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Impact of school libraries on learning: critical review of published evidence to inform the Scottish education community [online]. (2013)
Report
WILLIAMS, D., WAVELL, C. and MORRISON, K. 2013. Impact of school libraries on learning: critical review of published evidence to inform the Scottish education community [online]. Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University, Institute for Management, Governance & Society(IMaGeS). [online]. Available from: https://scottishlibraries.org/research-skills/impact-of-school-libraries/

The aim of the report is to identify and critically evaluate the available evidence of the impact of school libraries on learning, including attainment, skills and attitudes. The report, commissioned by the Scottish Library and Information Council (S... Read More about Impact of school libraries on learning: critical review of published evidence to inform the Scottish education community [online]..

Den Nicht-Ort gibt es nicht: Handke and the spirit of place in 'Versuch über den Stillen Ort'. (2013)
Book Chapter
HALSALL, R. 2013. Den Nicht-Ort gibt es nicht: Handke and the spirit of place in 'Versuch über den Stillen Ort'. In Lützeler, P.M., McGlothlin, E. and Kapczynski, J. (eds.) Gegenwartsliteratur: ein germanistischen Jahrbuch: a German studies yearbook, 12/2013. Tübingen: Stauffenburg Verlag, pages 139-164.

Handkes concern with place has been seen as a search for a utopia, characteristic of a writer who has allegedly become increasingly weltfremd. This essay examines Handkes most recent work, Versuch Über den Stillen Ort, in the light of this critique.... Read More about Den Nicht-Ort gibt es nicht: Handke and the spirit of place in 'Versuch über den Stillen Ort'..

Signs of crisis and recovery: geographical imaginaries in press coverage of the financial crisis in the UK and German press 2008-2009. (2013)
Journal Article
HALSALL, R., 2013. Signs of crisis and recovery: geographical imaginaries in press coverage of the financial crisis in the UK and German press 2008-2009. Culture and organization [online], 19(5), pages 377-395. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/14759551.2013.815617

This article examines the role of models of capitalism in the media coverage surrounding the economic crisis in the period 2008“2009 in the UK and German press, during the outbreak of the crisis and the beginning of the recovery from it. Models of ca... Read More about Signs of crisis and recovery: geographical imaginaries in press coverage of the financial crisis in the UK and German press 2008-2009..

The development and implementation of business simulations in higher education in the United Kingdom. (2013)
Thesis
DOONGA, N. 2013. The development and implementation of business simulations in higher education in the United Kingdom. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

This thesis is a study of the development and implementation of business simulations/games in United Kingdom Higher Education institutions. The research takes an holistic approach and examines the topic from the perspective of developers of business... Read More about The development and implementation of business simulations in higher education in the United Kingdom..

Online parliamentary election campaigns in Scotland: a decade of research. (2013)
Journal Article
BAXTER, G. and MARCELLA, R. 2013. Online parliamentary election campaigns in Scotland: a decade of research. eJournal of eDemocracy and open government [online], 5(2), pages 107-127. Available from: https://doi.org/10.29379/jedem.v5i2.210

Over the last ten years, the authors have conducted a series of investigations into the use of the Internet by political parties and individual candidates during parliamentary election campaigns in Scotland. These are the only such studies which have... Read More about Online parliamentary election campaigns in Scotland: a decade of research..

The digital marketing skills gap: developing a digital marketer model for the communication industries. (2013)
Journal Article
ROYLE, J. and LAING, A. 2014. The digital marketing skills gap: developing a digital marketer model for the communication industries. International journal of information management [online], 34(2), pages 65-73. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2013.11.008

Scholarly literature suggests digital marketing skills gaps in industry, but these skills gaps are not clearly identified. The research aims to specify any digital marketing skills gaps encountered by professionals working in communication industries... Read More about The digital marketing skills gap: developing a digital marketer model for the communication industries..

Linking to the past: an analysis of community digital heritage initiatives. (2013)
Journal Article
TAIT, E., MACLEOD, M., BEEL, D., WALLACE, C., MELLISH, C. and TAYLOR, S. 2013. Linking to the past: an analysis of community digital heritage initiatives. Aslib Proceedings [online], 65(6), pages 564-580. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/AP-05-2013-0039

Purpose: Community initiatives to collate and manage different kinds of cultural forms and resources are a popular way for local people to engage with the heritage of their area. These initiatives are often heavily dependent, however, upon short-term... Read More about Linking to the past: an analysis of community digital heritage initiatives..

