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Alastair Smith


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Alastair Gibson Smith (born 1948) is a retired academic in the field of library and information science. He retired in 2014 after spending most of his career at Victoria University of Wellington.

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Alastair smith


Biography

Smith obtained a BSc in physics from the University of Auckland, a Diploma in Teaching from Christchurch Teacher's College, a diploma from the NZ Library School and an MA from Victoria University of Wellington. He worked at the National Library of New Zealand, BRANZ and Victoria University of Wellington, where he rose to Senior Lecturer.

Academic Publications

Smith has been on the editorial boards of Cybermetrics, the Journal of Web Librarianship, and Information Science Research and has the following significant publications (>100 citations according to Google Scholar):

  • Smith, Alastair G. (1997) Testing the Surf: Criteria for Evaluating Internet Information Resources. The Public-Access Computer Systems Review 8, no. 3 http://info.lib.uh.edu/pr/v8/n3/smit8n3.html
  • Smith, Alastair G. (1999) A tale of two web spaces: comparing sites using web impact factors. Journal of Documentation 55 (5):577-592
  • Smith, Alastair G. (2001). Applying evaluation criteria to New Zealand government websites. International Journal of Information Management 21(2): 137-149.
  • Smith, Alastair; Thelwall, Mike (2002) Web Impact Factors for Australasian Universities. Scientometrics 54(1/2): 363-380.
  • Elgort, I., Smith, A. G., & Toland, J. (2008). Is wiki an effective platform for group course work? Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 24(2), 195-210. http://www.ascilite.org.au/ajet/ajet24/ajet24.html

    • Non-academic Publications

  • Everyday Cycling in New Zealand Awa Press 2012. ISBN 9781877551017

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