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Posted By Jessica Blackburn-Smith,
28 July 2021
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 What
role will you be playing in the committee?
I'm the new Events Officer for LIRG. Helping the committee to develop and create
interesting events that will interest the CILIP community.
What
is your day job?
I am
currently a Senior Library Assistant at King's College London. I work as part
of the Learning, Design and Delivery team which creates and delivers 121
support and workshops to the KCL community. My area of work focuses on
systematic reviews, critical appraisals of research, supporting our NHS partners to access resources and teaching
skills to enable life long and independent learning.
What
do you hope to bring to the committee?
This is
my first time being actively involved with CILIP and the LIRG committee and I
hope to create activities that will engage a diverse community. I have
experience organising a variety of physical and online events. Watch this space!
When
you aren’t working what do you enjoy doing?
I am a big hot
yoga fan and like to relax in this way. I am also a couch potato and love to
chill and watch Netflix. Very yin and yang personality.
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Posted By Cath Dishman,
21 July 2021
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What role will you be playing in the committee?
I’m the new Digital Officer and am part of the LIRG marketing team, working alongside the External Communications Officer and the Content Officer. My main roles will include updating the LIRG webpages and curating the LIRG newsletter to keep you informed about the group’s latest news, upcoming events, and awards.
What is your day job?
I am an Assistant E-Resources Librarian at Cardiff University, helping to manage the University’s large e-resource collection with my colleagues in the Collection Management Team. My role involves ensuring access to e-resources, gathering usage statistics to inform renewal decisions, and liaising with publishers. I started this role in October 2020 so am yet to meet my colleagues in person!
What do you hope to bring to the committee?
I am really excited to be part of the LIRG committee, and I hope that my digital and communication skills will prove useful in this role. I have a passion for open research and am looking forward to supporting ‘research into practice’ and being a reviewer for the group’s open access journal Library and Information Research (LIR).
When you aren’t working what do you enjoy doing?
I enjoy walking my dog in the beautiful Welsh countryside and I have a keen interest in archaeology. Following on from my master’s dissertation I recently published a paper in RSOS about the origins of the crew of a Tudor warship, the Mary Rose. It’s open access if you fancy a read! https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.202106
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Posted By Cath Dishman,
13 July 2021
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What role will you be playing in the committee?
I’m the new Content Officer and along with the External Communications Officer and the Digital Officer I’m part of the marketing team of LIRG. I’m primarily responsible for updating the blog but the team will work together to get useful information out to you as members of the LIRG special interest group.
What is your day job?
By day I’m the Open Access and Digital Scholarship Librarian at Liverpool John Moores University. Practically what this means is I am part of our Researcher Engagement Team and along with our Research Support Librarian support Postgraduate Researchers and research active staff at the University. I manage our institutional repository and our Open Journals Service as well as contributing to our training programme for researchers.
What do you hope to bring to the committee?
I hope to bring my experience of promoting research and supporting researchers to the committee. I am passionate about open research and am looking forward to supporting and raising the profile of library and information science research.
When you aren’t working what do you enjoy doing?
I am a keen runner and aim to get out regularly, I particularly enjoying running along the promenade where I live. I also enjoy baking, especially cakes, so it is a good job I run to keep the calories in check.
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Posted By Fariba Bannerman,
03 June 2021
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LIRG are pleased to announce that all three “introduction to research skills” tutorials developed for our members are now on CILIP eLearning Hub.
Access via CILIP members using this link:
https://www.cilip.org.uk/page/LIRGLandingPage
(please note you will need your CILIP credentials to log into the site).
Module One: Making research approachable - will share individual's experience of starting to get involved with research, from the novice to the experienced practitioner.
Module two: How to plan research - includes real life project examples to show how other people have done research. The tutorial gives you the chance to see a couple of research proposal examples and a project plan. This tutorial offers the chance to read them and look at how you could adapt the draft template for your own research project.
Module three: Doing research - the final section of the module looks at conducting research. It takes you through some of the processes that you may need to use as you undertake research and it begins to explore the different ways that work can be disseminated. For example, an introduction on discourse analysis – how to review your focus group data. It also helps you navigate the different ways of promoting and disseminating research from internal reports to social media and publishing journal articles. It also explains the best way of managing and responding to the peer review process, when publishing in a journal.
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Posted By Fariba Bannerman,
24 March 2021
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The Library and Information Research Group Committee needs new members!
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. A number of our committee members have taken up other roles within CILIP, so we are recruiting new committee members to fill soon to be vacant positions. We also want to recruit to a new position to expand our member offer. Training and support in all roles will be provided by existing committee members and CILIP as appropriate. The time commitment for all roles is approximately 1 hour per week. This can increase at certain times of the year depending on role. If you want to gain additional skills and develop your career further, why not apply to join our committee? 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.
