The Library and Information Research Group is delighted to bring you a series of CPD events during 2023, which include a programme of online events introducing LIS practitioners to workplace research and a series of research methods lunchtime webinars:

Library and Information Workplace Research events series

Please note the date changes from our previous post

These events are open to all who are interested in developing their research skills and undertaking LIS workplace research. You can register for individual sessions, or all four to get a complete picture of the workplace research environment.

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 LIS practitioners from different sectors who have themselves already gained practical skills in these areas will talk about their experiences.

Each session is £20 for CILIP members, £30 for non-members (or whole series £60 for CILIP members, £100 for non-members). There is also a number of complimentary places available on each session for students, unwaged and under-represented groups.

Each session will run virtually on Zoom. Register below for the full series or individual events.

Session 1 Getting started with research and evaluation Friday 12th May 2023 – 09:30-12:30

Getting started with research and evaluation. Library and knowledge services workplace research. Facilitators: Alison Brettle (University of Salford); Leo Appleton (University of Sheffield). Guest presenters: Cliodhna O’Reilly, Fingal Libraries, Dublin; Becky Scott, University of Hertfordshire and Pip Divall, Clinical Librarian Service Manager, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Session 2 Research methods Friday 8th September 2023 – 13:30-16:30

Research Methods Library and knowledge services workplace research. Facilitators: Alison Brettle (University of Salford); Leo Appleton (University of Sheffield). Guest presenters tbc.

Session 3 Writing a research proposal Friday 13th October 2023 – 13:30-16:30

Writing a research proposal. Library and knowledge services workplace research. Facilitators: Alison Brettle (University of Salford); Leo Appleton (University of Sheffield). Guest presenters tbc

Session 4 Writing for publication Friday 17th November 2023 – 13:30-16:30

Writing a research proposal. Library and knowledge services workplace research. Facilitators: Alison Brettle (University of Salford); Leo Appleton (University of Sheffield). Guest presenters tbc

 for the full series or individual events

Research Methods Lunchtime series (1 hour sessions, online + recorded, free of charge)

• Focus groups - Facilitator Leo Appleton - Fri. 19 May 12:00-13:00 Register here
• Surveys and survey design - Facilitator: Alison Brettle - Fri. 16 June 12:00:13:00 Register here
  
• Statistical analysis for LIS researchers - Facilitator: tbc - Fri. 1 September Register here
• Introduction to research data management for librarians - Facilitator: Cath Dishman - Fri. 15 September 12:00-13:00 Register here

I am delighted to share with you a second post about CILIP Conference +Expo 2022. This time from our LIRG bursary winner Rachel Salzano. Rachel is a PhD student at Edinburgh Napier University in the Centre for Social Informatics. She is working on a doctoral study titled "The Influence of Culture on Perceived Use of the Public Libraries by Newcomers" and blogs about her experiences on her Librarian Sans Library blog.

Rachel’s post Attending 2022 CILIP Conf + Expo talks about her experience as a first time delegate and her key takeaways from the Conference. Whilst you are there why not check out some of her other posts.

As I said in my last post (and Rachel agrees), if you haven’t attended CILIP Conference before check out the programme and bursary opportunities next year.

The Library and Information Research Group (LIRG) supports and raises the profile of library and information science research and its use by CILIP members and the wider community.  We encourage 'research into practice' by providing activities and publications for LIS practitioners and researchers.

The LIRG committee meets monthly via zoom.  Committee members are from a range of different backgrounds and library sectors and include both practitioners and library academics providing a lively, diverse and friendly group. 

We are currently looking to recruit a new Awards Officer to our committee to look after and oversee the awards and bursaries that the group administrates during the course of the year.  Training and support in the role will be provided by existing committee members and CILIP as appropriate. If you are looking for professional engagement and you want to gain additional skills and develop your career further, then this is a great position to do that in? Being part of a cross-sectoral CILIP committee is a great way to engage with your profession and to network with information professionals from all sectors.

