Advance reading lists

If you want to get a head start before you begin studying with us, our academic staff have put together a preliminary resource list for each course which you can download below.

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MSc Data Science reading list

Books for Core Modules

Introduction to Data Science

  • Kelleher, J.D. & Tierney, B. (2018) Data Science. MIT Press.
  • Grus, J. (2019) Data Science from Scratch (Second Edition). O’Reilly.
  • Davenport, T.H., Harris, J.G. & Morison, R. (2010) Analytics at work: smarter decisions, better results. Harvard Business Review Press.
  • O’Neil, C. & Schutt, R. (2013) Doing Data Science. O’Reilly.

Data and Society

  • Kitchin, R. (2014) The Data Revolution, SAGE Publications Ltd
  • Noble, S. (2018) Algorithms of Oppression. NYU Press: New York
  • O'Neil, C. (2016) Weapons of Math Destruction, Penguin.

Database Design

Data Analysis

  • J. Pallant (2020). SPSS survival manual: a step by step guide to data analysis using SPSS. 7th Ed. (but 5th and 6th editions also acceptable). McGraw-Hill.
  • N. Bruce (2018). Quantitative methods for health research: a practical interactive guide to epidemiology and statistics. 2nd Ed. Wiley.

Data Mining

  • Witten, I.H., Frank, E. & Hall, M. (2011) Data Mining: Practical Machine Learning Tools and Techniques. Morgan Kaufman.
  • Kelleher, J.G., Namee, B.M. & D-Arcy, A. (2015) Fundamentals of Machine Learning for Predictive Data Analytics Algorithms, Worked Examples and Case Studies. The MIT Press.

Data Visualization

  • Kirk, A. (2019) Data Visualisation: A Handbook for Data Driven Design. Sage publishing (ISBN 978-1-5264-6892-5)
  • Ferster, B. (2012) Interactive visualisation: insight through inquiry. MIT Press.
  • Heer, J., Bostock, M., Ogievetsky (2010). A tour through the visualisation zoo, ACM. Available online: https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/1794514.1805128

Further reading

MSc Information Management reading list

Core readings

  • Bystrom, K., Heinstrom, J. and Ruthven, I. (2019). Information at Work: Information Management in the Workplace. London: Facet.
  • Choo, C-W. (2002). Information Management for the Intelligent Organisation: The Art of Scanning the Environment, Third Edition. Medford (NJ): Libraries Unlimited.
  • Ford, N. (2015). Introduction to Information Behaviour. London: Facet.
  • Ruthven, I. (2011). Interactive Information Seeking, Behaviour and Retrieval. London: Facet.
  • Smallwood, R-F. (2019). Information Governance: Concepts, Strategies and Best Practices, Second Edition, Second Edition. Hoboken (NJ): John Wiley.
  • White, M. (2020). Managing Enterprise Information: A Guide to Good Practice. Available at http://intranetfocus.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Managing-EnterpriseInformation.pdf

Supplementary Readings

  • Cadle, J. (2017). Project Management for Information Systems. London: Prentice-Hall.
  • Kendall, K.E. (2020). Systems Analysis and Design, Tenth Edition. Harlow: Pearson.
  • Monge, A. Database Design with UML and SQL, Fourth Edition. Available at: https://web.csulb.edu/colleges/coe/cecs/dbdesign/dbdesign.php
  • Osterwalder, A. (2020). Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers. Hoboken (NJ): John Wiley.
MSc Information Systems reading list

Core readings

  • Valacich, J., & George, J. (2020). Modern Systems Analysis and Design (9th ed.). Pearson.
  • Beynon-Davies, P. (2020). Business Information Systems. Basingstoke (3rd edition), Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan UK.
  • Thamhain, H. J. (2014). Managing technology-based projects: Tools, techniques, people and business processes. John Wiley & Sons.
  • Oates, B. (2006). Researching information systems and computing. London, Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications.

