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Making records ready: responding to the Scottish child abuse inquiry. (2018)
Thesis
ANDERSON, C.E. 2018. Making records ready: responding to the Scottish child abuse inquiry. Robert Gordon University [online], DInfSci thesis. Available from: https://openair.rgu.ac.uk

This study charts and describes, within a live and emergent environment, how a large organisation responded to the requirements of the Scottish child abuse inquiry. Using action research and a records continuum perspective, the study explores the rol... Read More about Making records ready: responding to the Scottish child abuse inquiry..

Eradicating information poverty: an agenda for research. (2018)
Journal Article
MARCELLA, R. and CHOWDHURY, G. 2020. Eradicating information poverty: an agenda for research. Journal of librarianship and information science [online], 52(2), pages 366-381. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/0961000618804589

Information poverty remains a critical issue for societies today. The literature of information poverty is reviewed tracking its origins in library and information science in the 1970s and the various approaches that have been taken to tackling infor... Read More about Eradicating information poverty: an agenda for research..

Debating the research agenda around fake news. (2018)
Presentation / Conference
BAXTER, G. and MARCELLA, R. 2018. Debating the research agenda around fake news. Presented at the 2018 This is not a fake conference!, 5 June 2018, London, UK.

This paper presented a review of the kinds of research being undertaken into fake news, together with some of the results of the authors’ current and proposed research into fact response, fact checking and the journey of the fact. The presentation co... Read More about Debating the research agenda around fake news..

The use of self moderated focus groups to gather exploratory data on information beliefs and their impact on information seeking behaviour. (2018)
Journal Article
MARCELLA, R. 2018. The use of self moderated focus groups to gather exploratory data on information beliefs and their impact on information seeking behaviour. Library and information science research [online], 40(1), pages 45-52. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lisr.2018.04.004

The existence of an information belief system is tested for the first time through innovative use of self moderated focus groups. Initial generation of information beliefs was achieved in an open, unpredicted and unbiased way through focus groups. To... Read More about The use of self moderated focus groups to gather exploratory data on information beliefs and their impact on information seeking behaviour..