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

People in Department
 

Dr Louise Cooke
Senior Lecturer
MSc Information and Knowledge Management Programme Tutor

Highly commended in the 2nd Annual Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Awards 2006
Nominated for the Lecturer of the Year Award at the Loughborough Experience Awards 2010

 

Interests and experience

My research interests focus on three areas in particular:

  • Information and knowledge management, with an emphasis on the public sector. In particular, I am interested in the dynamics and ethical issues that surround the sharing of information and knowledge within and across public sector organisations.
  • Information law, policy and ethics. In particular, my research has focused on policy relating to Internet content regulation, freedom of information and freedom of expression. In addition to my PhD research, which focussed on policy at the macro and micro level with regard to the regulation of access to Internet content, I have also explored the impact of freedom of information legislation on the symbiosis of informational relationships between UK police forces and the mass media.
  • Online communication and the dynamics of interaction and participation in online forums. This research has focused primarily on the use of online discussion in virtual learning environments, and its impact on the student’s pedagogical experience and outcomes.
From a methodological point of view my work has generally adopted a qualitative approach, although I have also experimented with the use of Social Network Analysis (using Ucinet software) to explore communication and relationship patterns


Current research

Research projects with which I am currently involved include:

  • Inter-agency information sharing partnerships as a tool to combat anti-social behaviour.
  • Social Network Analysis as a technique for investigating information and knowledge flows in organisations.
  • The use of social media and the Internet by Christian churches in the UK.
  • The facilitators and inhibitors of user engagement with and adoption of the Police National Database (in collaboration with the National Policing Improvement Agency)
  • Knowledge ‘evangelisation’ practices in multinational corporations.
  • Social media and the policing of prolest
  • Online/offline interaction in virtual communities

Future projected projects include an investigation of issues surrounding the management of public internet access in UK public libraries.

PhD research topics

External activities

• Editorial Advisory Board member for Journal of Knowledge and Communication Management (JKCM)
•Invited speaker at the LIS Research Coalition DREAM event 2, Edinburgh, October 2011.
• Invited speaker at the University of Northampton Information Services Research Summer School, June 2011.
• Invited panel chair at the IBM Start initiative summit, London, September 2010.
• 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 and committee member for the IADIS Multi conference on Computer Science and Information Systems 2010 (Freiburg, Germany) and 2011 (Rome, Italy).
• 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
• Editorial Board member of Library and 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.
• Invited reviewer for Economic & Social Research Council

Selected publications

  • Cooke, Louise. et.al. Evaluating the Impact of Academic Liaison Librarians on Their User Community: A Review and Case Study. New Review of Academic Librarianship, 17(1), 2011, pp5-30.
  • Cooke, Louise and Sturges, Paul. Police and media relations in an era of Freedom of Information. Policing and Society, 19(4), 2009, pp406-424.
  • Cooke, Louise. Controlling the Net: European approaches to content and access regulation. Journal of Information Science. 33(3), 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.
  • Cooke, Louise and Greenwood, Helen. 'Cleaners don't need computers'. Bridging the digital divide in the workplace. Aslib Proceedings, 60(2), 2008, pp143-157.
  • 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), 2009, pp101-112..

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Contact details

Tel: +44 (0) 1509 228058

Fax: +44 (0) 1509 223053

Email: L.Cooke@lboro.ac.uk

 
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