The Library and Information Research Group and the Health Libraries Group of CILIP are delighted to bring you a series of four CPD events during 2022, which will take you through the stages of undertaking and completing research in a library, information and knowledge services setting.

These events have been developed collaboratively between LIRG and HLG, and while there is a health libraries focus to them, they are open to all who are interested in developing their research skills and undertaking LIS workplace research.

The sessions are outlined below, along with dates for your diaries. You can register for individual sessions, or all four to get a complete picture of the workplace research environment. As well as the skills development and workshop elements of the sessions, participants will also hear from health sector library, information and knowledge practitioners who have themselves already gained practical skills in these areas will talk about their experiences.

Each session is priced £30 per participant, or £20 for CILIP members. There are also a number of complimentary places available on each session for students and unwaged.

Each session will run virtually on Zoom.

Session dates and details - “Library and Information Workplace Research” events series:

Friday 25th March 2022 – Getting started with research and evaluation

Register here: https://www.cilip.org.uk/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1587380&group

This session aims to help LIS practitioners get started in research or evaluation projects by providing an overview of:

• The difference between research and evaluation and when to use them
• The challenges and practical considerations involved in undertaking research or evaluation projects
• When to use quantitative and qualitative approaches
• Stages involved in projects
• Links to the Knowledge for Healthcare Quality and Improvement Outcomes Framework

Friday 6th May 2022 – Research Methods

Register here: https://www.cilip.org.uk/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1587385&group

This session aims to provide an introduction to research methods and methodologies including

• Using quantitative approaches, qualitative approaches and mixed methods
• What makes a “good” quantitative or qualitative study
• Which methods are useful and when.

Friday July 1st 2022 - Writing a research proposal

Register here: https://www.cilip.org.uk/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1587397&group

This session is designed to guide participants through the stages in writing an effective research proposal. It covers the when, why and how to aspects of research proposals

Friday October 7th, 2022 - Writing for publication

Register here: https://www.cilip.org.uk/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1587404&group

This session is designed to increase participants confidence in writing for publication.  It includes:

• Getting started and keeping going
• Structure of a paper and what makes a high quality paper
• Where to publish and the peer review process

Programme presenters

Each session will be run by Professor Alison Brettle and Dr Leo Appleton of the Library and Information Research Group, both of whom have extensive experience of workplace research.

Alison is Professor in Health Information and Evidence Based Practice in the School of Health and Society at the University of Salford, where her research interests include evidence based practice, the effectiveness and impact of library services and systematic reviews and systematic review methodology. She co-edited the book Being Evidence Based in Library and Information Practice (EBLIP), which brings together and moves forward current thinking and practice in the EBLIP field, and co-authored a report for CILIP which brings together the latest evidence to demonstrate the value of trained library and information professionals. She is working with Knowledge for Health to develop resources to routinely collect impact data on health library services and CILIP to develop access to evidence based resources for the library profession.

Leo is a university teacher at the University of Sheffield’s Information School, where he teaches library and information service management. Prior to this role Leo worked as a library practitioner in the health and academic library sectors, where he has successfully pursued many work place research projects. He has presented and published widely about the outputs and outcomes of the various projects and innovations that he has been involved with.

In each of the Library and knowledge services workplace research sessions, Leo and Alison will be joined by health library and information practitioners who will share their experiences of workplace research. The first of these speakers will be Dr Lukasz Lagojda, who is a Clinical Evidence-Based Information Specialist at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust

Further speakers to be confirmed

Price (including VAT)

** Students and Unwaged members can contact ebony.burke@kcl.ac.uk on the details above for their discount code.