tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10249326733589709702024-03-18T03:16:49.395+00:00Information School NewsThe Information School at the University of Sheffield - Number One in the World for Library & Information Management (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1094125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024932673358970970.post-8422824439061607542024-02-15T14:28:00.003+00:002024-02-15T14:30:51.368+00:00Professor Mike Thelwall gives inaugural lectureProfessor of Data Science Mike Thelwall recently gave his inaugural lecture at the University of Sheffield, entitled How helpful are AI and bibliometrics for assessing the quality of academic research?The lecture, delivered in the University's Diamond building, was introduced by Head of the Information School Professor Briony Birdi.It covered Mike's research into whether Artificial Richard Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03196313153496839259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024932673358970970.post-61734925304311456362024-01-18T10:17:00.001+00:002024-01-18T10:17:11.954+00:00Self-tracking, running and public health Self-tracking - the practice of capturing data about one’s own activities, often through wearable technology - is an ever-growing phenomenon, and one that is firmly established in the worlds of physical activity and public health. Recording statistics about our own activities is becoming commonplace, with our devices prompting us to measure things like step counts, heart rate, calories Richard Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03196313153496839259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024932673358970970.post-87075193656455223022023-10-25T10:27:00.003+01:002023-10-25T10:27:29.705+01:00Head of School Prof Briony Birdi awarded CILIP Honorary FellowshipCongratulations to our Head of School, Prof Briony Birdi, for receiving an Honorary Fellowship from the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) - their highest accolade!Professor Birdi is a leading academic and researcher in the field of library and information science and a thought-leader in the fields of reader development and Diversity, Equality and Inclusion in Richard Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03196313153496839259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024932673358970970.post-52570683566156999782023-09-28T14:03:00.003+01:002023-09-28T14:03:58.810+01:00How can we support the employability of international Chinese students in the UK better?We are pleased to announce the results of a recent project on international student employability, funded by JISC and led by members of the Information School and the Careers Service, including Dr. Xin Zhao, Dr. Andrew Cox, Ms Yiyun Ling, Dr Yuzhen Zhu, and Ms Yingzi Shen.This report offers insights from Chinese employers and alumni regarding international student employability. It also provides Richard Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03196313153496839259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024932673358970970.post-75801063990586278422023-09-13T11:15:00.005+01:002023-09-13T11:15:54.982+01:00Welcome to new students from Head of School Professor Briony BirdiA very warm welcome to the Information School, the leading school of its kind in the UK, and your new academic home! We are delighted that you have chosen to join us here in Sheffield. As part of our mission to provide world-quality university education in information, we aim to inspire and help our students to pursue their highest ambitions for their academic and professional careers.This is an Richard Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03196313153496839259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024932673358970970.post-17422409286043540202023-08-09T13:28:00.002+01:002023-08-09T13:28:11.212+01:00CILIP 125: The next generation of leadersSeventeen of the CILIP 125 List of the next generation of leaders are Information School alumni or students.CILIP members and colleagues were asked to nominate individuals within the profession to “recognise and honour a new generation of librarians, information and knowledge management professionals who drive positive change, make a difference and have an impact across all sectors.”CILIP Richard Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03196313153496839259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024932673358970970.post-28004554963830693482023-08-02T11:42:00.000+01:002023-08-02T11:42:01.754+01:00 Just how good can academic peer review be? Evidence from the near ideal case of theoretical physics Academic research normally goes through a peer review stage before it appears in a journal or book. This usually involves an editor selecting two or more scholars from the field that have relevant expertise and asking them to assess the submission. These reviewers then make comments about various aspects of the submission as well as giving an overall recommendation, such as: accept, ask forRichard Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03196313153496839259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024932673358970970.post-46805402146760270522023-08-01T11:17:00.006+01:002023-08-01T11:18:59.879+01:00Further reflections on CILIP Conference 2023 Current student Maria shares her experience of this year's CILIP Conference in BirminghamI was one of the five fortunate students of Information School to receive a student bursary for attending the CILIP Conference in Birmingham. Participating in such an event was a unique experience for me because it was an opportunity for librarians to come together and discuss the future of Richard Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03196313153496839259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024932673358970970.post-31180139047596960482023-07-26T14:12:00.001+01:002023-07-26T14:14:37.101+01:00Healthy