Additional readings

  • Galliers, R. D. and Currie, W. L. (2011). The Oxford Handbook of Management Information Systems: Critical Perspectives and New Directions. Oxford: Oxford Handbooks Online.
  • Horstmann, C. S. (2016). Core Java (10th edition). Boston: Prentice Hall.
  • Jones, G. R. (2013). Organizational Theory, Design, and Change (7th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.
  • Lessig, L. (2006). Code: And Other Laws of Cyberspace (Version 2.0). New York: Basic Books.
  • Morabito, V. (2016). The Future of Digital Business Innovation (1st ed.) Springer International Publishing.
  • W3Schools. (2019). Python Tutorial Retrieved June 27, 2019 from https://www.w3schools.com/python/
  • Laudon, K. C., & Laudon, J. P. (2020). Management information systems: managing the digital firm (16th ed.). New York NY: Pearson.
  • Avison, D., & Fitzgerald, G. (2006). Information Systems Development: Methodologies, Techniques and Tools (4th – 6th ed.). London: McGraw-Hill Education / Europe, Middle East & Africa.
  • Special Edition of First Monday (2020) "Digital inequalities" 25 (7) https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/issue/view/672
  • Kendall, E. & Kendall, J. E. (2019) Systems Analysis and Design (10th Edition). Pearson.
  • Ahmed, A. (2011). Software project management: a process-driven approach. CRC Press.
MSc Information Systems Management reading list

Core readings

  • Valacich, J., & George, J. (2020). Modern Systems Analysis and Design (9th ed.). Pearson.
  • Beynon-Davies, P. (2020). Business Information Systems. Basingstoke (3rd edition), Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan UK.
  • Thamhain, H. J. (2014). Managing technology-based projects: Tools, techniques, people and business processes. John Wiley & Sons.
  • Oates, B. (2006). Researching information systems and computing. London, Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications.

Additional readings

  • Galliers, R. D. and Currie, W. L. (2011). The Oxford Handbook of Management Information Systems: Critical Perspectives and New Directions. Oxford: Oxford Handbooks Online.
  • Horstmann, C. S. (2016). Core Java (10th edition). Boston: Prentice Hall.
  • Jones, G. R. (2013). Organizational Theory, Design, and Change (7th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.
  • Lessig, L. (2006). Code: And Other Laws of Cyberspace (Version 2.0). New York: Basic Books.
  • Morabito, V. (2016). The Future of Digital Business Innovation (1st ed.) Springer International Publishing.
  • W3Schools. (2019). Python Tutorial Retrieved June 27, 2019 from https://www.w3schools.com/python/
  • Laudon, K. C., & Laudon, J. P. (2020). Management information systems: managing the digital firm (16th ed.). New York NY: Pearson.
  • Avison, D., & Fitzgerald, G. (2006). Information Systems Development: Methodologies, Techniques and Tools (4th – 6th ed.). London: McGraw-Hill Education / Europe, Middle East & Africa.
  • Special Edition of First Monday (2020) "Digital inequalities" 25 (7) https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/issue/view/672
  • Kendall, E. & Kendall, J. E. (2019) Systems Analysis and Design (10th Edition). Pearson.

Readings for Management School modules

  • Arnold, J. et al. (2016) Work Psychology: Understanding Human Behaviour in the Workplace. Sixth Edition, Harlow, Essex: Pearson Education.
  • Buckley, P., Enderwick, P, & Cross, A. International Business. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018.
  • Cavusgil, S., Knight, G, A., & Riesenberger, J.R. International Business: The new realities (Fifth edition, global ed.). Boston: Pearson, 2020.
  • Clegg, S., Kornberger, M. and Pitsis, T. (2011) Managing & organizations: An introduction to theory and practice. London: Sage.
  • Collier, D. A. and Evans, J. R. (2013) “Operations Management: OM6” Student Edition (Book only) South Western Cengage Learning, USA (or latest version available).
  • Collinson, S., Narula, R. & Rugman, A. International Business (Eighth ed.). Harlow, England: Pearson 2020
  • Lynch, R. L. (2018). Strategic Management. 8th Edition. Harlow: Pearson. ISBN 9781292211404.
  • Redman, T. and Wilkinson, A. (2013) Contemporary Human Resource Management, (Fourth Edition), Harlow: Pearson Education. Electronic version available via StarPlus.
  • Slack, N., Brandon-Jones, A. and Johnston, R. (2013) “Operations Management”, 7th Edition, Pearson education, Harlow, England. ISBN: 978-0-273-77620-8 (or latest version available).
  • Whittington, R., Regnér, P., Angwin, D., Johnson, G. & Scholes, K. (2019). Exploring Strategy Text and Cases, Twelfth edition. Harlow: Pearson, ISBN: 1292282452.
MA Librarianship reading list

Using this List

Welcome to the preliminary reading/ resources list for the MA Librarianship programme. This list is for those of you who want to start preparing for the programme, and have asked us for recommendations for reading.

We emphasise that you do not have to do any reading before the programme starts, and you certainly do not have to read everything on the list. If you are not sure where to start, browse through and see what captures your interest: it might be something on a topic you are familiar with, or something new to you. We have included links to a couple of regular Twitter chats, in case you want to engage in discussion with other professionals.

Core reading

A few items are marked (C). This means they are core reading for a semester 1 module (though if it is a book, the reading is likely to be focused on particular chapter(s). We have not listed all of the core reading, and you do not have to read these before week 1 of semester 1, but we have listed them in case you want to make a start with them.

Books

We do not expect you to buy many books for this programme: we appreciate that library and information texts tend to be expensive. The following are useful but you are not expected to buy and read them all. You may wish to read some of them and scan others, noting ones which may be useful to you at different points in the course, or for filling in gaps in your knowledge.

Those which are available as e-books in the University of Sheffield library (i.e. to which you will have access remotely as soon as you are registered) are marked (E). It is fine to wait until you have access to the e-book via the University of Sheffield. Those marked (E-OA) are open access ebooks you can access now.

Other items

If there is a hyperlink you can click and follow, the item is open access.

If you have any questions about this list, contact Leo Appleton l.appleton@sheffield.ac.uk

Introductions to Librarianship and Information Science

  • (C) (E) Bawden, D., & Robinson, L. (2022). Introduction to information science, 2nd ed. London: Facet.
  • (C) (E) Chowdhury, G. G., Burton, P. F., McMenemy, D., & Poulter, A. (2008). Librarianship: An introduction. London: Facet.
  • Rubin, R. E. (2016). Foundations of library and information science (4th ed.). London: Facet.
  • IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions) Global Vision https://www.ifla.org/globalvision
  • Development and Access to Information (DA2I) https://da2i.ifla.org/

Becoming a Library and Information Professional

  • (E) Ruddock, B. (2012). New professionals toolkit. London: Facet.
  • (E) Williams, K., Woolliams, M. & Spiro, J. (2012). Pocket study skills: reflective writing. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • CILIP: Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals: http://www.cilip.org.uk/
  • IFLA New Professionals group: http://npsig.wordpress.com/
  • New Libraries Professionals Network: https://nlpn.wordpress.com/
  • #UKmedlibs monthly Twitter chat about UK health and medical libraries: information at https://ukmedlibs.wordpress.com/

Information Literacy and Information Behaviour

Information literacy, and teaching information literacy

Information behaviour

  • (C) Erdelez, S. (1999). Information encountering: it's more than just bumping into information. Bulletin of the American Association for Information Science, 25(3), 25-29. Retrieved from http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Feb-99/erdelez.html
  • (C) (E) Ford, N. (2015). Introduction to information behaviour. London: Facet Publishing.
  • (E-OA) Wilson, T.D. (2021). Exploring information behaviour. http://informationr.net/ir/bonusbook.html [This is called a "preliminary" edition, but Wilson is one of the key researchers in the IB field, and the book covers essential aspects in relatively short chapters!]
  • (C) Wilson, T.D. (2000). Human information behavior. Informing Science, 3(2). Retrieved from http://inform.nu/Articles/Vol3/v3n2p49-56.pdf

