./ Stuff…

This page is a list of some stuff I have done, such as publications, activities, and projects.

./ Publications

Some publications can be discovered via: Enlighten: Publications, Strathprints, Google Scholar, ORCID.

• Knoth, P., Klein, M., Macgregor, G., Cancellieri, M. and Walk, P. (2024) How to make repository content indexed and discoverable. The 19th International Conference on Open Repositories, Göteborg, Sweden, 03-06 June.
• Macgregor, G., Knoth, P., Walk, P., Dowson, N., Eadie, M. , Jones, B. and Martínez-García, A. (2024) Exploring the concept of ‘custodianship’ in harvesting repository resources and graphing their relations : Rioxx version 3.0. The 19th International Conference on Open Repositories, Göteborg, Sweden, 03-06 June.
• Shearer, K., Rumsey, S., Dominic, T., Macgregor, G. and Nixon, W. J. (2024) Rights retention and repositories : accelerating global progress. The 19th International Conference on Open Repositories, Göteborg, Sweden, 03-06 June.
• Macgregor, G. (2023) Future requirements for exploring (open) content within library discovery systems. EBSCO Technology Day, National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, 07 Nov 2023. [Invited talk]
• Macgregor, George and Lancho-Barrantes, Barbara S. and Rasmussen McAdie, Diane (2023) Authority of assertion in repository contributions to the PID graph. In: “Re-Discovery” : Metadata & Discovery Group (MDG) Conference 2023, 2023-09-06 - 2023-09-08, IET Birmingham: Austin Court.
• Macgregor, George (2023) Modelling research output expressions : metadata schema modelling of publication lifecycles and scholarly entities. In: “Re-Discovery” : Metadata & Discovery Group (MDG) Conference 2023, 2023-09-06 - 2023-09-08, IET Birmingham: Austin Court.
• Macgregor, George (2023) PIDs and repositories : experiences and practical issues implementing DOIs for content - perspectives from the University of Strathclyde (Strathprints). In: UKCORR Webinar - PIDs and Repositories : Experiences of Implementing DOIs for Content, 2023-06-30 - 2023-06-30, Online.
• Macgregor, George and Lancho-Barrantes, Barbara S. and Rasmussen Pennington, Diane (2023) Measuring the concept of PID literacy : user perceptions and understanding of persistent identifiers in support of open scholarly infrastructure. Open Information Science 7 (1). 20220142.. Preprint - arXiv
• Walk, Paul A. and Macgregor, George and Knoth, Petr (2023) Rioxx 3 : a modernised metadata profile. In: 18th International Open Repositories Conference (OR2023), 2023-06-12 - 2023-06-15, Lord Charles Hotel.
• Macgregor, George (2023) Digital repositories and discoverability : definitions and typology. In: Discoverability in Digital Repositories, ed. Woolcott, Liz; Shiri, Ali. Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon, pp.11-31.
• Macgregor, George and Dowson, Nicola and Eadie, Mick and Jones, Bev and Knoth, Petr and Walk, Paul (2022) Enhancing discovery and enriching the scholarly graph with the Research Outputs Metadata Schema (Rioxx). In: The 3rd Workshop on Open Citations and Open Scholarly Metadata 2022 (WOOC2022), 2022-10-05 - 2022-10-05, Online.
• de Castro, Pablo and Macgregor, George (2022) “Common unique PIDs for research management information are strongly encouraged” : what are these? In: UKRI OA policy PIDs - Workshop #2, 2022-10-05 - 2022-10-05, Online.
• Macgregor, George (2022) Scholarly repositories should not exist without viable digital preservation strategies in place, Panel Session at iPres - 18th International Conference on Digital Preservation, 2022-09-12 - 2022-09-16, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.
• Nixon, William J and Andrew, Theo and Macgregor, George and Proven, Jacqueline (2022) The wee country that rOAred : measuring, supporting and building trust in open access in Scotland through institutional repositories. In: OR2022 : 17th International Open Repositories Conference, 2022-06-06 - 2022-06-09, University of Colorado Boulder.
