Partly so I can get it clear in my own head, here are the themes I’m currently working on, and the other work I’d also like to do if I ever get the chance!
My current work-themes – and my wishlist
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On your feet, soldier!
On Wednesday I gave a presentation which was coherent and informative, and yet made up partly while I was listening to someone else’s but mostly in response to questions from the audience as I was speaking. Whenever I’ve given presentations before, I’ve mumbled incoherently as I drowned in my own nervousness. So throwing me in the deep end is perhaps the way to get good presentations out of me. (Peter, don’t you dare!) Continue reading
My actual and potential research areas
I have the following actual and potential work-streams.
| Title | What is it? | Funder | Status, dates and notes |
| Longitudinal Information literacy for democratic engagement (LIL-DEM) | Further research into factors affecting community councillors’ information literacies | Edinburgh Napier University | to start, February to April 2017 |
| Information literacy for democratic engagement (IL-DEM) | Research into factors affecting community councillors’ information literacies | CILIP‘s Information Literacy Group | finished, October 2016 to January 2017 |
| DigiCC workshops | How can community councils improve their digital engagement with citizens | Edinburgh Napier University, Scottish Government | finished, January 2015 to January 2016 |
| Delivering on DREaM | researcher/practitioner knowledge-sharing in Library and Information Science, supervised by Professor Hazel Hall | CILIP | finished, June to July 2015 |
| Workforce Mapping | mapping the workforce in the Libraries, Archives, Records, Knowledge and Information Management sector | CILIP, ARA | finished, summer 2014 to summer 2015 |
| Hyperlocal government engagement online | Social network analysis and Communities of practice research around 3 Edinburgh CCs | CCN+ | finished, summer 2014 |
| Community Council Location Finder | a searchable map of all Scottish Community Councils | Improvement Service | finished, spring 2014
My version is archived here, and the current version created by the Improvement Service is here. |
| 2014 survey of community council internet presences | How well do CCs use the internet to engage with citizens?
What are the lessons and consequences from the findings? |
Edinburgh Napier University | finished, spring 2014 |
| 2012 survey of community council internet presences | duplicate! | Self-funded | finished, summer 2012 |
| Communities of Practice and Knowledge Management around CC digital engagement | 2-year main research project, to extend CCN+ seed-project and other relevant previous work | TBC | funding application in progress, TBC |
| Writing paper(s) based on my MSc dissertation, to further updates of technology models | to report on local aspects of CC digital engagement | TBC | to start, TBC |
| Visualisation of hyperlocal data | to extend Community Council Location Finder | TBC | to start, TBC |
| 2017(?) survey of CC online presences | to build on 2012 and 2014 surveys | TBC | to start, TBC |
| Digital Proxies | Who guards vulnerable peoples’ digital presences | TBC | idea crystallised, TBC |
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