David Bawden (academic)

David Bawden is a British information science scholar. He is a professor in the department of Library and Information Science at City, University of London.[1] He is editor of the Journal of Documentation and has written or coauthored several books.

Education and career

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Bawden received a bachelor's degree in organic chemistry from the University of Liverpool and a master's degree and PhD in information science from the University of Sheffield.[1][2] His doctoral thesis, completed in 1978, was titled Substructural analysis techniques for structure–property correlation within computerised chemical information systems.[3] He worked in industry as an information scientist for Pfizer before taking a position at City, University of London in 1990.[2][4] In 2002 he became editor of the Journal of Documentation.[5]

Selected publications

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Books

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  • Bawden, David (1990). User-Oriented Evaluation of Information Systems and Services. Aldershot: Gower. ISBN 978-0-566-05209-5.
  • Aitchison, Jean; Bawden, David; Gilchrist, Alan (1997). Thesaurus Construction and Use: A Practical Manual (3rd ed.). London: ASLIB IMI. ISBN 978-0-85142-390-6.[6]
  • Bawden, David; Robinson, Lyn (2015). Introduction to Information Science. Facet Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85604-810-1.[7]
  • Pinfield, Stephen; Wakeling, Simon; Bawden, David; Robinson, Lyn (2020). Open Access in Theory and Practice: The Theory-Practice Relationship and Openness. London: Routledge. doi:10.4324/9780429276842. hdl:20.500.12657/39922. ISBN 978-0-429-27684-2. S2CID 218965825.[8]

Chapters and articles

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Professor David Bawden". www.city.ac.uk. City, University of London. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  2. ^ a b Bawden, David (7 April 2010). "Portrait of the Author as a Young Information Scientist". The Occasional Informationist. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  3. ^ Bawden, David (1978). Substructural analysis techniques for structure–property correlation within computerised chemical information systems (PhD thesis). University of Sheffield.
  4. ^ "Meet the editor of... Journal of Documentation". Emerald Group Publishing. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  5. ^ "New Editorial Team". Journal of Documentation. 58 (4). August 2002. doi:10.1108/jd.2002.27858daa.001. ISSN 0022-0418.
  6. ^ Reviews of Thesaurus Construction and Use, 3rd ed.: Reviews of the fourth edition:
  7. ^ Reviews of Introduction to Information Science: Reviews of the second edition:
  8. ^ Reviews of Open Access in Theory and Practice: