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

People in Department

 

Dr James Dearnley

Senior Lecturer
Industrial Placement Officer
/Marketing Officer

Interests and experience

Research interests include e-books, computer games, Second Life and web analytics. Teaching interests include web design, web analytics and the UK publishing and book trades. Outside work, supports Oxford United FC.

 

Current research

Electronic book reading with children (using Amazon Kindle, Nintendo DS, Apple iTouch).

PhD research topics

External activities

External Examiner, University of Wales

Selected publications

  • McKnight, C., Dearnley, J.A. and Morris, A., ''Making e-books available through public libraries: Some user reactions'', Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 40(1), March 2008, p31-43, ISSN: 0961-0006.
  • Manuel, S., Dearnley, J.A. and Walton, J.G., ''Library Website Management and Maintenance: A Study of the UK 1994 Group'', New Review of Academic Librarianship, 15(1), April 2009, p68-96, ISSN: 1361-4533.
  • Whitehouse, B.G., Dearnley, J.A. and Murray, I.R., ''Still Destined To Be Under-Read? Access to Books for Visually Impaired Students in UK Higher Education'', Publishing Research Quarterly, 25(3), September 2009, pp 170-180, ISSN: 1053-8801.
  • Gough, R.D. and Dearnley, J.A., ''Educational Campuses in Second Life, 2007-2009: the development of a framework for campus builders'', ITALICS, 8(3), November 2009, ISSN: 1473-7507, [WWW] Available from: http://www.ics.heacademy.ac.uk/italics/vol8iss3.htm.

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Contact details

Tel: +44 (0) 1509 223060

Fax: +44 (0) 1509 223053

Email: j.a.dearnley@lboro.ac.uk

 

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