• Macgregor, George (2022) Repository aggregation : CORE as essential open scholarly infrastructure & service platform. In: Open Research Scotland Meeting : Royal Society of Chemistry, 2022-06-09 - 2022-06-09, Royal Society of Chemistry.
• Macgregor, George (2020) Embedding the research method within information science practice : approaches to PhD-level research in the workplace. In: Library and Information Research Group: “Being a LIS Researcher Practitioner”, 2020-12-10 - 2020-12-10, Goldsmiths, University of London.
• Macgregor, George and Neugebauer, Tomasz (2020) Preserving digital content through improved EPrints repository integration with Archivematica. In: UK Archivematica User Group, 2020-09-30 - 2020-09-30, [Virtual].
• Macgregor, George (2020) Resource Discovery in Heterogeneous Digital Content Environments. Glasgow, University of Strathclyde. [Thesis]
• Macgregor, George (2020) Open Science : an exploration of Open Access and Open Data concepts. In: CILIPS Online Learning sessions, 2020-04-24 - 2020-04-24.
• Macgregor, George (2020) Enhancing content discovery of open repositories : an analytics-based evaluation of repository optimizations. Publications, 8 (1). 8. ISSN 2304-6775
• Nixon, William J and Andrew, Theo and Macgregor, George and Proven, Jacqueline (2020) The wee country that roared : supporting Open Access in Scotland through institutional repositories. In: 16th International Open Repositories Conference (OR2020), 2020-05-31 - 2020-06-03, Stellenbosch University. (unpublished)
• Macgregor, George (2019) Repository and CRIS interoperability issues within a ‘connector lite’ environment. In: 14th International Conference on Open Repositories (OR2019), 2019-06-10 - 2019-06-13, Universität Hamburg.
• Macgregor, George (2019) Promoting content discovery of open repositories : reviewing the impact of optimization techniques (2016-2019). In: 14th International Conference on Open Repositories (OR2019), 2019-06-10 - 2019-06-13, Universität Hamburg.
• Macgregor, George (2019) Improving the discoverability and web impact of open repositories: techniques and evaluation. Code4Lib Journal (43). ISSN 1940-5758
• Macgregor, George (2018) Repository optimisation & techniques to improve discoverability and web impact : an evaluation. Working paper. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.
• De Castro, Pablo and Morrison, Alan and Macgregor, George, Repositories, Open Access & Datasets Team , ed. (2018) Integrated Workflow for Open Access publishing and Research Data Management at the University of Strathclyde. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.
• Macgregor, George (2017) Reviewing repository discoverability : approaches to improving repository visibility and web impact. In: Repository Fringe 2017, 2017-08-03 - 2017-08-04, John McIntyre Conference Centre, University of Edinburgh.
• Macgregor, G. (2016) Disambiguating Yourself : Online Identity Management for Researchers - A Quick User Guide. Guide or manual. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.
• Macgregor, George and Sheppard, Isobel (2015) Fraser Economic Commentary - The complete catalogue of reviews, outlooks and articles : 1975-2015. Fraser of Allander Economic Commentary, 39 (2). pp. 57-67. ISSN 2046-5378
• Macgregor, George and Sheppard, Isobel (2015) Fraser Economic Commentary : Catalogue of all reviews, outlooks and articles, Part 2 1991 - 2000. Fraser of Allander Economic Commentary, 39 (1). pp. 52-54. ISSN 2046-5378
• Macgregor, George and Sheppard, Isobel (2015) Fraser Economic Commentary : catalogue of all reviews, outlooks and articles, part 1 1975 - 1990. Fraser of Allander Economic Commentary, 38 (3). pp. 62-66. ISSN 2046-5378
• Macgregor, George (2014) 2014 Independent Review of the Implementation of the RCUK Policy on Open Access : University of Strathclyde RCUK Open Access Report. [Report]
• Macgregor, George (2013) ePrints and PURE : Discussion Paper. Discussion paper. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.
• Macgregor, George (2013) Introducing C-CAP : [Principles in Patterns Project - PiP]. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.
• Everett, Jim and Macgregor, George and Cullen, Donna (2013) Institutional Approaches to Curriculum Design Institutional Story : [Principles in Patterns Project - PiP]. [Report]
• Everett, James and Macgregor, George and Cullen, Donna (2013) Principles in Patterns (PiP) : Institutional Approaches to Curriculum Design Institutional Story. [Report]
• Macgregor, George (2013) Revisiting user acceptance… or resistance? Insights from tech-supported curriculum design. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.
• Macgregor, George (2012) C-CAP : Managing Curriculum Designs as Knowledge Assets - Briefing Paper. [Report]
• Everett, James and Macgregor, George and Mohamed, Rehman (2012) An incremental approach to technology-supported curriculum design and approval. In: IADIS International Conference WWW/Internet 2012, 2012-10-18 - 2012-10-21.
• Macgregor, George (2012) Understanding the social system when embedding tech-supported curriculum design and approval. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.
• Macgregor, George (2012) A Quick Guide for AQ Staff : Using the C-CAP Administration Dashboard - C-CAP Embedding Phase. [Report]
• Macgregor, George (2012) Principles in Patterns (PiP) : C-CAP Embedding and Work Plan. [Report]
• Macgregor, George (2012) Thin end of the wedge : system resistance and its implications for C-CAP. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.
• Macgregor, George (2012) Academic quality : at the centre of the curriculum approval universe. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.
• Macgregor, George (2012) Process as myth : understanding the mythic core of organisational process with ideal types. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.
• Macgregor, George (2012) Principles in Patterns (PiP) : Project Evaluation Synthesis. [Report]
• Macgregor, George (2012) Principles in Patterns (PiP) : Piloting of C-CAP - Evaluation of Impact and Implications for System and Process Development. [Report]
• Macgregor, George (2012) Information Users and Usability in the Digital Age. [Review]
• Macgregor, George (2012) Two sides of the same coin : qualitative and quantitative approaches to process analysis. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.
• Macgregor, George (2012) Principles in Patterns (PiP) : Evaluation Approach. JISC, London.
• Macgregor, George (2012) Principles in Patterns (PiP) : Evaluation of Impact on Business Processes. [Report]
• Macgregor, George (2012) Innovations in Information Retrieval : Perspectives for Theory and Practice. [Review]
• Macgregor, George (2012) Evaluating C-CAP : reflecting on the dichotomy of curriculum design and approval. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.
• Macgregor, George (2012) Evaluating PiP : optimising user acceptance testing via heuristic evaluation. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.
• Macgregor, George (2012) Principles in Patterns (PiP) : User Acceptance Testing of Course and Class Approval Online Pilot (C-CAP). [Report]
• Macgregor, George (2011) Principles in Patterns (PiP) : Heuristic Evaluation of Course and Class Approval Online Pilot (C-CAP). [Report]
• Macgregor, George (2011) Knowledge Representation in the Social Semantic Web. [Review]
• Macgregor, George and Spiers, Alex (2011) Media enhanced learning at LJMU : evaluating audio feedback in formative assessment. In: Media Enhanced Learning SIG, 2011-04-01 - 2011-04-01, Liverpool John Moores University.
• Macgregor, George (2011) The Accidental Taxonomist. [Review]
• Macgregor, George and Spiers, Alex and Taylor, Chris (2011) Exploratory evaluation of audio email technology in formative assessment feedback. Research in Learning Technology, 19 (1). pp. 39-59. ISSN 2156-7069
• Macgregor, George (2010) Folksonomies : Indexing and Retrieval in Web 2.0. [Review]
• Macgregor, George and Spiers, Alex (2010) Enhancing the student learning experience : evaluating the impact of voice email technology in formative assessment strategy. In: School of Sport and Exercise Sciences Learning and Teaching Day, 2010-06-18 - 2010-06-18, Blackburne House.
• Spiers, Alex and Macgregor, George (2010) “It’s as if the student is in front of you” - Using Wimba Voice email for feedback on formative assessment. In: Wimba Study Break Webinar, 2010-06-16 - 2010-06-16.
• Macgregor, George (2010) The Future of Information Architecture : Conceiving a Better Way to Understand Taxonomy, Network and Intelligence. [Review]
• Macgregor, George and Spiers, Alex and Taylor, Chris; (2010) Investigating ‘voice email’ technology efficacy in information management assessment. In: 11th Annual Conference of the Subject Centre for Information and Computer Sciences. Higher Education Academy, Newtownabbey, pp. 162-166. ISBN 9780956522016
• Spiers, Alex and Macgregor, George (2009) Using audio email feedback in formative assessment. In: A Word in Your Ear 2009, 2009-12-18 - 2009-12-18, Sheffield Hallam University.
• Macgregor, George (2009) Metadata. [Review]
• Macgregor, George (2009) Ontology and the Semantic Web. [Review]
• Macgregor, George; (2009) E-resource management and the Semantic Web : applications of RDF for e-resource discovery. In: The E-Resources Management Handbook - UKSG. UKSG, Newbury, pp. 1-20. ISBN 9780955244803
• Macgregor, George and Spiers, Alex and Taylor, Chris (2009) Exploring the Efficacy of Audio Email Feedback in Information Management Assessment (ExAEF Project) : Final Report. [Report]
• Macgregor, George and Turner, James (2009) Revisiting e‐learning effectiveness : proposing a conceptual model. Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 6 (3). pp. 156-172. ISSN 1741-5659
• Macgregor, George (2008) Metadata and its Applications in the Digital Library : Approaches and Practices. [Review]
• Macgregor, George (2008) Annual Review of Information Science and Technology : Volume 41. [Review]
• Macgregor, George (2008) Introduction to a special issue on digital libraries and the semantic web : context, applications and research. Library Review, 57 (3). pp. 173-177. ISSN 0024-2535
• McCulloch, E. and Macgregor, G. (2008) Analysis of equivalence mapping for terminology services. Journal of Information Science, 34 (1). pp. 70-92. ISSN 0165-5515
• Macgregor, G. and McCulloch, E. and Nicholson, D. (2007) Terminology server for improved resource discovery: analysis of model and functions. In: Second International Conference on Metadata and Semantics Research, 2007-10-11 - 2007-10-12.
• Macgregor, George (2007) High-Level Thesaurus (HILT) project, phase IV. In: JISC Shared Infrastructure Services Workshop, 2007-06-26 - 2007-06-27, Brettenham House, London.
• Macgregor, George (2007) How to do Research : A Practical Guide to Designing and Managing Research Projects : 3rd Revised Edition. [Review]
• Macgregor, George and Joseph, Anu and Nicholson, Dennis; Prasad, A.R.D and Madalli, Devika P., eds. (2007) A SKOS Core approach to implementing an M2M terminology mapping server. In: International Conference on Semantic Web & Digital Libraries (ICSD 2007). Documentation Research & Training Centre, Bangalore, India, pp. 109-120.
• Nicholson, Dennis and McCulloch, Emma and Macgregor, George (2007) High-level Thesaurus (HILT) Phase III : Completion Report. [Report]
• Nicholson, Dennis and McCulloch, Emma and Macgregor, George (2007) High-level Thesaurus (HILT) Phase III [Project] : Final Report. [Report]
• Macgregor, George (2007) The Content Management Handbook. [Review]
• Macgregor, George (2007) Virtual Methods : Issues in Social Research on the Internet. [Review]
• Nicholson, Dennis and McCulloch, Emma and Macgregor, George (2006) High-level Thesaurus (HILT) Phase III [Final Report] : Evaluation Report. [Report]
• Dunsire, Gordon and Macgregor, George and Thomson, Ritchie (2006) Subject Classification of Collection-level Descriptions Using DDC for Information Landscaping. Discussion paper. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. (Unpublished)
• Macgregor, George (2006) UNESCO Thesaurus to DDC Mappings : Third Summary – Thousand Sections [HILT Phase III]. [Report]
• Macgregor, George (2006) Basic Research Methods for Librarians – 4th Edition. [Review]
• Macgregor, George and McCulloch, Emma (2006) Summary of High-level Thesaurus (HILT) Mapping Work - Principal Results. [Report]
• Macgregor, George (2006) Essential Classification. [Review]
