Alastair Smith

Alastair Gibson Smith (born 1948^[1]) 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.^[2]

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.^[3] He worked at the National Library of New Zealand, BRANZ and Victoria University of Wellington, where he rose to Senior Lecturer.^[2]

Academic Publications

Smith has been on the editorial boards of Cybermetrics,^[4] the Journal of Web Librarianship,^[5] and Information Science Research^[6][7] 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 ^[8][9][10]

References

1. "Virtual International Authority File record for Alastair Smith".
2. "The end of an era: Alastair Smith retires from the School of Informa= tion Management". Knowledge-basket.co.nz. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
3. "Alastair's Qualifications". Vuw.ac.nz. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
4. "Cybermetrics. Editorial Board". Cybermetrics.cindoc.csic.es. 2010-05-24. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
5. "The Journal of Web Librarianship - home page". Web.archive.org. 2011-11-26. Archived from the original on November 26, 2011. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
6. "Editors and editorial board. Information Research: an international electronic journal. Information science, Information management, Information systems, Information retrieval, Digital libraries, Information seeking behaviour, Information seeking behavior, World Wide Web, WWW". Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on November 11, 2011. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
7. "Alastair's Home Page". Vuw.ac.nz. 2013-01-22. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
8. Liam Butler (2013-11-21). "Eldernet Gazette". Eldernet Gazette. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
9. "Book review: Everyday Cycling in Aotearoa New Zealand by Alastair Smith |". Booksellersnz.wordpress.com. 2013-06-17. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
10. "Book Review: Everyday Cycling in Aotearoa New Zealand | Cycling in Christchurch". Cyclingchristchurch.co.nz. Retrieved 2014-02-27.