2013-01-01 20:18
Dave Nicholas will be in Trondheim for the BIBSYS User Meeting on 12–13 March 2013. On Tuesday 12. March he will speak on ‘Information seeking and reading behaviour of the virtual researcher’ and the following day will lead a temamøte ‘How? can? the library meet the needs of the virtual researcher: cultural and practical steps’.
2013-01-02 18:17
Talking to the Elephant in the Room is the title for the final session of the pre-conference day of APE 2013 in Berlin on 28 January.
A two-hour discussion with the audience, moderated by Regine Reincke and Bas Straub with Support from Anthony Watkinson, CIBER Research, Newbury
Interactive with Facebook and Twitter. Questions in advance!
The theme for the main conference on Tuesday and Wednesday 29–30 January is The Funding of Publishing. Changes and Consequences for Science and Society.
2012-11-26 16:31
Reflex, the leading Swiss popular science magazine, has a "big ideas" issue on the subject of connectedness, social isolation and how modern technology shapes us. In an interview David Nicholas says
People may have dramatically different personalities online, mainly because they need no longer be judged by their physical appearances. That has major implications, and not only for our social relationships. Employers often use personality tests to establish if people work well in a team. But a lot of professional activity now takes place virtually, so if a potential employer wants to know if you are a team player, he or she should test your online personality, not your “real” one.
2012-11-19 17:29
COUNTER sets international standards for the online usage statistics used by librarians and publishers. CIBER Research will be undertaking research for stage 3 of COUNTER's Usage Factor Project. This will collect data, test stability, and the impact of gaming scenarios for a Central Registry Demonstrator. Recomendations will be presented in April 2013 which should lead to a full implementation later in the year.
2012-10-18 21:19
Catalyst interviewed Dave Nicholas for an edition broadcast by ABC (Australia) on 18. October 2012.
Digital technology has changed almost every aspect of our lives: how we socialise, shop, entertain ourselves, and even manage our health. The speed of the digital takeover has led many to wonder whether today's children and teenagers, with little or no recollection of a life before broadband, are being fundamentally changed by the technology. Is this new access to information broadening and deepening our knowledge, or is fast information like fast food?
Is information overload turning us into scattered, shallow thinkers? WMV MP4
2012-10-17 14:16
Dave Nicholas will give a keynote speech at the 2011 ISG Reference Awards on 18th October 2012 at the City Business Library, Guildhall. Since 1970 the ISG Reference Awards have recognised the achievement and quality in the field print and digital reference and information services. This year there will be a special award developments in Genealogy.
2012-09-17 23:44
In the September issue of Tijdschrift voor Marketing David Nicholas is interviewed by Pascal Kuipers.
Things move faster online, there are more people and every kind of information gathering —it all goes very fast. Visiting a library in the past, you took your time. Now you browse dozens of libraries in one visit and quickly find what you need. Offer and the choice is increased. This affects the breadth of our information seeking. We are all connected to one big pipe of information. The supply has changed from a village shop in a giant shopping mall with a range in constant flux.
2012-09-23 15:59
The seventh National Customer Media Congres was held in Haarlem on the 20th September 2012. Dave Nicholas was there to explain why we are no longer readers and what this means for content providers.
2012-09-17 23:44
Information on the go: case study of Europeana mobile users has been accepted for publication by Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. The authors, David Nicholas, David Clark, Ian Rowlands, and Hamid R. Jamali, consider the implications of the shift to smartphone and tablet as a primary means of web access for the digital consumer.
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