Browsing Research publications by Author "Library and Computing Services"
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Access to help in intimate partner violence: systematic narrative review
Baikady, Rajendra; Przeperski, Jarosław; Scott, Rebecca; Taylor, Brian J. (2023-10-01)Intimate partner violence is a global problem experienced by all population groups, irrespective of socio-economic, religious and cultural background, and including both women and men. This systematic narrative review ... -
Assessing the impact on the student experience of embedding information resources in the Guided Learner Journey at the University of Hertfordshire
Bilson, Jane; Singer, Helen (2018-06-04)Helen Singer and Jane Bilson explain how the University of Hertfordshire followed ‘Guided Learner Journey’ principles by embedding resources in their VLE using the Talis Aspire reading list system and their assessment of ... -
Developing effective publication strategies to raise Research Visibility, Impact and Citations
Gómez-Sánchez, Alicia Fátima; Isabel-Gómez, Rebeca (2018-07-09)Visibility of research is a key issue to increase citations and subsequent impact of individuals and institutions. This CEC is planned as a practical session to put forward strategies, and demonstrate the use of tools and ... -
Digital Capabilities Exploration Game
Scantlebury, Non; Combes, David; McKinstry, Sian; Virgo-Sheriff, Kim (University of Hertfordshire, 2019-03-06)Purpose of the board game: - Generate and capture rich discussions and achieve personal digital capabilities goal setting; - Problem solving; - Benefit from experience, creative thinking and collective wisdom of the players; ... -
Empowering Academic Reading: Strategies for Student Engagement in the Digital Age
Scott, Rebecca J; Bilson, Jane (2023-11-24)Academic staff express concerns that many students do not engage with academic reading, do not have adequate note-taking skills and lack enthusiasm for academic texts (Hoeft, 2012; Miller & Merdian, 2020). Effective academic ... -
Evaluating the information retrieval quality and methodological accuracy of Systematic reviews and Meta-analysis on of congenital malformations (2004-2014).
Gómez-Sánchez, Alicia Fátima; González-Cantalejo, Mar; Kerdelhué, Gaétan; Iriarte, Pablo; Isabel-Gómez, Rebeca (2016-06-30)Introduction Systematic reviews (SR) and meta-analysis (MA) aim to provide an in-depth summary of the literature of a research question, which must achieve some methodological requirements especially regarding how the ... -
Evaluation of research in Spain : Bibliometric indicators used by major spanish research assessment agencies
Gómez-Sánchez, Alicia F.; Isabel-Gómez, Rebeca (2013)One of the most important current applications of bibliometrics is assessment of research, and bibliometric indicators can be considered as tools for the evaluation of the scientific productivity of a researcher, a department ... -
Evidencing Open Access Citation Advantage using SciVal
Worthington, Bill; Smith, Danny (2022-10-18)This conference contribution introduces a technique that can be used to explore the relative citation performance of publication sets with various modes of open access (OA). We give two methods for distilling a publication ... -
Exploring and understanding innovative digital collaboration platforms in the workplace: a qualitative, comparative study
Goldthorpe, Nadine; Choudrie, Jyoti (2021-05-29)COVID-19 brought home working for UK workplaces, necessitating rapid adoption of innovative online digital collaboration platforms such as Microsoft Teams©, thereby presenting challenges to workforces with little prior ... -
How responsible are rankings… and how responsible is the use we make of them?
Gómez-Sánchez, Alicia Fátima (2018-01-30) -
International students' authorship
Singer, Helen (2010)In order to improve information literacy, reduce plagiarism and develop pride in authorship of written work amongst international students a research study was undertaken at the University of Hertfordshire within the ... -
International Students’ Authorship
McCauley, M.; Robins, K.; Singer, Helen (2009)This report presents the findings of a University of Hertfordshire Learning and Teaching Institute funded project ‘Fostering Pride in International Students’ Authorship.’ The project ran October 2008-January 2009.The aims ... -
Library SkillUP : Digital information skills module for students at the University of Hertfordshire
Rivers-Latham, Monica; Singer, Helen; Conway, Louise (2020-06-05)This project report describes the workflow model used at the University of Hertfordshire to develop and test a suite of new digital information skills materials for students. The approach taken was informed by findings ... -
Narrative inquiry: An annotated bibliography for library and information professionals
Scott, Rebecca J (University of Hertfordshire, 2024)This narrative inquiry annotated bibliography is the first output from an AHRC-RLUK Professional Practice Fellowship: Once upon a narrative: Storying the librarian practitioner-researcher lived experience. The aim of this ... -
Open Access : How and why to publish OA
Smith, Danny (2020-09-09)This presentation was given using Microsoft Powerpoint and Microsoft Teams at the Doctoral Training Alliance (DTA) Energy Summer School 2020 on 9th September 2020. There is a video/audio recording of the session available ... -
Open Access and Visibility
Smith, Danny (2020-01-24)This presentation was given at the Postgraduate Research Student Conference held at the University of Hertfordshire on 24th January 2020. The presentation gives an overview of open access publishing and its benefits, ... -
Open Access for researchers: mandates, recommendations, strengths... What should you know?
Gómez-Sánchez, Alicia Fátima; Maseda, Irene (2014-10-18)The Open Access movement was born in the late 90s with the idea of promoting free access to scientific literature, so that researchers and academics can share their knowledge and keep the copyright of their own publications. ... -
The opportunity of narrative inquiry for information literacy research: Narrative thinking and storying data
Scott, Rebecca J (2024-03-26)This presentation will discuss narrative thinking, transformational moments, and the art of crafting stories from data, all explored in my journey into narrative inquiry research. My study 'Once upon a Narrative' adopts ... -
Partnership working to benefit patients and the public: Benefits, challenges and recommendations from four projects
Scott, Rebecca J; Resseguier, Marie (2022-03-16)Partnership working involves two or more organisations working collaboratively to achieve a common goal. In England, partnership working between healthcare organisations and public library services is recommended to enable ... -
Place attachment and place identity: First-year undergraduates making the transition from home to university
Chow, K.; Healey, M. (2008)This paper examines the issues emanating from the transition into a new social and cultural environment distant from the home, the context of which is provided by the transition from home to university. The study analyses ...