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Professor Rita Marcella's Outputs (25)

The impact of ICTs on the communication of parliamentary information in the UK: results of a pilot project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MARCELLA, R., BAXTER, G. and MOORE, N. 2003. The impact of ICTs on the communication of parliamentary information in the UK: results of a pilot project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. Presented at the 2003 Congress of the European Communication Association, 24-26 March 2003, Munich, Germany.

This paper presented the key results of a study, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, which investigated the impact of technology on the communication of parliamentary and devolved assembly information to the general public in the UK.... Read More about The impact of ICTs on the communication of parliamentary information in the UK: results of a pilot project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council..

Information and library studies on a virtual campus. (2002)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MARCELLA, R. and BAXTER, G. 2002. Information and library studies on a virtual campus. In Ashcroft, L. (ed.) Continuity, culture, competition: the future of library and information studies education? Proceedings of the 4th British-Nordic conference on library and information studies, 21-23 March 2001, Dublin, Ireland. Bradford: MCB UP, pages 161-170.

Provides a critical overview of the introduction of the Postgraduate Diploma/Master of Science course in Information and Library Studies, in online distance learning mode, by the School of Information and Media at the Robert Gordon University in Aber... Read More about Information and library studies on a virtual campus..

Citizenship information research at the School of Information and Media. (2000)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MARCELLA, R. and BAXTER, G. 2000. Citizenship information research at the School of Information and Media. Presented at the 7th Information for Scotland conference, 16 November 2000, Edinburgh, UK.

Discusses recent and current research into citizenship information needs at the School of Information and Media, The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen. Reviews the most important results from two large-scale, nation-wide surveys (funded by the Briti... Read More about Citizenship information research at the School of Information and Media..

A random walk around Britain: a critical assessment of the random walk sample as a method of collecting data on the public's citizenship information needs. (2000)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MARCELLA, R. and BAXTER, G. 2001. A random walk around Britain: a critical assessment of the random walk sample as a method of collecting data on the public's citizenship information needs. New review of information behaviour research, 1(1): proceedings of the 3rd International conference on research in information needs, seeking and use in different contexts (ISIC III), 16-18 August 2000, Gothenburg, Sweden, pages 87-104.

This paper discusses the second stage of the Citizenship Information research project, funded by the British Library Research and Innovation Centre: a national survey, by personal doorstep interview and using the random walk sample method, of the cit... Read More about A random walk around Britain: a critical assessment of the random walk sample as a method of collecting data on the public's citizenship information needs..

The citizenship information needs of the UK public: the quest for representativeness in methodological approach. (1998)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MARCELLA, R. and BAXTER, G. 1998. The citizenship information needs of the UK public: the quest for representativeness in methodological approach. In Wilson, T.D. and Allen, D.K. (eds.) Exploring the contexts of information behaviour: proceedings of the 2nd International conference on research in information needs, seeking and use in different contexts (ISIC 1998), 13-15 August 1998, Sheffield, UK. London: Taylor Graham, pages 304-320. Available from: http://www.informationr.net/isic/ISIC1998/98_Marcella.pdf

The aims of the Citizenship Information project were to measure demand for citizenship information and establish the nature of information need exhibited by users. The objectives of the project were to: 1.define and describe citizenship information 2... Read More about The citizenship information needs of the UK public: the quest for representativeness in methodological approach..