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Personal Statement
I am a Senior Lecturer in Information Science and the Course Director for the MSc/PGDip in Information and Library Studies in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences.
My research areas include non-text information indexing and retrieval, qualitative methods for visual information, Emotional Information Retrieval (EmIR), information organisation, user behaviours on social media, and online health information preferences.
You can view my full CV at https://personal.cis.strath.ac.uk/diane.pennington/.
Research Interests
- Non-text information indexing and retrieval
- Information organisation
- Emotional Information Retrieval (EmIR)
- Information engagement
- Online health information preferences
Teaching Interests
I teach Organisation of Knowledge as well as Library Technology & Systems for our MSc/PGDip in Information and Library Studies. I also supervise MSc and PhD research projects.
Prior to arriving at the University of Strathclyde, I taught classes in research methods and statistics, online searching, systems analysis, social media for libraries, database design, web usability, web development, metadata, indexing/abstracting, and cataloguing/classification.
Expertise & Capabilities
- Qualitative research methods
- Information organisation
- Online consumer health information search and retrieval
- Indexing, search, and retrieval of non-text information
- Database design and implementation
- User-centred design and usability
- Library technology systems
- Systems analysis
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, University of North Texas
Master of Science, University of North Texas
Bachelor of Arts, University of North Texas
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Projects
- 2 Finished
Shifting paradigms for dementia: Involving people living with dementia across research, policy and practice
Gibson, G. & Pennington, D.
1/08/17 → 28/02/18
Project: Research - Institute
Research Output
Detecting critical responses from deliberate self-harm videos on YouTube
Alhassan, M. A. & Pennington, D., 15 Mar 2020, CHIIR '20 - Proceedings of the 2020 Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval. New York, p. 383-386 4 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution book
Open Access
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Twitter as health information source: exploring the parameters affecting dementia-related tweets
Alhayan, F. & Pennington, D., 17 Mar 2020, (Accepted/In press).Research output: Contribution to conference › Other
Prizes
Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy
Diane Pennington (Recipient), 28 Sep 2016
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
Fellowship of the Royal Society of Arts
Diane Pennington (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
Activities
Evidence Based Library and Information Practice
Diane Pennington (Organiser)15 Jun 2019 → 19 Jun 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organiser of major conference
Developing and applying theoretical frameworks to your research
Diane Pennington (Speaker)7 Mar 2018
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation