University College Dublin

CoSEI (Computer Science and English Initiative)

CoSEI is a humanities computing initiative at University College Dublin. The Thomas MacGreevy Hypertext Chronology and the INTENTS projects. Have both come under the CoSEI umbrella. CoSEI also runs seminars, conferences and workshops on various humanities computing themes

URL: http://www.ucd.ie/~cosei/
Contact: Dr Judith Wusteman, Lecturer, [email protected] (Project director: Dr Susan Schreibman)
Dates: Ongoing
Funding: Various, including European Union, Enterprise Ireland, F�s, UCD

The Edward Rose Library

Edward Rose, Emeritus Professor at University of Colorado, Boulder, founder of the analytic approach the �Ethno-Inquiries�. His academic representatives are producing resources for indexing and distribution of Rose�s work: bibliography, profile, analyses, electronic archives and reproductions

URL: http://www.ethno-inquiries.com
Contact: Andrew Carlin, H.W. Wilson Newman Fellow, [email protected]
Funding: H.W. Wilson Foundation

Horizons of Relevance and Socio-bibliographic Inquiries

Ethnomethodological investigations of textual materials as locally organised, discipline-specific literature�s. Through detailed analyses of bibliographies as accountable texts, researchable phenomena include recognising relevance, disciplinary boundaries and interdisciplinarity, citation analysis and bibliographic methods as ordinary actions.

URL: NONE
Contact: Andrew Carlin, H.W. Wilson Newman Fellow, [email protected]
Dates: October 1999 - September 2002.
Funding: H.W. Wilson Foundation

Hotdesking: A Potential Link in the eWorker�s Information Chain

Multi-case study exploring the impact of hotdesking, or temporary workspaces in an organization, on employees' information flows. A comparative examination of Canadian and Irish experiences with hotdesking permits an understanding of best practices for implementation of hotdesking in these countries.

URL: none
Contact: Dr. Crystal Fulton, Lecturer, University College Dublin, [email protected]
Dates: 2002-April 2003
Funding: International Council for Canadian Studies (ICCS)

Personal Construct Theory as a research tool in Library and Information Science. Case Study: Development of a user-driven classification of photographs

This research project applies Personal Construct Theory and Repertory Grids to individual user perceptions of photographs. Preliminary results show a high level of consistency among the personal constructs which participants used to distinguish between photographs from the Irish Folklore Archive.

URL: None at present. May be provided in the future with link from http://www.ucd.ie/~lis
Contact: Professor Mary Burke, Head of Department, Department of Library and Information Studies, University College Dublin, [email protected]
Dates: Commenced September 2000. Ongoing
Funding: None

Recent developments in LIS Schools:case studies of Schools in the UK ,Ireland, Australia and Canada

The enquiry attempts to elucidate recent developmental features upon a comparative basis in four countries and also to identify causation. It looks at changing circumstances vis a vis third level host institutions and attempts to identify the position of LIS now in respect of academic relationships . It examines enviromental influences and the impact of clientele etc. upon policy. The project also examines the changing profile of academic staff, the student body. curricula, reseach and teaching practice

URL: NONE
Contact: Prof. John Dean, [email protected]
Dates: September 2001 - August 2002
Funding: Internal funding

XML and Ejournals

Investigation of implications and opportunities of the use of XML in electronic journals

URL: NONE
Contact: Dr Judith Wusteman, lecturer, [email protected]
Dates: Ongoing
Funding: N/A