Department of Information Science, Tel: +44 (0) 1509 22 3052  Loughborough University

Major Research Projects

 
 
Recent Projects

Publishing to the Ecology of European Research: Behavioral Research
Funded by Peer
- July 2009 to August 2011

Health Librarianship & Libraries in Ireland
Funded by Health Sciences Libraries Group
- December 2010 to October 2011

A values audit of staff and users: To help develop the Loughborough University academic library brand and its marketing
Funded by Pilkington Library, Loughborough University - November 2010 to May 2011

Managing Project Knowledge in the Voluntary Sector: A Pilot Study with CAMRA
Funded by British Academy - April 2010 to August 2010

Applying bibliometric methods to investigate scholarly communication with particular focus on economics
Funded by ESRC
- July 2009 to June 2010

Identification of benefits arising from the curation and open sharing of research data produced within the UK Higher Education and research institutes
Funded by JISC
- May 2008 to October 2008

Decision Capturing for Optimised Knowledge Management in Clinical Development UK
Funded by AstraZeneca
- Dec 2005 to Nov 2008

Economic Implications of alternative scholarly publishing models
Funded by JISC
- Nov 2007 to Nov 2008

Implementation and Manaqement of Information Systems within SMEs
Funded by the Knowledge Transfer Programme
- Jul 2006 to Jun 2008

International Study on the impact of copyright law and digital preservation
Funded by JISC.
- Jun 2007 to May 2008

LISU
is also involved in a range of projects.

Locating knowledge from key phrase extraction
Funded by Astra Zeneca
- Nov 2004 to Oct 2008

Pilot implementation of licence registry (RELI)
Funded by JISC
- Mar 2007 to Mar 2009

Scoping study for a registry of archived electronic journals
Funded by JISC - Sep 2007 to Jan 2008

ASCAS (Acute Services Current Awareness Service) Project
Funded by Trent Workforce Development Confederation.

Biblio.for.mEDA Project (Leonardo da Vinci Programme)
Funded by: the European Union

Copyright and Licensing for Digital Preservation
Funded by: Arts & Humanities Research Board

Digitised Content in the UK Research Library and Archives Sector
Funded by JISC

Economic Value of Public Libraries
Funded by: Re:Source
 
Electronic books: children's reading practices and comprehension
Funded by: Arts & Humanities Research Board

Electronic books in public libraries: a feasibility study for developing usage models for Web-based and hardware-based electronic books
Funded by: Laser Foundation

E-Medic: Integrated Healthcare Technologies
Funded by EPSRC
 
Evaluating the National Service Framework for the National Library for Health
Funded by NHS
 
Evaluation of the NGFL portal, the VTC and the TRE
Funded by British Educational Technology Agency (BECTA)
 
Evaluation of the pilot deployment of Mobile Data Terminals in Leicestershire Constabulary response vehicles
Funded by Leicestershire Constabulary
- April 2008 to May 2008
 
Electronic Expression of Licensing Terms
Funded by Book Industry Communication
FAIR Programme - Machine Readable Rights Metadata (RoMEO) Project
Funded by: JISC
 
Health & Social Care Information: a review of public information provision in the North East of England
Funded by NEMLAC

Information Needs of Informal Carers
Funded by the NHS and LCC, Department of Social Services

Information Needs of People with Multiple Sclerosis
Funded by MS Trust

Knowledge Management in the Voluntary Sector: A pilot Study in Charnwood Citizens Advice Bureau
Funded by the British Academy

LIMES project. Library and Information Management Employability Skills.
Funded by: HEFCE. Fund for the Development of Teaching and Learning (FDTL5) (Phase 5) programme

National Information Policies
Funded by Re:source

Open Access Citation Information
Funded by JISC.

Optimising Information Effectiveness within Industry
Funded by Centre for Scientific Enterprise

Partnership on copyright - Knowledge bank & advocacy
Funded by JISC and SURF.

Privacy Impact Assessments
Funded by the Information Commissioner’s Office

Privacy in the digital libary
Funded by the Library and Information Commission/Re:Source

Research Into Libraries Purchasing and Access Requirements
Funded by: Association of Subscription Agents (ASA)

Research Studentships - Jo Wapakabulo
Funded by LSC Group

Rights and Rewards in Blended Institutional Repositories
Funded by JISC.

Staff Access to ICT in FE & HE
Funded by JISC.

The Information Needs of Hospital Social Workers
Funded by NHS

UK Scholarly Journals Baseline Report
Funded by Research Information Network.

 

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