Information School News

Dr Briony Birdi chapter in new book: Narrative Expansions: Interpreting Decolonisation in Academic Libraries Dr Briony Birdi, Senior Lecturer at the Information School, has a chapter in a new book edited by Jess Crilly and Regina Everitt.  Narrative Expansions: Interpreting Decolonisation in Academic Libraries , published by Facet Publishing , brings together the theory and practice of an area of critical concern to the academy, this book is an important reference for academic librarians, educators and researchers in LIS, education and sociology.  Dr Birdi's chapter is in Part 2 of the book, titled The Contribution of Library and Information Science Education to Decolonising.  For more information, click here. 

Senior Lecturer Dr Andrew Cox has a piece in the LSE Impact Blog entitled 'Higher Education Science Fictions – How fictional narratives can shape AI futures in the academy'. The piece follows his work on AI in Higher Education, descibing how he uses fictional narratives to explore scenarios in this field. Read the post here:  https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2021/11/05/higher-education-science-fictions-how-fictional-narratives-can-shape-ai-futures-in-the-academy/

On 13th October, over a hundred and twenty information professionals gathered online for the formal launch of The impact of AI, machine learning, automation and robotics on the information professions: A report for CILIP https://www.cilip.org.uk/general/custom.asp?page=researchreport The report explores how the information professions can respond to the opportunities and challenges presented by such technologies as Artificial Intelligence. Speakers included Nick Poole (Chief Executive, CILIP), Sue Lacey Bryant ( National Lead NHS Knowledge and Library Services), Sir Alan Wilson (Turing Institute), Jo Cornish (Chief Development Officer, CILIP) and Andrew Cox, the author of the report. A recording of the event can be found at: https://vimeo.com/636947943

Congratulations to Dr Andrew Cox: Information Manager of 2021 CILIP Special Interest Groups, the Knowledge and Information Management Group (K&IM) and the UK e-information Group (UKeiG), are delighted to announce that the winner of their prestigious Information Manager of the Year Award, 2021 is Dr Andrew Cox, Senior Lecturer, Information School, Sheffield University. The award will be presented at the  Knowledge & Information Management virtual Awards evening  on Wednesday 10 th  November starting at  5. 30 pm.  Please join us for this free event as we celebrate all the K&IM Award winners for 2021.   Book to attend the awards  here .   The Information Manager of the Year Award is presented to professionals who have raised awareness of, and made a significant contribution to, the value and impact of knowledge and information management in the workplace and across the LIS sector.   The judging panel was unanimous in its decision that Andrew has had an outstanding and disting

Information School Lecturer Dr Salihu Dasuki has been published in The Conversation, with a piece entitled 'How mobile phones help internally displaced people in Nigeria'. “Mobile phones have been described as being as important as food and water for displaced people" says Dr Dasuki in the piece, which went live on 1st November. Read the piece here:  https://theconversation.com/how-mobile-phones-help-internally-displaced-people-in-nigeria-168607

  Following the recent release of her new book Understanding Well-being Data , Information School Lecturer Dr Susan Oman will be exhibiting her research at the University’s Festival of Social Sciences , which is being held in the first week of November as part of the national ESRC Festival of Social Science. Dr Oman’s digital exhibition presents three animations on: well-being, data and understanding. She asks questions about the power and potential of well-being data to shape society, and how thinking differently about these issues could lead to a more understanding society.   Find out more here: https://player. sheffield.ac.uk/exhibits/ understanding-wellbeing-data? fbclid=IwAR3BZFpMisA- w7F04pPdtvWpRG2xWdgohl- mwQYBIjoFYTW4iM7k1YS__40