". International journal of digital curation [online], 10(2), pages 58-68. Available from: https://doi.org/10.2218/ijdc.v10i2.355

In the current digital age, data are everywhere and are continually being created, collected and otherwise captured by a range of users for a variety of applications. Curating digital content is a growing concern both for business users and academic... Read More about Content curation for research: a framework for building a "data museum"..