Hazel Hall (information scientist)

Hazel Jane Read Hall FRSE FCLIP FHEA (born 24 March 1963) is a British Information scientist and academic. She is Professor of Social Informatics in the School of Computing at Edinburgh Napier University,[1] Scotland and Docent in Information Studies in the School of Business and Economics at Åbo Akademi University, Finland.

Hazel Jane Read Hall

FRSE FCLIP FHEA
Born24 March 1963
Edinburgh
NationalityBritish
EducationSorbonne, the Université de Nantes and University of Birmingham
OccupationInformation Scientist

Early life and education

Hall was born in Edinburgh in 1963, the daughter of veterinary surgeon Paul Guy Hall (1938-2018[2]) and school teacher Marianne Hall (née Toulmin, through whom she is related to economist Camilla Toulmin, Olympian Nick Toulmin, and philosopher Stephen Toulmin). Much of her childhood was spent in the north of England. She studied French language and literature at the Sorbonne, the Université de Nantes and the University of Birmingham,[3] from where she graduated with a BA (Special Honours) in 1986.[4] After working in the libraries of both the University of Birmingham and Birmingham Polytechnic during the late 1980s, she was awarded her MA in Library and Information Studies from the University of Central England in 1993.

Teaching and research

In 1989, Hall took up a post as lecturer within the Department of Communication and Information Studies at Queen Margaret College, Edinburgh.[1] During this time, as well as completing her master's degree, she also contributed to a number of journals and conferences, with subjects reflecting her interest in the increasing importance of computers and internet technologies, the gender gap within computing and the role of information science within the workplace amongst others.

Hall joined the teaching staff of the School of Computing at Napier University in 1999,[1] becoming a Senior Lecturer in 2000. Continuing her earlier research, in 2004 she was awarded a PhD by Napier University for her thesis “The knowledge trap: an intranet implementation in a corporate environment” which had been sponsored by KPMG.[5][6]

A Royal Academy of Engineering grant allowed Hall to undertake a six-month industrial placement with TFPL Limited, before being made Reader in Social Informatics in 2007, and Director of the Centre for Social Informatics in 2009.

Between 2009 and 2012, Hall led the work of the Library and Information Science Research Coalition,[7] a UK-wide project to facilitate a co-ordinated and strategic approach to research in the field, becoming Professor of Social Informatics at the renamed Edinburgh Napier University in 2010.

A particular focus of the coalition was to develop librarians as practitioner-researchers, and Hall led the creation of a UK-wide formal UK-wide network of Library and information science (LIS) researchers called DREaM (Developing Research Excellence and Methods) receiving funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council to launch the network during 2011 and 2012.[8][9] At the same time, Hall led two pieces of work looking at how the influence on practice of funded research in the LIS field might be enhanced. The first of the RiLIES projects (Research in Librarianship - Impact Evaluation Study) formed part of Hall's keynote presentation at the 6th International Evidence Based Library and Information Practice Conference held at the University of Salford in 2011.[10]

Hall was appointed as Docent in Information Studies within the Faculty of Social Sciences, Business and Economics, at Åbo Akademi University, Finland in 2017.[11]

In 2014, the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) and Archives and Records Association (ARA) commissioned Hall and a team from Edinburgh Napier University to assist the sector they represent by conducting a study into the nature of the Information workforce in the United Kingdom. On the release of the full report in 2018, CILIP/ARA described the work as "the most extensive study of its kind anywhere in the world to date."[12][13]

Hall's research has been acknowledged within a review of worldwide social informatics research published in the Journal of Information Science in 2016; her main research contributions relate to information sharing in online environments.[14] These have led to the development of knowledge and understanding across a range of themes including: power relations in knowledge management; the agency of non-human actors in technology implementations; co-operation and collaboration in online communities; knowledge creation processes and innovation; and knowledge management as management innovation. This work has been supported by a variety of funders (including charities, professional bodies, business and research councils), and Hall has contributed to a number of international peer-reviewed journals and conferences as well as to participating in a number of practitioner-based areas such as trade press and blogs.

Recognition

Hall has been recognised for her contribution to her profession, and more generally, by a number of awards and fellowships including:

  • She served on the Research Councils UK Digital Economy Programme Advisory Board from 2014, chairing the Board from 2015 until the end of her term in 2017.[3][23][24]

Personal life

Hall is married to Tim Read, a UK computer scientist[26]

References
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  8. Luo, Lili; Brancolini, Kristine; Kennedy, Marie R (2017). Enhancing library and information research skills : a guide for academic librarians. Brancolini, Kristine,, Kennedy, Marie R. Santa Barbara, California: Libraries Unlimited. p. 171. ISBN 9781440841729. OCLC 973920792.
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  10. Eldredge, Jonathan; Kaalvik, Hilde; Lewis, Suzanne; Gardois, Paolo; Dalziel, Katrina; Fraser, Katie; Grant, Maria; Brettle, Alison (2011-12-15). "The 6th International Evidence Based Library and Information Practice Conference (EBLIP6): Conference Report and Reflections". Evidence Based Library and Information Practice. 6 (4): 30–40. doi:10.18438/B8JW3T. ISSN 1715-720X.
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  12. "UK-based Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) and the Archives and Records Association (UK & Ireland) (ARA) have today released the full report on the 2015 UK information workforce survey". CILIP website. Archived from the original on 2018-07-17. Retrieved 2018-12-18.
  13. "Workforce". ARA UK & Ireland. Archived from the original on 2018-03-22. Retrieved 2018-12-18.
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  20. "Information Professional Award 2011 – winner announced". SLA Europe. 2011-04-12. Archived from the original on 2016-08-18. Retrieved 2018-12-15.
  21. "Jason Farradane Award 2016 Winner". CILIP The library and information asscociation. 2016-09-28. Retrieved 2018-12-15.
  22. "Professor Hazel Jane Read Hall FRSE". The Royal Society of Edinburgh. 2017-05-19. Archived from the original on 2017-08-10.
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  24. "Digital Economy Programme Advisory Board meeting November 2017 – EPSRC website". epsrc.ukri.org. Retrieved 2018-12-18.
  25. "REF 2021 Panel Members" (PDF). www.ref.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
  26. "READ | InformIT". www.informit.com. Archived from the original on 2018-02-04. Retrieved 2018-12-18.
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