Lyn Robinson
Assistant Dean | International
Dr Lyn Robinson Assistant Dean | International
Room: A304I
Information Science
School of Informatics
City University
London EC1V OHB
lyn@soi.city.ac.uk
tel: +44 20 7040 8390
fax: +44 20 7040 8584
As Program Director for library and information science, Lyn focuses on the design and delivery of our internationally renowned courses, which equip participants to become enthusuastic and independent thinkers. She has overall responsibility for the concept, cohesion and curriculum of: Information Science, Library Science, and Information Management in the Cultural Sector (this latter course being run jointly with the Center for Cultural Policy and Management). These highly popular courses comprise the Information Sciences Scheme, (ISS) for which Lyn is also admissions tutor.
Lyn has a long association with the department of information science as a visiting lecturer, but joined the permanent staff in 2004. Her research interests include history and philosophy of information, history of science, information communication and domain studies, (especially science and healthcare information), collections and the liberal arts.
Our twitter hashtag for 2011-2012 is #iss1112 - please follow us if you are interested in course related discussions and points of interest.
More about Lyn
Recent Publications
- Robinson L and Bawden D (2010) Information (and library) science at City University London; fifty years of educational development. Journal of Information Science vol 36, 631-654.
- Robinson L and Karamuftouglu M (2010) The nature of information science: changing models. Information Research (in press).
- Bawden D and Robinson L (2010) Pharmaceutical information: a thirty year perspective on the literature. Annual Review of Information Science and Technology. vol 45 (2011) 63-119.
- Mason M and Robinson L (2010) The information-related behaviour of emerging artists and designers: inspiration and guidance for new practitioners. Journal of Documentation (in press).
- Robinson L (2010) Understanding Healthcare Information. Facet:London
- Robinson L and Maguire M (2010) The rhizome and the tree; changing metaphors for information organisation. Journal of Documentation vol 66(4), 604-613.
- Robinson L (2009) Information Science: the information chain and domain analysis. Journal of Documentation, vol 65(4), 578-591.
- Bawden D and Robinson L (2009) The dark side of information: overload, anxiety and other pathologies. Journal of Information Science, vol 35, 180-191.