Libraries and Information Society

  • (E) ACRL Research Planning and Review Committee. (2022). Top trends in academic libraries: A review of the trends and issues. College & Research Libraries News, 83(6), 243-256. https://doi.org/10.5860/crln.83.6.243
  • (C) (E) Buckland, M. (2017). Information and society. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press. [The first introductory chapter is core: this book is fairly short, and inexpensive for a library & information text]
  • (C) (E) Cooke, N. (2017). Information services to diverse populations. Libraries Unlimited: Santa Barbara, California: Libraries Unlimited.
  • (E) Crilley, J. and Everitt, R. (Eds.). (2022). Narrative Expansions: interpreting decolonisation in academic libraries. London: Facet. (C) (E) Floridi, L. (2010). Information: A very short introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • (C) (E) Hernon, P., & Matthews, J. (Eds.). (2013). Reflecting on the future of academic and public libraries. Chicago, IL: ALA Editions.
  • (E) Lewis, D. W. (2016). Reimagining the academic library. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
  • (C) (E) McMenemy, D. (2008). The public library. London: Facet.
  • (C) (E) McMenemy, D., Poulter, Al, & Burton, P.F. (2007). A handbook of ethical practice: a practical guide to dealing with ethical issues in information and library work. Oxford: Chandos.
  • (C) (E) Markless, S., Bentley, E., Pavey, S., Shaper, S., Todd, S., & Webb, C. (2016). The innovative school librarian (2nd ed.) London: Facet Publishing. (the earlier edition is an e-book)
  • (E) Pateman, J. and Vincent, J. (2010). Where next? In J. Pateman & J. Vincent. Public libraries and social justice (pp.141-164). Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing.
  • (C) (E) Rankin, C. & Brock, A. (eds.). (2012). Library services for children and young people: challenges and opportunities in the digital age. London: Facet Publishing.

Information Organisation

  • (E) Crockett, M. (2015). The No Nonsense Guide to Archives and Record Keeping. London : Facet
  • (C) (E) Glushko, R. J. (Ed.). (2013). The discipline of organizing. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
  • (E) Lambe, P. (2007). Organising knowledge : taxonomies, knowledge and organisational effectiveness. Oxford : Chandos

Managing Library and Information Services

  • (C) (E) Allan, B. (2019). The no-nonsense guide to leadership, management and teamwork. London: Facet.
  • (E) Bultrini, L. and Newman, W. (2020). Knowledge management and library innovation in a changing world [Special issue]. IFLA Journal, 46.
  • (C) (E) Bryson, J. (2016). Managing information services: An innovative approach (4th ed.). Oxford: Routledge.
  • (E) Bystrom, K., Heinstrom, J. and Ruthven, I. (2019). Information at work: information management in the workplace. London: Facet.
  • (E) Evans, G. E., & Greenwell, S. (2020). Management basics for information professionals (4th ed.). London: Facet.
  • (E) Schopflin, K. (2019). Practical knowledge and information management. London: Facet.
  • (E) Weaver, M. and Appleton, L. (2020) Bold minds: library leadership in a time of disruption London: Facet.
MA Library & Information Services Management reading list

Welcome to the preliminary reading/ resources list for the Library and Information Services Management programmes. This list is for those of you who want to start preparing for your programme, and have asked us for recommendations for reading.

We emphasise that you do not have to do any reading before the programme starts, and you certainly do not have to read everything on the list. If you are not sure where to start, browse through and see what captures your interest: it might be something on a topic you are familiar with, or something new to you. We have included links to a couple of regular Twitter chats, in case you want to engage in discussion with other professionals.

This list currently mainly covers the Information Literacy module and the Libraries & Information Society modules: these are the modules that are compulsory in Semester 1 of the first year for PG Diploma and MA students. If you are taking the Certificate, you can choose between any of the Year 1 and Year 2 semester 1 options. Information about some Y2 reading is at the end of the list.

Core reading

A few items are marked (C). This means they are core reading for a semester 1 module (though if it is a book, the reading is likely to be focused on particular chapter(s). We have not listed all of the core reading, and you do not have to read these before week 1 of semester 1, but we have listed them in case you want to make a start with them.

