Research
The School of Information Studies engages in a wide range of research activities. Its staff are active in many areas of LIS research, as part of research centres and groups, and as individuals.
The School also has a large number of research students, most of whom are enrolled in our PhD program. Information about the School’s Ethics Committee is also available for current students.
Inquiries about the School’s PhD program and/or research in Information Studies should be made to:
Professor Lisa M.Given
School of Information Studies
Charles Sturt University
Locked Bag 588
Wagga Wagga, NSW 2678, Australia
Email: lgiven@csu.edu.au
Telephone: (02) 6933 4092 (from within Australia)
+61 2 6933 4092 (from outside Australia)
Areas of Staff Expertise
- Human Information Behaviour
- Information Retrieval and Web Search
- Librarianship
- Teacher Librarianship
- Organisation of Information and Knowledge Resources
- Records and Information Management
- Information Society
- Information Ethics
- Archival, Repository and Related Studies
- Heritage and Cultural Conservation
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Centres and Groups
The Faculty of Education’s Research Priority Area, ‘Information Studies’, represents most of the research undertaken in the School. Specific projects funded by the Faculty in this RPA include:
- Investigating the news seeking behavior of young adults (2009 and 2010)
- The development and implementation of a learning centre in Second Life (2009)
- From school to work and from work to school: information environments and transferring information literacy practices (2009)
- Information, social exclusion and informed participation: Exploring the information literacy practices of settlers (2010)
- The actual importance of RDA elements in supporting key user tasks (2010)
Researchers in the School also collaborate with a number of other centres and groups, both within and outside of CSU. For instance, the School is a partner, with Monash University’s School of Information Management & Systems, in ITNR (Information and Telecommunications Needs Research), a research and consultancy unit that explores and analyses how people use information, telecommunications and new media.
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School of Information Studies Ethics Committee
The School of Information Studies Ethics Committee meets on a monthly basis to process ‘Minimal Risk’ research proposals in accordance with the guidelines set down by the CSU Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC).
Further information (and application forms) in regard to Ethics in Human Research can be obtained from the CSU Research Office website.
Completed ‘Minimal Risk Applications’ and supporting documentation need to be submitted electronically to the School of Information Studies Ethics Committee via email.
Please send to: sis-ethics@csu.edu.au
The deadline for submission of proposals to the School of Information Studies Ethics Committee for 2012 are as follows:
| Deadline | Meeting |
|---|---|
| 3 January, 2012 | for Meeting Scheduled for 10 January, 2012 |
| 31 January, 2012 | for Meeting Scheduled for 7 February, 2012 |
| 28 February. 2012 | for Meeting Scheduled for 6 March, 2012 |
| 27 March, 2012 | for Meeting Scheduled for 3 April, 2012 |
| 24 April, 2012 | for Meeting Scheduled for 1 May, 2012 |
| 29 March, 2012 | for Meeting Scheduled for 5 June, 2012 |
| 3 July, 2012 | for Meeting Scheduled for 10 July, 2012 |
| 31 July, 2012 | for Meeting Scheduled for 7 August, 2012 |
| 4 September, 2012 | for Meeting Scheduled for 11 September, 2012 |
| 1 October, 2012 | for Meeting Scheduled for 9 October, 2012 |
| 30 October, 2012 | for Meeting Scheduled for 6 November, 2012 |