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Human Information Behaviour • Online Information • Social Media Use • Personal Reputation & Identity • Social Informatics

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My thesis: The findings

10 October 201830 May 2021 Frances Ryan

I am well and truly into the thick of thesis season now! In fact, I have now added three chapters to my master thesis document. The new chapters are my findings chapters, one for each of my three research questions.

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Accepted for publication: “Blurred reputations: Managing professional and private information online”

16 March 201830 May 2021 Frances Ryan

Last month, I was notified that a journal paper I wrote has been accepted for publication. The paper, “Blurred reputations: Managing professional and private information online”, was co-authored with my PhD supervisors, Peter Cruickshank, Professor Hazel Hall, and Alistair Lawson.

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Building identity online at #ASIST2017: A poster presentation

27 October 201729 May 2021 Frances Ryan

I am leaving for Washington, DC tomorrow morning to attend the 80th Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIST), where I will be presenting some of my research in the form of an academic poster. The

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Accepted for conference: “Building identity in online environments: an Information Science perspective” at #ASIST2017

10 October 201729 May 2021 Frances Ryan

I have been accepted to present a poster at the 80th Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology. This year’s event will be held in Washington, DC. It will be my second time attending the conference, and

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My new “academic” Twitter: @FrancesRyanPhD

10 September 201729 May 2021 Frances Ryan

I have recently started a new Twitter account that is dedicated to my professional or “academic” self (@FrancesRyanPhD). It wasn’t something I was desperate to do, and it isn’t something I’m completely happy about. However, it is something that I

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Online identity at #NapRes17

22 June 201729 May 2021 Frances Ryan

Yesterday was the Edinburgh Napier University’s Research Conference. Based at our Craiglockhart campus, the conference was designed to bring together research-active staff and research degree students from across the university. (Read up about the event on the Twitter hashtag #NapRes17.)

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Workshop: Building your academic reputation online

13 June 201719 October 2021 Frances Ryan

Last week I delivered a half-day workshop at the Scottish Graduate School for Social Science’s Summer School. The workshop, “Building your academic reputation online”, was designed for PhD students at any stage of their studies. There were two primary goals

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Academics online: Presentation slides

10 May 201729 May 2021 Frances Ryan

Last week I spoke at the “Academics Online: Building your research profile in the digital age” workshop to be held at Edinburgh Napier University’s Craiglockhart Campus. The event was organised by Dr Ivana Rihova and  Dr Nathalia Tjandra, thanks to support from the Research and Innovation Office (RIO)

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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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  • Published: Ontologies Applied to Archival Records: A Preliminary Proposal for Information Retrieval
  • Invited talk: Social media as a power for good
  • 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
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