Masters dissertations
This is a selection of some of Masters dissertations which I have supervised in recent years, from students on Library / Information Sciences at City University London. For City students, they give an indication of the range of topics I am able to supervise; for others, they show the range of work done by our students.
Anyone associated with City University London should be able to find the full-text of these dissertations in the SoI dissertation repository; anyone else interested is welcome to contact me.
2013
Are e-books suitable for use by legal practitioners? A study of the legal library/information service in the UK [Kim Austin]
“Juveniles, women and the working classes”: a review of access to information in public libraries in nineteenth century England [Monica Deacy]
Linnaean legacy: authoritative mapping of information [Cherie McCabe]
The Space adventure: archive futures and the future of memory [Ewan O’Neill]
Bridging the gap: how do the Shakespeare authorship theories affect the information behaviours of Shakespeare scholars? [Gemma Sansom]
Is the information of reality the reality of information? [Tyabba Siddiuqi]
IRANMARC and UNIMARC: a compare and contrast analysis of their formats for serials [Afagh Ghareh Veisi]
2012
Factors that hinder Saudi Arabia from investing in scientific research [Ohoud Alabdali]
Use and applications of social networking in Qatar University library [Asma Al–Buainian]
The governments’s laptop initiative and school libraries in the republic of Trinidad and Tobago [Cleopatra Assing]
Carnegie library philanthropy in Great Britain and Canada [Gregory Cadge]
A critical foundation for information science [Alexandra Harris]
Development of the Information Society in the Czech Republic [Iva Heroutova]
The Frith Archive: theoretical and practical issues raised by the construction of a personal archive [William Man]
How effective is the parish church as a library of community history? [Chris Serbutt]
The benefits of crowdsourcing for creating descriptive metadata [Joey Sheffield]
Development of Dewey decimal classification in light of cultural changes [Alessandra Vetrugno]
Getting to the core. A comparative study of library and information science degree programmes [Brenda Welch]
What is knowledge, and can it be managed? a study in a central government department [Kay Young]
2011
Classical sanctuary or Piranesi nightmare: an exploration of representations of the library in faction [Emma Bahar]
Blurred boundaries: exploring interaction between managerial, economic and information objectives in UK specialist collections [Rosella Black]
Importance of information and knowledge in the annual reports of FTSE 250 companies [Marcin Boczkowski]
Written in stone: the longevity of information [Venus Clark]
Information networks and communication channels of the eighteenth century anti-slavery and abolition campaign in London and the Royal Borough of Greenwich [Helen Dummett]
Information overload: exploring the ‘generation gap’ [Tony Dykes]
Museum libraries in the digital age [Natasha Edmonds]
Information literacy support in a Greater London FE/HE college [Neil Raj]
A view of the future of academic librarianship: a modified Delphi study [Rachael Hartiss]
Investigating roving in the academic library: a case study [Sarah Hawton]
Let’s talk about privacy: how an analysis of the political debate can lead to a more balanced privacy policy [Sophia Hendrikx]
Reaching out beyond the library: proposals for innovative outreach activities in Hertfordshire Libraries [Phoebe Hornby]
Libraries and librarians in the contemporary novel: do modern novels continue to perpetuate the stereotypical image of the profession? [Caroline Horne]
The Polish eBook market, its origin, development and its influence on Polish studies in the UK [Wojciech Janik]
Protecting intellectual property on the Internet. Is the Digital Economy Act 2010 a proportionate response? [Ronan Plunkett]
Managing information overload in the House of Commons: a case study [Daniel Rogers]
From ‘user education’ to ‘informed learning’: the continuing debate about information literacy [Iqbal Siddiqui]
Accounting for information – take two: information assets within the annual reports of the S&P companies in comparison to the FTSE 100 [Alexandra Simpson]
An investigation into the relevance of the history and original aims of the UK public library service to current discussions about the future of the service [Rebecca Lacey]
A study of the use and effectiveness of UK genealogy resources in the genealogy community [Samantha Pett]
