We are delighted to announce that the winner of LIRG bursary place for CILIP Conference 2019 is Kamila Brown. We were impressed by Kamila’s objective of attending the conference to develop her interests in collaboration and conducting research.

Kamila can look forward to two days of a comprehensive programme that will appeal to professionals in all sectors, no matter what stage of career. There is still is time for you to take advantage of the Early Bird Discount (ending 17 May) so that you can also experience the range of expert-led seminars and workshops. The content will encourage discussion, knowledge sharing and cross-sectoral learning, and provide delegates with the practical skills and knowledge to positively influence the future.

LIRG will have a stand in the exhibition hall, so remember to come and say hello, find out about our event schedule and see you can get involved with our projects. Alternatively, early bird discounts are available until 17 May and you can book these directly on the cilipconference.org.uk website. Remember to log in to the CILIP website before booking so that it recognises your membership status and offers you the correct delegate rate.

CILIP Conference 2019 takes place in Manchester – 3-4 July.

Health Education England (HEE)  have worked in partnership with the CILIP Library and Information Research Group (LIRG) to agree a themed issue in the Library and Information Research Journal (LIR) on innovation and good practice from healthcare libraries serving the NHS. In order to help build skills and confidence around writing for publication, LIRG has been commissioned by HEE to deliver two webinars on Innovations and Good Practice Publication on: 23rd May 2019 & 11th July 2019

If you have an example of good practice or innovation which you would like to publish in this themed issue of LIR,  HEE would be keen to hear from you by completing an expressions of interest form (attached)  - return by Friday 12th April 2019. Authors whose entries are accepted for the next step of the process will be expected to attend both of the two writing for publication webinars. For more information please visit this Page. 

It’s conference season! The CILIP conference is now less than a month away and LIRG have an active role.  

Library & Information Research Group reps will be around on stand 22 on Thursday 5th July @13:20–13:50.

LIRG chaired Session: The ‘evidence’ in evidence based practice @15.50 – Thursday 5th July

What is research evidence? - Dr Diane Rasmussen Pennington
“It is time to dispel the myth that only ‘researchers’ or ‘academics’ in the information profession can and should do research.” 

Collecting and using evidence routinely across health libraries - Jenny Turner
“Could the evidence collected and used locally be collated and used nationally?"

Evidencing impact through the analysis of focus group data - Leo Appleton
“This presentation will provide a brief background to a PhD research project entitled: ‘The value and impact of public libraries within the Information Society: their contribution to citizenship development’.”

Chair: Alison Brettle

For full details see the website: http://cilipconference.org.uk/whats-on/programme/

If anyone who would like to write up these session and maybe take some photos for the blog, please do let us know.

We hope everyone will enjoy an engaging conference, and remember to come back from the beach after lunch! 

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WIN a place at Cilip Conference 2018! #CILIPConf18

The LIRG Committee is very pleased to offer you a chance to win a FREE place at the CILIP Conference 2018! #CILIPConf18

To enter with a chance to win, please email a 100 word statement to chair.lirg@cilip.org.uk stating why you should be selected to attend on behalf of LIRG. 

The deadline is midnight on the 18th April, and winners will be contacted on the 20th April.

Priority will be given to anyone who has not attended a CILIP conference and/or has difficulty attending for financial reasons. The winning statement will be selected from a panel of Committee members.

Please include CILIP Conference 2018 Competition in the subject and provide full name and contact details.

The winner will be expected to attend both days of the conference and either engage with the conference through social media and/or write a blog post for the LIRG blog.

Please note, accommodation & travel to the event is not included.

Back to school: our new research tutorials on CILIP's VLE

Have you enrolled for professional registration? Are you new to research, or would you just like to enhance your skills?

If so, our new tutorials are just what you need.

The tutorials can be accessed from the CILIP VLE homepage.

The course covers three main areas:

• Making research approachable: how can research help you in your role?
• How to plan research: what do you need to consider?
• Doing research

The course also supports the following areas of the PKSB:

• 4.1 – understanding research
• 12.5 - communication skills
• 9.4 – demonstrating value

Do you want to know the answer to “Why should I do research”? This course might help you to discover the answer.

So what are you waiting for? Register online ready for the new term.

And finally... don't forget your new pencil case and scented felt tip pens!