Empowering information literacy and continuing professional development of librarians: new paradigms for learning. (2013)
Conference Proceeding
MARTZOUKOU, K. 2013. Empowering information literacy and continuing professional development of librarians: new paradigms for learning. In Kurbanoglu, S., Grassian, E., Mizrachi, D., Catts, R. and Špiranec, S. (eds.) Worldwide commonalities and challenges in information literacy research and practice: revised selected papers from the proceedings of the 2013 European conference on information literacy (ECIL 2013), 22-25 October 2013, Istanbul, Turkey. Communications in computer and information science, 397. Cham: Springer [online], pages 647-654. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03919-0_87

Information professionals play a key role in facilitating and advocating the development of information literacy in educational, organizational and everyday life contexts. However, their information literacy continuing professional needs have not att... Read More about Empowering information literacy and continuing professional development of librarians: new paradigms for learning..

Library development in Armenia: problems and progress since the dissolution of the USSR. (2013)
Journal Article
JOHNSON, I.M. 2013. Library development in Armenia: problems and progress since the dissolution of the USSR. International information and library review [online], 45(1-2), pages 50-62. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iilr.2013.08.003

The paper provides a situation report on the state of libraries and information services, publishing and bookselling in Armenia. It briefly describes their development, outlines the international development assistance that they have received during... Read More about Library development in Armenia: problems and progress since the dissolution of the USSR..

The impact on education for librarianship and information studies of the Bologna process and related European Commission programmes: and some outstanding issues in Europe and beyond. (2013)
Journal Article
JOHNSON, I.M. 2013. The impact on education for librarianship and information studies of the Bologna process and related European Commission programmes: and some outstanding issues in Europe and beyond. Education for information, 30(1-2), pages 63-92.

The Bologna Declaration of 1999 is the basis for continuing reforms in higher education intended to support international mobility in employment within the European Union. This paper describes the standardised structure and nomenclature for courses t... Read More about The impact on education for librarianship and information studies of the Bologna process and related European Commission programmes: and some outstanding issues in Europe and beyond..

The information seeking behaviour of oil and gas industry workers in the context of health, safety and emergency response: a discussion of the value of models of information behaviour. (2013)
Journal Article
MARCELLA, R., PIRIE, T. and ROWLANDS, H. 2013. The information seeking behaviour of oil and gas industry workers in the context of health, safety and emergency response: a discussion of the value of models of information behaviour. Information research [online], 18(3), Article 583. Available from: http://www.informationr.net/ir/18-3/paper583.html

Introduction. We explore the application of models of information seeking behaviour to the findings of a study of the information needs of oil and gas workers in relation to health, safety and emergency response. Method. Primary data were collected t... Read More about The information seeking behaviour of oil and gas industry workers in the context of health, safety and emergency response: a discussion of the value of models of information behaviour..

Information seeking behaviour of parents of paediatric patients for clinical decision making: the central role of information literacy in a participatory setting. (2013)
Journal Article
KOSTAGIOLAS, P., MARTZOUKOU, K., GEORGANTZI, G. and NIAKAS, D. 2013. Information seeking behaviour of parents of paediatric patients for clinical decision making: the central role of information literacy in a participatory setting. Information research [online], 18(3). Available from: http://www.informationr.net/ir/18-3/paper590.html#.VWcF3zhMuUk

Introduction. This study investigated the information seeking behaviour and needs of parents of paediatric patients and their motives for seeking Internet-based information. Method. A questionnaire survey of 121 parents was conducted in a paediatric... Read More about Information seeking behaviour of parents of paediatric patients for clinical decision making: the central role of information literacy in a participatory setting..

Do online election campaigns sway the vote? A study of the 2011 Scottish Parliamentary election. (2013)
Journal Article
BAXTER, G. and MARCELLA, R. 2013. Do online election campaigns sway the vote? A study of the 2011 Scottish parliamentary election. Libri [online], 63(3), pages 190-205. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1515/libri-2013-0015

This paper reports the results of a study which investigated the use of social media by political parties and candidates in Scotland as part of their campaign for election to the Scottish Parliament in 2011, and which compared this to the situation e... Read More about Do online election campaigns sway the vote? A study of the 2011 Scottish Parliamentary election..

