Authors - Brian Whalley
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Book Review: Information Need - A Theory Connecting Information Search to Knowledge Formation
Brian Whalley reviews a book about a new theory of ‘information need’ that builds upon the ideas of Allen and Taylor from the 1960s to provide a basis for information searching.
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Wikipedia: Reflections on Use and Acceptance in Academic Environments
In the light of a workshop run by the Geological Society of London and Wikimedia UK, Brian Whalley reflects on the attitudes and practice of academia in respect of present-day Wikipedia content.
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Book Review: Learning with Online and Mobile Technologies
Brian Whalley looks at a student survival aid in the information age that should also be valuable for tutors. -
Book Review: iPad - The Missing Manual
Brian Whalley reviews a manual to help support your use of an iPad - 'the book that should have been in the box'. -
E-books and E-content 2010: Data As Content
Brian Whalley reports on a meeting dealing with academic data management and some JISC projects concerned with institutional responses to the need to manage research data more effectively. -
Book Review: Supporting Research Students
Brian Whalley reviews a work which helps Library and Information Science Staff at Higher Education Institutions to support their research students. -
Product Review: The IPad and the Educator, First Impressions
Brian Whalley reports on his initial impressions of the new Apple iPad in the first three weeks since its release in the USA and what it has to offer the mobile educator. -
Book Review: My Word! Plagiarism and College Culture
Brian Whalley reviews a look at this problem from an American anthropologist and finds there is more in it than just a consideration of plagiarism. -
Book Review: Blended Learning
Brian Whalley reviews Barbara Allan's book on blended learning for Information and Library Science staff and educational developers. -
e-Books for the Future: Here but Hiding?
Brian Whalley outlines some developments in e-book technologies and links them to existing ways of presenting textbook information. -
Electronic Journals, Evolutionary Niches
Brian Whalley describes what academics want from their journals and shows how these criteria can be met by an on-line journal.