Clare Thornley

Qualifications

2005 - PhD Information Retrieval. University of Strathclyde

1997 - MSc Information Management. University of Strathclyde

1991 - MA Mental Philosophy. University of Edinburgh

Bibliometrics and other methods of evaluating research impact

Information ethics

Information retrieval theory

Clare Thornley, (2012) Information retrieval (IR) and the paradox of change: An analysis using the philosophy of Parmenides, Journal of Documentation, Vol. 68 Iss: 3, pp.402 - 422. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/00220411211225601

Clare V. Thornley, Shane J. McLoughlin, Andrea C. Johnson, and Alan F. Smeaton. A bibliometric study of Video Retrieval Evaluation Benchmarking (TRECVid): A methodological analysis. Journal of Information Science published 4 November 2011, 10.1177/0165551511420032.
Thornley, C., Johnson, A., Smeaton, A. and Lee, H. 2011. The Scholarly Impact of TRECVid (2003-9). The Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. Vol.62 No.4, pp. 613-627
Thornley, C., Gibb, F., Ferguson, S. and Weckert, J. Do RFIDs provide new ethical dilemmas for librarians and information professionals? The International Journal of Information Management. Vol.31 No.6, pp. 546-555. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2011.02.006
Gibb, F., Thornley, C., Ferguson, S. and Weckert, J. The application of RFIDs in libraries: an assessment of technological, management and professional issues. The International Journal of Information Management. Vol. 31 No.3, pp. 244-251. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2010.07.005
Thornley, C. Teaching IR as problem based learning. In. Efthimiadis, E.N., Fernández Luna, J.M., Juan Huete, J. and MacFarlane, A. (Eds) Approaches to Teaching and Learning Information Retrieval. Springer Verlag

Hegarty, B. and Thornley, C. 2010. With your unconstraining voice still persuade us to rejoice: poetry promotion in public libraries. An Leabharlann: The Irish Library, Vol.19 No.2, pp.25-29

Thornley, C. 2009. Dilemmas in information science (IS) and information retrieval (IR): recurring challenges or new solutions? Aslib Proceedings: new information perspectives, Vol. 61 No.3, pp.323-330

Thornley, C. and Gibb, F. 2009.Meaning in philosophy and meaning in information retrieval (IR). Journal of Documentation, Vol. 65 No.1, pp.133-150

Thornley, C. 2008. Teaching information retrieval as a philosophical problem. Second International Workshop on Teaching and Learning of Information Retrieval. 18 October, London, UK. Available from http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=ConWebDoc.22354

Thornley, C. and Gibb, F. 2007. A dialectical approach to information retrieval. Journal of Documentation, Vol.63 No. 5, pp.755-764

Thornley, C. and Leon, R. 1999. IR and the dialectic of meaning. 21st Colloquium of Information Retrieval Specialist Group. 19 -20 April 1999, Glasgow, Scotland. Available from http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=conWebDoc.4256

Thornley, C. 1995.Working with Volunteers: Personnel Issues. London: The Volunteer Centre UK

Thornley, C. 1995. Volunteering Information. Assignation (Aslib Social Sciences Information Group and Network), Vol.12, No.4

Thornley, C. 1994. Volunteering across Europe. In: Horton, R. (Ed.) Volunteering Matters: Developments in volunteering 1992-1994. London: The Volunteer Centre UK

'Unity in LIS theory, for and against: unity in diversity or irreconcilable conflict?' at the International Conference of Conceptions of Library and Information Science (CoLIS, 2010)

'Radio Frequency Identifiers (RFIDs) and surveillance: new ethical dilemmas for libraries?' at the Eighth International Conference of Computer Ethics: Philosophical Enquiry (CEPE 2009)