• Macgregor, George and McCulloch, Emma (2006) Collaborative tagging as a knowledge organisation and resource discovery tool. Library Review, 55 (5). pp. 291-300. ISSN 0024-2535
• Nicholson, Dennis and Dunsire, Gordon and Macgregor, George (2006) SPEIR: developing a common information environment in Scotland. Electronic Library, 24 (1). pp. 94-107. ISSN 0264-0473
• Macgregor, George and McCulloch, Emma (2005) Popularity over Relevance in Collaborative Tagging Systems for General Resource Discovery. Discussion paper. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. (Unpublished)
• Macgregor, George (2005) The Ultimate Digital Library : Where the New Information Players Meet. [Review]
• Macgregor, George (2005) Libricide : The Regime‐sponsored Destruction of Books and Libraries in the Twentieth Century. [Review]
• Nicholson, Dennis and McCulloch, Emma and Dawson, Alan and Joseph, Anu and Macgregor, George and Dunsire, Gordon and Rees, Christine and Medyckyj-Scott, David and Boyle, Edward G and Soares, Ben and Stickland, Tim and Parkinson, Bob and McKay, Donald and Heery, Rachel and Powell, Andy and Hutchison, Bill and Peacock, Dave and Will, Leonard (2005) HILT : High-Level Thesaurus Project M2M Feasibility Study : [Final Report]. [Report]
• Law, Derek and Macgregor, George and McCulloch, Emma and Wallis, Jake (2005) Developing a national information strategy in Scotland. Cadernos de Biblioteconomia, Arquivística e Documentação, 1. pp. 49-53.
• Macgregor, George and McGill, Lou (2005) Digital libraries and information literacy issues within virtual learning environments : an e-learning impasse? In: Librarians’ Annual Information Literacy Conference (LILAC), 2005-04-04 - 2005-04-06. (Unpublished)
• Macgregor, George (2005) Information Literacy : Essential Skills for the Information Age – 2nd Edition. [Review]
• Macgregor, G. and Dunsire, G. (2005) Library systems: the trends, the developments, the future. E-MmITS: Newsletter of the Multimedia and Information Technology Group Scotland, 2005 (Winter). ISSN 1474-8967
• Macgregor, George and Nicolaides, Fraser (2005) Towards improved performance and interoperability in distributed and physical union catalogues. Program, 39 (3). pp. 227-247. ISSN 0033-0337
• Macgregor, George (2005) Z39.50 broadcast searching and Z-server response times: perspectives from CC-interop. Online Information Review, 29 (1). pp. 90-106. ISSN 1468-4527
• Macgregor, G. (2005) The nature of information in the 21st century: conundrums for the informatics community? Library Review, 54 (1). pp. 10-23. ISSN 0024-2535
• Nicolaides, Fraser and Macgregor, George (2004) Interoperability : the performance of institutional catalogues & strategies for improvement. In: Hyper Clumps, Mini Clumps and National Catalogues: Resource Discovery for the 21st Century, 2004-11-11, British Library Conference Centre.
• Macgregor, George and Dunsire, Gordon (2004) CC-interop : a post mortem. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.
• Macgregor, George (2004) Uncanny Networks : Dialogues with the Virtual Intelligentsia. [Review]
• Macgregor, George (2004) Our Modern Times : The New Nature of Capitalism in the Information Age. [Review]
• Dunsire, Gordon and Macgregor, George (2004) Improving Interoperability in Distributed and Physical Union Catalogues through Co-ordination of Cataloguing and Indexing Policies : Report for Work Package B of the JISC CC-interop Project. [Report]
• Macgregor, George (2004) Introduction to Digital Libraries. [Review]
• SLIC (Scottish Library and Information Council) (Funder); (2004) SPEIR: Scottish Portals for Education, Information and Research. Final Project Report: Elements and Future Development Requirements of a Common Information Environment for Scotland. [Report]
• Dunsire, G. and Macgregor, G. (2003) Make it easy. Information Scotland, 1 (6). ISSN 1479-8441
• Macgregor, George (2003) Scottish Collections Access Management Portal : a staff portal to support collaborative collecting. In: “Electric Connections”, the COSMIC and SPEIR Joint Conference, 2003-08-21, Perth College.
