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Dr Louise Cooke
Lecturer
MSc Information and Knowledge Management Programme
Tutor
Highly commended in the 2nd Annual Emerald/EFMD
Outstanding Doctoral Research Awards 2006
Interests and experience
Research interests focus on knowledge management and
sharing, with an emphasis on the public sector. I am also interested in
various areas of information policy, particularly those that relate to
Internet content regulation, freedom of information and freedom of expression. Another area of
interest is that of pedagogical research, especially with regard to
the use of collaborative communication tools in higher education.
Current research
I am a
member of the Knowledge Management Research
Group and the Legal and Policy Research
Group
Mobile data and IKM in policing organisations
Social Network Analysis as a tool for investigating information and knowledge flows
Access to Public Sector Information
Measuring the impact of Academic Librarians on their user communities
The development of a multi-agency information hub to facilitate the exchange of soft intelligence
Evaluating the impact of Freedom of Information Legislation on UK public authorities
PhD
research topics
External activities
• External examiner, Division of Computing, Mathematical & Information Sciences, Brighton University
• Chartered Member of CILIP
• Committee member, Library & Information Research Group
• Fellow of the Higher Education
Academy
• Invited reviewer for the Technologies and Applications of Knowledge
Computing on the Web workshop of the 2006
IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence held in
Hong Kong, December 2006
• Joint editor of Library & Information Research
• Invited reviewer for Journal of Documentation
• Invited reviewer for International Journal of Project Management
• Reviewer and session chair for Higher
Education Academy Information & Computer Sciences Subject Centre
(HEA-ICS) Annual Conference, Dublin, August 2006.
• Reviewer for HEA-ICS Annual Conference, Liverpool 2008
• Invited
reviewer for Alt-J Research in Learning Technology
• Invited
speaker at the HEA Information & Computer Sciences/Engineering Subject
Centre workshop on Writing for Publication, December 2007.
• Invited speaker, The Information Research Institute, Manchester
Metropolitan University, January 2009.
• Invited reviewer for Journal of Information Science.
• Invited reviewer for Journal of Librarianship & Information
Science.
• Invited reviewer for Policing and Society.
Selected publications
- Cooke, Louise. Controlling the Net: European approaches
to content and access regulation. Journal of Information Science. 33(3),
June 2007, pp360-376.
- Finegold, Adam R. D. and Cooke, L. Exploring the attitudes,
experiences and dynamics of interaction in online groups. Internet and
Higher Education, 8, 2006, pp201-215.
- Jones, Richard E. J. and Cooke, L. A window into learning:
case studies of online group communication and collaboration. ALT-J,
14 (3), September 2006, pp261-274.
- Cooke, Louise and Greenwood, Helen. 'Cleaners don't
need computers'. Bridging the digital divide in the workplace. Aslib
Proceedings, 60(2), 2008, pp143-157.
- Cooke, Louise and Sturges, Paul. Police and media relations in an era of Freedom of Information. Policing and Society, 2009, [in press].
- Lindsay, Rachel, Cooke, Louise and Jackson, Tom. The impact of mobile technology on a UK police force and their knowledge sharing. Journal of Information and Knowledge Management. 8(2) August 2009, pp101-112..
Publications: [Details]
Contact details
Tel: +44 (0) 1509 228058
Fax: +44 (0) 1509 223053
Email: L.Cooke@lboro.ac.uk
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