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Librarians as Proxies: An exploratory study on the digital proxy practices of librarians

7 April 202324 April 2023 Frances Ryan

I have recently been awarded a small research grant from Edinburgh Napier University. The project, for which I am PI, is called “Librarians as Proxies: An exploratory study on the digital proxy practices of librarians” (LAP) and will run through

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Post-Doctoral Projects Research Activities

A study on trust and online dating

20 September 201926 May 2021 Frances Ryan

As part of my work with the Living Digital group at the University of Dundee, I am starting to recruit participants for a study related to trust and online dating. I will be using qualitative interviews and focus groups for

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Study participants wanted for research into helping older adults with social media accounts

5 February 201930 May 2021 Frances Ryan

I am currently recruiting participants for a research project that investigates how people help or support older adults to use social media accounts. Any help or support you provide to older adults or people with dementia at any age with

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My PhD Studies Research Activities

A full set of data, at last!

5 February 201628 May 2021 Frances Ryan

This week marked a very exciting, very important part of my PhD research: I completed my data collection! That means I now have a full set of data from 45 participants. This is even more exciting for me, as I

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Data delays

11 December 201526 May 2021 Frances Ryan

I began recruiting participants for my main study in early September. At the time, I had this silly notion that I would be finished with my data collection by the end of October. Easy-peasy, right? Wrong. Because that naïve notion

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Struggles with participant recruitment

6 November 201526 May 2021 Frances Ryan

I began recruiting for my main doctoral study in September. When I did so, I had this naïve vision of finding enough participants within a few days and completing my data collection by the end of October. Although I did

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Participants wanted!

16 September 201526 May 2021 Frances Ryan

I am currently recruiting for my PhD research and would love some help in building my participant list. I am recruiting participants aged 18 and older who live in the UK and use social media and social networking sites. The study

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Meet Frances (She/Her)

I am Frances Ryan (She/Her), a university lecturer based in Central Scotland. My research focuses on information sharing and use in online environments, especially as it relates to everyday life and “lived” or real-world experiences.

This blog is about my academic life including research and teaching activities, conferences and events, publications, milestones of note, and more.

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  • Librarians as Proxies: An exploratory study on the digital proxy practices of librarians
  • Published in Information Research: Social Media by Proxy: how older adults work within their ‘social networks’ to engage with social media
  • Research survey: Managing PKD with e-Health tools and online information sources
  • Published in Data & Policy: From transparency to accountability of intelligent systems: Moving beyond aspirations
  • e-Health tools and online information: Investigating self-management of PKD
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