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
- Towards an agenda for information education and research for sustainable development
- Chowdhury Gobinda, Chowdhury Sudatta
- Journal of Information Science, pp. 1-19 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1177/01655515241260711
- Are older people battling with digital financial services?
- Thomas Dain, Chowdhury Gobinda, Ruthven Ian
- iConference 2024 (2024)
- User versus institutional perspectives of metadata and searching : an investigation of online access to cultural heritage content during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Gibson Ryan Colin, Chowdhury Sudatta, Chowdhury Gobinda
- International Journal on Digital Libraries Vol 25, pp. 105-121 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00799-023-00385-y
- Fourth industrial revolution and university libraries; a nexus of skills and training readiness in Nigeria
- Adetunla Gbenga, Chowdhury Gobinda
- Annual Scientific Conference of the 6th ASRIC Congress (2023)
- Connecting iSchools and society through scientific research : a worldwide exploratory study
- Wang Di, Zhou Lihong, Chowdhury Gobinda
- Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology Vol 60, pp. 707-711 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.844
- Promoting access to indigenous information in Africa : challenges and requirements
- Chowdhury Gobinda, McLeod Julie, Lihoma Paul, Teferra Abate Solomon, Wato Richard
- Information Development Vol 39, pp. 611-623 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1177/02666669211048488
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
Projects
- Libraries as Agents of Sustainability Thinking in Scotland (LASTs)
- Chowdhury, Gobinda (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Sep-2023 - 31-Aug-2024
- Libraries for a Sustainable Future
- Chowdhury, Gobinda (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Apr-2023 - 31-Mar-2024
- iSchools Knowledge Map
- Chowdhury, Gobinda (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Mar-2022 - 31-Aug-2023
- Digital footprints and search pathways: working with National Collections in Scotland during Covid-19 lockdown to design future online provision
- Chowdhury, Gobinda (Principal Investigator)
- 11-Jan-2021 - 31-Mar-2022
- ‘i4G:Shaping the iSchools’ identity and Interactions in a Globalized world
- Chowdhury, Gobinda (Principal Investigator)
- 04-Feb-2020 - 03-Feb-2022
Contact
Professor
Gobinda
Chowdhury
Computer and Information Sciences
Email: gobinda.chowdhury@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 4846