What is the relation between the way subscription and circulating libraries operated in the 19th century, and fear of information as a way of empowering women and the working classes? [Lindsay Robinson]
The social and cultural impact of printing in China during the Song dynasty (960-1279) [Melanie Strong]
Library history and the roots of libricide.An exploration of the history and philosophy of the destruction of books and libraries [Matthew Ward]
What is the future role of the publisher? A literature review of attitudes towards an alternative publishing model [Matthew White]
Teaching information literacy to Art and Design students [Antonia Williamson]
The Sophists and the First Information Revolution: The emergence of literacy and the philosophy of information [Dominic Wilson]
Seekers and searchers: observing student information behavour [Samantha Tator]
Health information seeking in the information society [Abir Mukherjee]published as A Mukherjee and D Bawden, Health information seeking in the information society, Health Information and Libraries Journal, 2012, 29(3), 242-246
Once materia medica, now ethnobotany: a domain analysis of British herbalism. [Erin Michaels]
In search of our roots: black women seeking hair information [Tieska McDowell]
An investigation into the information needs and sources of farmers in St. Vincent and the Grenadines [Pearl McMaster]
Complement or competition?: Public and professional opinions on e-books, e-readers, and the future of the physical book and the public library in a digital age [Kelsey Hibbard]
Anticipating the information society: the cultural resilience of German-Jewish refugees in the UK [Jeanette Danzer]
[Mis]Classification and the Art/Craft division [Suzanne Cowan]
An examination of London borough library services [Paul Bartholow]
University libraries and the postgraduate student: an exploration of how provision of physical and online space meets needs and expectations [Colin Beard] published as C Beard and D Bawden, University libraries and the postgraduate student; physical and virtual spaces, New Library World, 2012, 113(9/10), 439-447
2010
The library as a reflection of current art theory: investigating the pe-modern, modern and post-modern library [Sara Ahmad]
The use of telecommunications in mental health care [Glenna Awbry]
Institutional repositories and the dissemination of humanities scholarly research: the Oxford perspective [Mark Bainbridge]
Collections and use in early medieval libraries: England and the continent in the eighth century [Katherine Carter]
The future of information provision and management: a view from senior finance professionals in the City of London [Maria Efstathiou]
Public libraries and the public sphere: a Habermasian approach for the 21st century [Josephine Grahl]
The role of school libraries in supporting independent learning [Alan Green]
The filmed library [Gino Malone]
The Semantic Web: a look at theory and practice in organising information [Alison McGrath]
The future of history: preservation in the digital age and implications for historical research and study [Lena Roland]published as L Rowland and D Bawden, The future of history: investigating the preservation of information in the digital age, Library and Information History, 2012, 28(3), 220-236
An analysis of the relevance of social epistemology to the roles and practices of the library and information professional in the twenty-first century [Kate Williams]
Putting digital documents to use: wikis in museums [Emily Wilson]
An audit of special terminology used on UK university library web sites [Alexander Allen]
Can Discovery Centres be used as an example of society’s progression into an information age? [Laura Gittins]
Changing and adaptable skills: a librarian’s perspective [Emma-Louise Jones]
The book as object: depictions of the bound volume in modern Western art [Laura Miller]
Information and knowledge in the context of children’s picturebooks [Robin O'Brien]
A study of public library services in Great Britain during the two World Wars [Susannah Oswald]
An audit of SOAS institutional repository using the Drambora tooolkit [Joanna Tate]
The future of classification within British healthcare libraries [Emma Watson]
A study of overload and other problems in legal information provision [Beverley Woolfson]
2009
Evolutionary changes: a review of UK and US public and academic libraries [Kelley Amirault]
Designing libraries in the 21st century: an information history approach [Christopher Arnsby]
“Being awake but unfocused”: a study into the information needs and information seeking behaviour of practising visual artists in London [Sian Aynsley]
On the advantages of history for the philosophy of information [Alan Bracey]
