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Research report
Patterns of information use and exchange: case studies of researchers in the life sciences
Scientific advances, the availability of powerful new information and communications technologies, and new policies governing research funding have brought major changes for life science researchers. Together these developments have significantly altered both their needs and their practices in acquiring, generating and using information resources. In this context, our key aim...Research Information Network ; British Library ; Institute for the Study of Science, Technology and Innovation ; Digital Curation Centre
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Research report
Information handling in collaborative research: an exploration of five case studies
Between October 2010 and June 2011, TNS-BMRB conducted a study on behalf of the Research Information Network (RIN) and the British Library (BL), exploring the challenges to information handling in collaborative research and providing recommendations for potential interventions to help to enhance effectiveness.Jordan, Elizabeth ; Hunter, Andrew ; Seale, Becky ; Thomas, Andrew ; Levitt, Ruth …
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Conference paper (unpublished)
From standard to community resource: a view on ISNIs and ORG IDs
Over the last year, the International Standard Name Identifier board have been considering the ways in which ISNI as a system can improve to meet new challenges and become more open and transparent. One particular consideration has been to make ISNIs a better solution for organisation identifiers. The British Library...Reimer, Torsten ; Madden, Frances
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Conference paper (published)
Arabic dialect identification in the context of bivalency and code-switching
In this paper we use a novel approach towards Arabic dialect identification using language bivalency and written code-switching. Bivalency between languages or dialects is where a word or element is treated by language users as having a fundamentally similar semantic content in more than one language or dialect. Arabic dialect...El-Haj, Mahmoud ; Rayson, Paul ; Aboelezz, Mariam
Arabic, machine learning, dialects, language identification, NLP, and bivalency
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Book chapter
A history of the Arabic language and the origin of non-dominant varieties of Arabic
To comprehend how Arabic became a pluricentric language, we need to navigate through its rich history. In this paper, I focus on three stages in the development of Arabic: Classical Arabic, Middle Arabic and Modern Arabic. I explain how the fate of Arabic was permanently sealed in the Classical period...Aboelezz, Mariam
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Journal article
The Geosemiotics of Tahrir Square: A study of the relationship between discourse and space
The year 2011 saw unprecedented waves of people occupying key locations around the world in a statement of public discontent. In Egypt, the protests which took place between 25 January and 11 February 2011 culminating in the ouster of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak have now come to be known...Aboelezz, Mariam
discourse and space, Tahrir Square, geosemiotics, linguistic landscapes, and January 25 Revolution