Professor Gobinda Chowdhury

Computer and Information Sciences

Personal statement

I am a Professor of Information Science in the Department. I have been involved in teaching and research in Information Science for over 25 years and have taken senior management positions at universities in UK and Australia. This year I finished my term as the Chair, and Past Chair of the global iSchools Organization (www.ischools.org), and member of the Board of Directors of the iSchools Inc. My research focuses on digital libraries and information services trying to understand how people access and use information and data in different contexts. Recent research includes information systems and services for addressing global challenges and sustainable development. I am always looking out for interesting partnerships and good PhD students.

Publications

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Publications

A tool to formulate interventions for older people’s access to digital services: Thomas Dain, Chowdhury Gobinda, Ruthven Ian; Intelligence and Equity: Shaping the Future of Knowledge Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol 16242, pp. 387-395 (2025); https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-95-4861-3_32
LIS Sector’s contributions to climate action : indicators for measuring success: Chowdhury Gobinda, Jack Ellie, Chowdhury Sudatta, Macquarrie Kirsten, McNamara Sean; IFLA Journal Vol 51, pp. 982-997 (2025); https://doi.org/10.1177/03400352241310528
Generative AI and information access : a sustainability model and a research agenda: Chowdhury Gobinda, Chowdhury Sudatta; Journal of Information Science (2025); https://doi.org/10.1177/01655515251377016
The iSchools landscape : diversity, inclusiveness and global identity: Wang D, Zhou Lihong, Seadle Michael, Chowdhury Gobinda; Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology Vol 76, pp. 1065-1081 (2025); https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.24995
Grey digital divide : factors associated with older people’s use of the Internet for financial transactions in the UK: Thomas Dain, Chowdhury Gobinda, Ruthven Ian; Journal of Documentation (2025); https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-08-2024-0198
Towards a sustainable automated library operation : the imperatives of digital skills and related factors of digital skills development of university library professionals in Nigeria: Adetunla Gbenga, Chowdhury Gobinda; Information Research Vol 30, pp. 884-896 (2025); https://doi.org/10.47989/ir30iConf47173

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Professional Activities

Engage with Strathclyde: Digital Cultural Heritage: people, data, technology: Speaker; 9/5/2024
Invited visit and Invited talk at Renmin University in China: Speaker; 18/4/2024
National Library of China: Visiting researcher; 17/4/2024
Nanyang Technological University: Visiting researcher; 11/3/2024
BOBCATSSS2024: Participant; 23/1/2024
Sustainable Library and Information Services: Speaker; 17/1/2024

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Projects

the value of a library school: Ruthven, Ian (Principal Investigator) Chowdhury, Gobinda (Co-investigator) Dobreva, Milena (Co-investigator) Innocenti, Perla (Co-investigator) Nicol, Emma (Co-investigator); 15-Jan-2025 - 14-Jan-2026
Generative AI Toolkit for Librarians: Chowdhury, Gobinda (Principal Investigator); 07-Jan-2025 - 07-Jan-2025
SustDL-UK: Sustainable Legal Deposit Libraries in the UK: Chowdhury, Gobinda (Principal Investigator); 01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2025
Libraries as Agents of Sustainability Thinking in Scotland (LASTs): Chowdhury, Gobinda (Principal Investigator); 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2024
Libraries for a Sustainable Future: Chowdhury, Gobinda (Principal Investigator); 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2024
Strategic Partnership with the Information and Library Sector for Sustainability: Chowdhury, Gobinda (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2028