Users: The Governance of Well-being on Social Media Despite their many benefits, many of us intrinsically know that social media platforms are not entirely a force for good for human beings and our interactions. Use of social media is often linked with poor mental health, particularly in young people, and the kind of comparison it encourages between peoples’ lives can easily make one feel inferior, and exacerbate existing divides in society.Richard Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03196313153496839259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024932673358970970.post-5430194886908157152023-07-20T15:00:00.009+01:002023-07-20T15:07:43.722+01:00Reflections on CILIP Conference 2023Librarianship student Lottie shares her thoughts about this year's CILIP conference.This year I was lucky enough to receive an iSchool bursary to attend the 2023 CILIP conference in Birmingham. The annual CILIP conference is the UK’s leading event for library and information professionals and felt like a good first conference for a new professional to visit given the breadth of topics explored Richard Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03196313153496839259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024932673358970970.post-34935710530004188522023-07-06T10:49:00.000+01:002023-07-06T10:49:02.971+01:00On the Move and Need the LooThe Health, Safety and Workplace Regulations 1992 state that “Sufficient toilet and washing facilities should be provided to allow everyone at work to use them without unreasonable delay”. Yet people who work on the move - like delivery drivers, care workers and tradespeople - often struggle to access the necessary facilities.The Hand Hygiene at Work project, led by Dr Sophie Rutter from the Richard Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03196313153496839259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024932673358970970.post-14681248764158036292023-06-12T14:05:00.007+01:002023-11-15T16:21:28.783+00:00Disability and digital health: information inequities in healthcare for people with disabilities“We know that people with disabilities experience a lot of inequities in both their health outcomes and the quality of the healthcare that they receive”, says Dr Denis Newman-Griffis, Lecturer in Data Science at the Information School and co-author of ‘A roadmap to reduce information inequities in disability with digital health and natural language processing’, a paper published in PLOS Digital Richard Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03196313153496839259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024932673358970970.post-88209227444238910982023-05-19T11:26:00.000+01:002023-05-19T11:26:04.694+01:00Reflections on LILAC 2023Current student Yuki attended the LILAC Conference - the Information Literacy Conference - in April and shares her thoughts below!I attended LILAC this year as a MA Librarianship student at the Information School. Attending the conference was an incredible opportunity to meet other library professionals from across the world and learn about information literacy from a variety of perspectives.EachRichard Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03196313153496839259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024932673358970970.post-89839218103184338702023-05-15T11:42:00.006+01:002023-05-15T11:45:25.547+01:00Some insights from LILAC '23Current student Sophie attended the LILAC Conference - the Information Literacy Conference - in April and shares her thoughts below!LILAC conference is THE event for the Information Literacy world – and I was lucky to be part of it this year. This was my first big library conference, so I am very grateful for the chance to have been there. LILAC took place over three days in the law buildingRichard Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03196313153496839259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024932673358970970.post-40787363071134163612023-04-14T09:43:00.006+01:002023-04-14T15:32:09.672+01:00The Information School has moved to The Wave!The WaveThe Wave is the new flagship building for the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Sheffield and opened in March 2023. From April 2023 it is the home of the Departments of Journalism Studies, Sociological Studies, School of Education, Sheffield Methods Institute, Social Research Centres, the White Rose Doctoral Training Partnership, the Faculty of Social Sciences teams, as wellRichard Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03196313153496839259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024932673358970970.post-23697930734806586352023-04-12T11:49:00.005+01:002023-04-12T11:49:30.519+01:00Student blog: UKRI Policy InternshipPhD student Ian Widdows shares his experiences of his internship with UKRI, engaging with the government on policy-making.Like all researchers, I want my research to make a difference. When I first considered the possibility of writing a research proposal for a PhD, I was powerfully motivated by a desire to make things better. My research is into secondary school performance measures inRichard Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03196313153496839259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024932673358970970.post-41585322313911538882023-04-05T11:41:00.003+01:002023-04-05T11:41:19.747+01:00New report recommends solutions to reduce crop loss in TanzaniaResearch from the Institute for Sustainable Food at the University of Sheffield has investigated the reasons for post-harvest loss of crops produced in the Morogoro region of Tanzania.The study, which was led by Dr Pamela Abott from the University’s Information School, focussed