General requirements for committee members include:

• Commitment to LIRG mission of conducting research and/or putting research into practice within LIS setting
• Team work and communication skills
• Current awareness of issues affecting the LIS sector and the role of research and evidence-based decision-making in practice.
• Experience of working in an LIS setting.
• Commitment to attending LIRG committee meetings (1 hour per month)
  

To view the full job description, please see: https://informationprofessionaljobs.com/jobs/awards-and-prizes-officer-uk-wide/906-1/ 

If you are interested in being a part of LIRG and the role of Awards Officer, then please get in touch with Leo Appleton, chair of LIRG.

CILIP is committed to championing diversity, inclusion and representation. We particularly welcome applications from people from ethnically diverse backgrounds, candidates who identify as LGBTQ+, people with experience of disability and those who are neurodiverse, who have historically been under-represented on our committees.

Free memberships for library and information workers from ethnically diverse backgrounds

As part of our ongoing commitment to diversity and inclusion, the CILIP Board has set an organisation-wide goal of 20% ethnically diverse representation on all of CILIP’s boards and committees by the end of 2022. To facilitate this, we are offering up to 150 complimentary memberships to library, knowledge and information workers from ethnically diverse backgrounds who are duly selected to join a committee before the end of 2022. This offer is open to CILIP members and non-members.

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 titles - “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
• Friday 6th May 2022 – Research Methods - Register here: https://www.cilip.org.uk/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1587385&group
• Friday July 1st 2022 - Writing a research proposal – Register here: https://www.cilip.org.uk/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1587397&group

• Friday October 7th, 2022 - Writing for publication – Register here:https://www.cilip.org.uk/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1587404&group

Price (including VAT)

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

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Researcher practitioner event postponed

The Library and Information Research Group has made the difficult decision to cancel its forthcoming event ‘Being a LIS Researcher Practitioner’ which was due to be held at Goldsmiths, University of London on Friday march 27th.

In recent days it has become clearer that hosting events in the coming weeks could potentially put the health and well-being of attendees at risk. We believe this is therefore an appropriate decision to take.

Apologies for the inconvenience caused by this decision, but we hope to run the event at a later date.

Kind regards,

The Library and Information Research Group Committee

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Library and Information Research Group

“Being a LIS Researcher Practitioner”
CPD workshop to be held at Goldsmiths, University of London, Friday 27th March 2020

This full day event is aimed at LIS practitioners who would like to learn more about how to use research to inform practice and decision-making and what it means to be a researcher-practitioner. The workshop will include presentations from practitioners sharing their experience of conducting research alongside their practice and will give attendees a great opportunity to share and reflect.

Programme:
10:00 – Registration
10:20 – Welcome
10:30 - Deborah Lee (Lecturer, City University of London)
11:10 – Coffee break
11:20 - Leo Appleton (Director of Library Services, Goldsmiths University of London)
Practitioner contributions to LIS scholarship: using your library for field research
12:00 -  Alison Brettle (Professor in Health Information and Evidence Based Practice, University of Salford) & Pip Divall (Clinical Librarian Service Manager, UHL NHS Trust)
12:40 – Lunch
13:30 - George Macgregor (Institutional Repository Manager, University of Strathclyde)
Embedding the research method within information science practice: approaches to PhD-level research in the workplace
14:10 – Marilyn Clarke (Head of Discovery Services, Goldsmiths, University of London) & Leah Gilbert (Human Resources Manager, Goldsmiths, University of London)
Library research collaborations: Goldsmiths staff diversity and the BAME student award gap
14:50 – Coffee break
15:00 – Reflections and discussions
15:30 – Close

Pricing
CILIP member: £80.00 + VAT
Non-CILIP member: £120.00 + VAT
Book online to attend this event.

Book from the link below:
https://www.cilip.org.uk/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1336678&group=

Cancellation fee of £25 or substitute attendee welcome.
A minimum of attendees is required for this event to proceed. It is recommended purchasing insurance in case of cancellation due to lower attendance levels.