Voters' information behaviour when using political actors' web sites during the 2011 Scottish Parliament election campaign. (2013)
Journal Article
BAXTER, G., MARCELLA, R., CHAPMAN, D. and FRASER, A. 2013. Voters' information behaviour when using political actors' web sites during the 2011 Scottish Parliament election campaign. Aslib proceedings [online], 65(5), pages 515-533. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/AP-09-2012-0073

Purpose “ The purpose of this paper is to report the results of a study of voters' online behaviour conducted during the 2011 Scottish parliamentary election campaign. Design/methodology/approach “ The study used an interactive, electronically-assist... Read More about Voters' information behaviour when using political actors' web sites during the 2011 Scottish Parliament election campaign..

The strategic role of knowledge auditing and mapping: an organisational case study. (2013)
Journal Article
BURNETT, S., WILLIAMS, D. and GRINNALL, A. 2013. The strategic role of knowledge auditing and mapping: an organisational case study. Knowledge and process management [online], 20(3), pages 161-176. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/kpm.1416

This paper presents the results of research, which aimed to evaluate the current position of the knowledge management (KM) capabilities of a multi-national energy services company, and is based on work originally presented at IFKAD-KCWS 2012, Matera,... Read More about The strategic role of knowledge auditing and mapping: an organisational case study..

What have we learned so far? The development and application of an organisational learning narrative. (2013)
Journal Article
BURNETT, S., GRINNALL, A. and WILLIAMS, D. 2015. What have we learned so far? The development and application of an organisational learning narrative. Knowledge management research and practice [online], 13(2), pages 160-167. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1057/kmrp.2013.38

The use of narratives and stories has been growing in popularity in the field of knowledge management. Narratives may be used as useful vehicles for several knowledge-based activities within organisational (and other) contexts. These include acquirin... Read More about What have we learned so far? The development and application of an organisational learning narrative..

The critical incident technique as a tool for gathering data as part of a qualitative study of information seeking behaviour. (2013)
Conference Proceeding
MARCELLA, R., ROWLANDS, H. and BAXTER, G. 2013. The critical incident technique as a tool for gathering data as part of a qualitative study of information seeking behaviour. In Ramos, I. and Mesquita, A. (eds.) Proceedings of the 12th European conference on research methodology for business and management studies (ECRM 2013), 4-5 July 2013, Guimaraes, Portugal. Sonning Common: Academic Conferences and Publishing International, pages 247-253.

Since devised by Flanagan in 1954 as a tool to explore what people do to achieve an organisational aim, the critical incident technique (CIT) has been used in various disciplines as a method of understanding human behaviour. This paper provides an ov... Read More about The critical incident technique as a tool for gathering data as part of a qualitative study of information seeking behaviour..

Open for business? (2013)
Presentation / Conference
BAXTER, G. 2013. Open for business? An historical, comparative study of public access to information about two controversial coastal developments in North-east Scotland. Presented at the 4th Information: interactions and impact conference (i3 2013), 25-28 June 2013, Aberdeen, UK.

This study looks at two controversial coastal developments in north-east Scotland. It aims to identify the information was made publicly available and what impact this may have had on public engagement around planning and decision-making processes in... Read More about Open for business?.

Towards a model of information behaviour of a information provider: a mixed methods study. (2013)
Thesis
DAVIES, R. 2013. Towards a model of information behaviour of a information provider: a mixed methods study. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

Not much is not known about the totality of information behaviours of information providers from among the plethora of library and information science literature. This research aims to describe, categorise and devise a representation of information w... Read More about Towards a model of information behaviour of a information provider: a mixed methods study..

Library development in the Georgian Republic: problems and progress since the dissolution of the USSR. (2013)
Journal Article
JOHNSON, I.M. 2013. Library development in the Georgian Republic: problems and progress since the dissolution of the USSR. World libraries [online], 20(2). Available from: https://worldlibraries.dom.edu/index.php/worldlib/article/view/516

The paper provides a situation report on the state of libraries and information services, publishing and bookselling in the Republic of Georgia in the South Caucasus. It briefly describes their development, outlines the international development assi... Read More about Library development in the Georgian Republic: problems and progress since the dissolution of the USSR..