Margaret Forrest MA, MSc, DipLib, FCILIP

Margaret has worked in health care libraries for over 20 years. For most of this time she worked for the NHS in Scotland as Librarian of NHS Health Scotland (formerly the Health Education Board for Scotland). Three years ago she moved to Higher Education and now works as Learning Resources Manager for the University of Dundee School of Nursing and Midwifery at the Fife Campus. Margaret also edits the Health Libraries Group Newsletter. Her interests include hill running and spotting seals on her way to work across the Firth of Forth.

Abstract

Information literacy skills for nurses: to assess or not to assess?

This interactive workshop looks at issues surrounding the assessment of information literacy skills – what skills we might want to assess and why, and how such assessments can be done. Working in groups and supported by the facilitators, participants will design a short assessment based on a case study. The results of a piece of action research on assessment will also be presented, giving participants further guidance on the issues surrounding assessment .

Presented with Alison Gordon and Andy Jackson

"From Powerpoint to academic print"

Ever wanted to make that leap from giving a presentation to seeing your work in print? This interactive workshop will help you to develop your presentation from the "PowerPoint" stage to submitting an article for publication in an academic journal. We'll discuss the components of research articles and how we can use this information to turn our presentation into a full-length article for submission in a journal, such as Health Information and Libraries Journal.

Presented with Dr Graham Walton

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