Books

We do not expect you to buy many books for the LISM programmes: we appreciate that library and information texts tend to be expensive. The following are useful but you are not expected to buy and read them all. You may wish to read some of them and scan others, 1 noting ones which may be useful to you at different points in the course, or for filling in gaps in your knowledge.

Those which are available as e-books in the University of Sheffield library (i.e. to which you will have access remotely as soon as you are registered) are marked (E). It is fine to wait until you have access to the e-book via the University of Sheffield. Those marked (E-OA) are open access ebooks you can access now

Other items

If there is a hyperlink you can click and follow, the item is open access.

If you have any questions about this list, contact Sheila Webber s.webber@sheffield.ac.uk

Introductions to Librarianship and Information Science

  • (C) (E) Bawden, D., & Robinson, L. (2022). Introduction to information science, 2nd ed. London: Facet.
  • (C) (E) Chowdhury, G. G., Burton, P. F., McMenemy, D., & Poulter, A. (2008). Librarianship: An introduction. London: Facet.
  • Rubin, R. E. (2016). Foundations of library and information science (4th ed.). London: Facet.
  • IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions) Global Vision https://www.ifla.org/globalvision
  • Development and Access to Information (DA2I) https://da2i.ifla.org/

Becoming a library and information professional

Information Literacy and Information Behaviour

Information literacy, and teaching information literacy

Keeping up to date (all open access)

Articles, books and reports

Information behaviour

Libraries and Information Society

  • (E) ACRL Research Planning and Review Committee. (2022). Top trends in academic libraries: A review of the trends and issues. College & Research Libraries News, 83(6), 243-256. https://doi.org/10.5860/crln.83.6.243
  • (C) (E) Buckland, M. (2017). Information and society. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press. [The first introductory chapter is core: this book is fairly short, and inexpensive for a library & information text]
  • (C) (E) Cooke, N. (2017). Information services to diverse populations. Libraries Unlimited: Santa Barbara, California: Libraries Unlimited.
  • (E) Crilley, J. and Everitt, R. (Eds.). (2022). Narrative Expansions: interpreting decolonisation in academic libraries. London: Facet.
  • (C) (E) Floridi, L. (2010). Information: A very short introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • (E) Hernon, P., & Matthews, J. (Eds.). (2013). Reflecting on the future of academic and public libraries. Chicago, IL: ALA Editions.
  • (E) Lewis, D. W. (2016). Reimagining the academic library. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
  • (C) (E) McMenemy, D. (2008). The public library. London: Facet. Samek, T. (2007). Librarianship and human rights: a 21st century guide. Oxford: Chandos.
  • (C) (E) McMenemy, D., Poulter, Al, & Burton, P.F. (2007). A handbook of ethical practice: a practical guide to dealing with ethical issues in information and library work. Oxford: Chandos.
  • (C) (E) Markless, S., Bentley, E., Pavey, S., Shaper, S., Todd, S., & Webb, C. (2016). The innovative school librarian (2nd ed.) London: Facet Publishing.
  • (E) Pateman, J. and Vincent, J. (2010). Where next? In J. Pateman & J. Vincent. Public libraries and social justice (pp.141-164). Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing.
  • (C) (E) Rankin, C. & Brock, A. (eds.). (2012). Library services for children and young people: challenges and opportunities in the digital age. London: Facet Publishing.

Managing and organising information and library services

  • (C) (E) Allan, B. (2019). The no-nonsense guide to leadership, management and teamwork. London: Facet.
  • (C) (E) Bryson, J. (2016). Managing information services: An innovative approach (4th ed.). Oxford: Routledge.
  • (E) Evans, G. E., & Greenwell, S. (2020). Management basics for information professionals (4th ed.). London: Facet.
  • (E) Schopflin, K. (2019). Practical knowledge and information management. London: Facet.
  • (E) Weaver, M. and Appleton, L. (2020) Bold minds: library leadership in a time of disruption London: Facet.

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