The vacancies we currently have are:
Secretary
Digital Officer
Content Creator
Events Officer
Awards and Prizes Officer
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)
CILIP is committed to championing diversity, inclusion and representation. We particularly welcome applications from BAME, disabled and LGBTQ+ candidates, who have historically been under-represented on our committees. CILIP is currently offering up to 150 complimentary memberships to library and information workers from BAME backgrounds who are duly selected to join a committee before the end of 2022.
The closing date for applying for these vacancies is 30th April 2021, as we would like to formally make the appointments to the committee at our AGM in May.
If you are interested in being a part of LIRG and would like to discuss any of the vacant positions please get in touch with Leo Appleton, incoming chair of LIRG at l.appleton@sheffield.ac.uk
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Posted By Gillian E. Siddall,
23 February 2021
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LIRG are pleased to announce that the “introduction to research skills” tutorials developed for our members are now moving onto the CILIP eLearning Hub. The first module “What is research?” is now live and can be accessed by CILIP members using this link: https://www.cilip.org.uk/page/LIRGLandingPage (please note you will need your CILIP details to log into the site).
The next two modules will go live on the CILIP eLearning Hub over the next few months. These are:
2. How to plan research.
3. Doing research.
The tutorials have been designed to be as interactive as possible. They use question prompts to encourage you to reflect and review your knowledge and experience with research. The tutorials also include handouts to help you explore the benefits of research to you and your organisation. To add value to these tutorials, the Library and Information Research Group committee members have shared their hints and tips that they have learnt about research in their careers. An opportunity to have some guidance as you explore and begin your research journey.
Each tutorial includes videos from experts on how to develop research skills. The tutorials are designed to support several areas of the PKSB, including (4) research skills; (12) IT and communication; and (9) leadership and advocacy. The first tutorial “what is research” aims to make research approachable. It answers the question ‘why should I do research?’. The module includes case studies and key arguments on how research can help LIRG members to develop as a professional. These might be useful to help provide justification for research to a manager or organisation. The tutorial includes link to relevant journal articles, demonstrating research in practice and further information on the topics discussed.
We hope you find the tutorials helpful. If you have any comments or feedback, please let us know.
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Posted By Fariba Bannerman,
18 December 2020
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LIRG is delighted to announce Lynda Ayiku, Information Specialist at the National Institute for Health & Care Excellence (NICE), as our 2020 Researcher Practitioner Excellence Award winner. The committee wishes Lynda the best of luck in her future endeavours #LIRGRP20
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Posted By Administration,
17 December 2020
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This series, brought to you by NHS R&D NW, showcases women from early career researchers to internationally renowned professors. This series also celebrates the diversity of women in health and social care research and the unique challenges they have all faced.
Starring in the sixth film of the series is LIRG's very own Alison Brettle, Professor in Health Information & Evidence-based practice, University of Salford and Research Centre Director, Centre for Applied Health, Welfare & Policy Research.
Click here to watch Alison's film!
To watch the other films in the series - Click here
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Posted By Fariba Bannerman,
06 November 2020
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We are now welcoming nominations for the 2020 LIRG LIS Practitioner Researcher Award.
With a prize of £500, this award aims to recognise an individual or team of LIS practitioners who have made a substantial contribution to LIS research in 2019-2020.
The winner will be announced at the upcoming LIS Researcher Practitioner event, taking place on Thursday 10 December 2020. (to book a place follow the link here)
Nominations should take the form of a 500-word statement that demonstrates the research excellence and impact of the candidate (or candidate team) and provides evidence of their research output (e.g. references or links to published articles, links to blogs, conference papers or presentations on SlideShare). Nominations must be made by someone who can validate the work of the candidate (or candidate team).
Nominations will be judged using the following criteria:
• Research Excellence – evidence of research merit and quality, e.g. citations, published in high quality journals, grant income.
• Research Impact - impact of research or contribution to research to the wider LIS profession (how their research is used or makes a difference more widely); relevance of research to current professional context.
• Research Output - evidence of sharing research findings with practitioners; number and variety of papers, reports, conference presentations, etc.
The deadline for nominations is Monday 30th November 2020. Nominations and queries should be addressed to Anja Badock, LIRG Awards and Events Officer, at Anja.Badock@uwe.ac.uk or visit: https://bit.ly/3eAHZEy
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Posted By Fariba Bannerman,
06 November 2020
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This free CPD seminar will be held online via Zoom, on Thursday 10th December 2020, 14:00 – 16:45. This half day webinar 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.
Presenter: Library and Information Research Group
Contact: Leo Appleton
Email: l.appleton@sheffield.ac.uk
Register: https://www.cilip.org.uk/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1336678
Webpage: bit.ly/3n2FJZp
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