on three perishable or semi-perishable crops – onion, tomato and sweet potato. Farmers were surveyed on multiple Richard Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03196313153496839259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024932673358970970.post-69587975814926577562023-03-22T10:00:00.000+00:002023-03-22T10:00:21.032+00:00Celebrating the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023We are thrilled to announce that we have attained the position of Number One in the World, for Library and Information Management in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023.Speaking about the achievement, Head of School Professor Val Gillet, said: "We are proud to be ranked Number One in the World for Library and Information Management for the third year running. This is a real Richard Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03196313153496839259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024932673358970970.post-74770867050118396322023-03-02T10:04:00.000+00:002023-03-02T10:04:08.548+00:00World Book Day 2023 It's World Book Day, and some of our staff have put together a list of their favourite books and characters to celebrate.Kate Miltner - Lecturer in Data, AI and Society"One of my favorite book characters is Eloise from Eloise by Kay Thompson. She's funny, adventurous, imaginative, and certainly keeps the adults around her on their toes. As a child growing up in the suburbs of New York Richard Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03196313153496839259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024932673358970970.post-51239706291137812672023-03-01T11:00:00.002+00:002023-03-01T11:00:28.819+00:00Why I chose to study a Professional Enhancement courseOur Postgraduate courses in Information Management, Information Systems and Librarianship are available as 'Professional Enhancement' courses alongside their 'standard' routes. Our student ambassador Anirban shared his thoughts on studying one of these courses and why it might be right for you.I am pursuing an MSc in Information Systems Professional Enhancement at the Information School. Richard Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03196313153496839259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024932673358970970.post-81744401857674787602023-02-24T11:51:00.004+00:002023-02-24T11:55:10.812+00:00Public policy dialogues on innovation, ancestral knowledge and climate change were held in the Parque de la PapaOn October 8 2022, the fourth and final public policy dialogue table "Ancestral knowledge, climate change and innovation policies: steps for a common agenda", was held. Co-organized by the Institute of Nature, Land and Energy (INTE ) of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and the University of Sheffield with the support of the NGO Andes, it involves the participation of Richard Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03196313153496839259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024932673358970970.post-23575253047640397622023-02-22T11:19:00.005+00:002023-02-22T11:19:44.336+00:00Dr Savins Puertas Martin receives the Young Researcher Award in Computer Science 2022Dr Savins Puertas Martin, a Postdoc from the Chemoinformatics research group, received the Young Researcher Award in Computer Science 2022, a prestigious award from the Scientific Informatics Society of Spain (SCIE, Sociedad Científica Informática de España) and the BBVA Foundation. He received the award for his excellent contributions in the field of high-performance computing, which led to the Richard Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03196313153496839259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024932673358970970.post-60164354708616585022023-02-17T14:23:00.000+00:002023-02-17T14:23:03.286+00:00Understanding why machine learning matters to society The pharmaceutical industry, the Higher Education sector and the world of the arts may seem like three very disparate areas but, along with almost all arenas of modern life, all three are heavily entwined with technology. Machine learning, data mining and AI in particular are hot topics in the information and technology spheres right now, and each of the aforementioned sectors has their ownRichard Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03196313153496839259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024932673358970970.post-89049776460252840592023-02-13T11:29:00.001+00:002023-02-13T11:42:53.248+00:00Love Data Week - Student BlogPeople fall in love if someone or something helps them and makes them feel happy. This can be family, a friend, a pet, a hobby, and even technology.Modern society has fallen in love with data because of astonishing things they can do. People have become fascinated by the convenience that data bring.Data are used as a vital element to develop the technologies that we demand. The recommended moviesRichard Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03196313153496839259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024932673358970970.post-76216924312326264352023-01-06T14:08:00.012+00:002023-02-09T15:28:38.598+00:00Civil War Bluejackets: Information School involved in interdisciplinary research using machine learning to shed new light on the ordinary sailors of the American Civil War “We often try to do multidisciplinary work, but it’s not often you work so closely with people from very different academic backgrounds”, says Dr Morgan Harvey, Senior Lecturer in Data Science at the Information School and Sheffield’s Principal Investigator on the AHRC-funded research project ‘Civil War Bluejackets: Race, Class and Ethnicity in the United States Navy’. Though the Civil War Richard Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03196313153496839259noreply@blogger.com0