Information overload and its impact upon Cambridge University Library [Annette Brighton]
Tags and relevance: a study of users’ perceptions of folksonomies as useful descriptions of information content [Christopher Brown]
Accounting for information: the value of information to FTSE 100 companies [Joanna Cummins] published as J Cummins and D Bawden, Accounting for information: information and knowledge in the annual reports of FTSE 100 companies, Journal of Information Science, 2010, 36(3), 283-305
Access to biomedical literature for both doctors and patients: a changing role for the medical librarian? [Susan Ellison]
State-run school libraries: a comparative study between the US and the UK [Elizabeth Faux]
Folksonomies versus expert-led indexing for image collections [Camilla Griffiths]
An exploration of the eighteenth century information culture [Eric Howard]
The library as place: an investigation into physical collection space in a digital age [Russell Kennedy]
“Developing world” participation in the global scientific knowledge base [Emma Lewis]
An investigation into intelligence information management strategies employed by secret services past and present [Anne Maskell]
The future of the House of Commons Library [Susannah Racher]
The Renaissance of the e-book {Helen Smith]
Public libraries: more than Libros? [Donna Spivey]
Abstracting and Indexing: past, present and future [Glyndwr Williams]
Information visualization and the library OPAC [Judith Wilson]
2008
The many routes to fiction retrieval [Lucy Ashdown]
The use of Web 2.0 in public libraries: a modern reality or an academic fantasy [Louise Green]
E-resources for study and research in music [Clemens Gresser]
E-journals – the future: a case study as Cass Buiness School Library [Emily Houghton]
Why we are talking about information: a MediaHistorical genealogy [Jacob Houx]
The use and value of a oral history archive department in modern libraries [Nikolaos Kareklas]
Investigating Arrayexpress, a data repository: sharing and accessing community-derived data in the biomedical sciences [Charlie Mayor] extended into doctoral study
Art libraries in the US and UK: a compare and contrast analysis of institutional culture [Leah McGowan]
The Anglo-American model of the public library in perspective: a comparative study of public library developments in England and Italy [Valeria Padalino]
Beyond the slow movement? A critical literature review of speed and control in contemporary information environments [Elizabeth Poirier] extended into doctoral study
The Library of Alexandria throughout the ages: legends, legacy and lessons [Andrew Regan]
Information and learning resources in further education: a review [Vimal Shah]
An investigation into the relationship between university and library in Cambridge and Oxford 1450-1550 [Catherine Sutherland]
2007
The United Kingdom legal deposit system: past, present and future [Simon Barlow]
“If I had a hammer”: adapting and testing a health sector tool to assess outcomes and impacts in a public library [Andew Calvert] presented as D Bawden, L Robinson and A Calvert, Value and impact: new trends in evaluating library and information services, 3rd joint conference of Slovene Special and Academic Libraries, Ljubljana, October 2008 and published as D Bawden, A Calvert, L Robinson, C Urquhart, C Bray and J Amosford, Understanding our value: assessing the nature of the impact of library services, Library and Information Research, 2009, 33(issue 105), 62-89, available online here
The use of podcasting in postgraduate education [Vennesse Croasdaile]
Meeting users’ needs in the digital age: the collection development issues [Lesley-Ann Daniel]
Fictional narratives and the imagining of digital landscapes: predictions, potentials and problems of an information age [Harpreet Dhillon]
An investigation into libraries and the information society in Latvia [Caroline Jago]
Vilem Flusser and the technical image: of benefit to the theory and pratice of image indexing and retrieval [Marie Lagerwall]
Managing indigenous knowledge in Africa [Bernadette Martin]
An organised Holocaust: the influence of the Final Solution on information management [Amber Mooney]
Art databases: the Internet and the London art market [Saven Morris]
Bad news has wings: a study of the public response to risk information, with a case study of avian influenza [Katherine Nower]
The decline of the newspaper – should we be worried [Evelyn O'Connor]
Open access and social justice: investigating moral justifications for open access to scholarly communications, with particular reference to developing countries [Joanne O'Flannagan]
Can MySpace also be LibrarySpace? [Vanessa Wright]