• Dunsire, G. and Macgregor, G. (2003) Clumps and collection description in the information environment in the UK with particular reference to Scotland. Program, 37 (4). pp. 218-225. ISSN 0033-0337
• Macgregor, G. (2003) Collection-level description: metadata of the future? Library Review, 52 (6). pp. 247-250. ISSN 0024-2535
• Nicholson, D. and Macgregor, G. (2003) Developing the Scottish cooperative infrastructure: the what, who, where, when and why of SPEIR. WIDWISAWN, 1 (2). ISSN 1478-8055
• Nicholson, Dennis and Macgregor, George (2003) ‘NOF-Digi’ : putting UK culture online. OCLC Systems and Services, 19 (3). pp. 96-99. ISSN 1065-075X
• Nicholson, Dennis and Macgregor, George (2002) Learning lessons holistically in the Glasgow Digital Library. D-Lib Magazine, 8 (7/8). ISSN 1082-9873
• Nicholson, D. and Dawson, A. and Macgregor, G. (2002) GDL: a model infrastructure for a regional digital library. WIDWISAWN, 1 (1). ISSN 1478-8055

./ Activities, committees, etc.

• Chair of the Rioxx: The Research Outputs Metadata Schema Governance Group (2019-2024), Governance Group member (2024- )
• EThOS Advisory Group member (2024- )
• COAR Resource Types Vocabulary v.4, Danish translation (2024- )
• CORE Advisory Board Member (2023-)
• Committee member (Technical Officer) of the United Kingdom Council of Research Repositories (UKCoRR) (2018-2024)
• UKRI Open Access Policy, Technical Requirements Project Group (2023-2024)
• Member of the Jisc Digital Research Community Council (2020-2024)
• CORE Ambassador (2019-2023)
• Core dev for the Open Science MOOC (2019-2021)
• Member of the CASRAI Open Access Working Group (2014-2016)
• Active member of the UK PURE Repository and Open Access Working Group (2013-2017)
• Steering Group member for the High-Level Thesaurus (HILT) project based at the Centre for Digital Library Research (University of Strathclyde) and EDINA (University of Edinburgh) (2007-2009).
• I have reviewed papers for The Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology (JASIST), MDPI Systems, Program: Electronic Library & Information Systems, MDPI Publications, Journal of Digital Information (JoDI), Interactive Technology & Smart Education, Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication and Library Review, Accounting Education: An International Journal, Open Repositories Conference, and books for Routledge and Chandos Publishing.
• Committee member of the CILIP MmIT North West branch. (2008-2011)
• Associate Editor of the international journal Library Review (2006 to 2012).
• Editor of the Digital Directions column for the international journal Library Review between volume 53-55 (2003-2006).
• Member of the editorial review board for the international journal Library Review (2003-2006).
• Received the Emerald Literati Network 2007 ‘Outstanding Reviewer Award’, for my contribution to Library Review in 2006.
• The following paper received the Program: Electronic Library & Information Systems Highly Commended Paper award for 2005: Macgregor, G. & Nicolaides, F. (2005), Towards Improved Performance and Interoperability in Distributed and Physical Union Catalogues, Program. Vol.39 No.3, pp.227-247.

./ Previous projects

Over the years I have been involved in a bunch of research and innovation projects:

Principles in Patterns (PiP)
ExAEF Project (Exploring the efficacy of audio email feedback in information management assessment)
High-Level Thesaurus (HILT) phase IV
High-Level Thesaurus (HILT) phase III
High-Level Thesaurus (HILT) phase II
CC-interop
DIDET: Digital Libraries for Distributed Innovative Design Education and Teamwork
Glasgow Digital Library (GDL)
Scottish Portals for Education, Information and Research (SPEIR)
Digital Information Office (DIO)
Content Management System (CMS) Metadata Interoperability Project
BUBL