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.

We are pleased to announce a new series of  joint events from CILIP's Library and Information Research Group (LIRG) and the Health Libraries Group (HLG)

Coming to you throughout 2022, this series of four CPD events will take you through the stages of completing research in the library and knowledge services setting. These events are open to all who are interested in developing their skills in this area, but is has been customised specifically for those working in the health sector.

The sessions are outlined below, along with dates for your diaries. You can attend any one session, or all four to get a complete picture. LKS practitioners who have themselves already gained practical skills will talk about their experiences, as well as having expertise from LIRG members.

Each session will run virtually and will take place 10:00 - 13:00 GMT :

Friday 25th February 2022 - 'Getting started with research and evaluation'

Friday 6th May 2022 - 'Research methods'

Friday 1st July 2022 - 'Writing a research proposal'

Friday 7th October 2022 - 'Writing for publication'

Registration will be available soon. Please look out for details on pricing and how to register for these events in next month's newsletter.

Contact: Ebony Burke

Deadline for applications: 12.00 (noon, GMT), Friday 3^rdDecember 2021.

Applications remain open for the AHRC-RLUK Professional Practice Fellowship Scheme for academic and research libraries.

The scheme provides five fellowships of up to £20,000 (80% FEC) and is designed to develop and promote research capacity, capability, and confidence amongst colleagues working within research or academic libraries. The scheme is open to anyone working within a research or academic library who meets the scheme’s eligibility criteria. In particular, the scheme wishes to encourage applications from early-career professionals, and from members of ethnic minority communities who constitute under-represented groups within the library and information professions. 

The scheme is open to both RLUK and non-RLUK members. You do not need to work for an RLUK institution to apply to the scheme.

Applications will remain open until midday on Friday 3^rdDecember 2021.

For Full Application Guidance and to apply visit:https://bit.ly/AR-PPFS.

(Please note that this guidance supersedes that given in the pre-call information)

Application surgeries

A final application surgery will take place on Thursday 18^thNovemberto support applicants, and additional support is also on offer to members of under-represented groups and for colleagues who feel themselves disadvantaged in making an application. Please visit the scheme webpages for further details of these opportunities. Please do circulate these details to colleagues and networks.

The Library & Information Research Group’s journal, Library & Information Research (LIR), is in the process of relaunching.

We invite submissions from information professionals worldwide. These could be in the form of case studies, reports of best practice, peer-reviewed empirical studies, opinions, conference reports, MSc students’ dissertation summaries, or possibly other contributions.

The journal is open source, and it is completely free to publish and read. For more information or to submit your article, please visit www.lirgjournal.org.uk. If you have specific enquiries please email the Editor-in-Chief, Dr Diane Pennington

I will be the Secretary for LIRG.  I hope to carry this role out for an extended period so that I can develop the role as we move away from national restrictions.

What is your day job?

I am the Deputy Library Manager/eResources librarian at Croydon Health library.  I train clinical and non-clinical staff in how to search databases and I research clinical and non-clinical queries.  I train in health literacy and critical appraisal and I carry out reflective reading clubs.

What do you hope to bring to the committee?

I hope to be able to network, develop new contacts, improve my attention to detail and help support the Chair in organising the committee.  It is interesting to be able to work with librarians outside of health and I would like to develop my knowledge around research with the view to carrying out further studies.  I hope to widen my horizons to see how research is approached in other library sectors.

When you aren’t working what do you enjoy doing?

I am a keen walker, I also enjoy jogging and studying modern foreign languages.