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The 9th CILIP ARLG SW DARTS Conference will be held at Stanton House Hotel, Stanton Fitzwarren, on 21st – 22nd May 2025, with a conference theme of empowering Librarians to conduct and support research. Full details about this and past DARTS conferences
can be accessed via our website.
Programme
Abstracts for each of the talks below are available on the DARTS9 website.
Please note: some of the timings listed may change and details will continue to be added as they are confirmed.
Wednesday 21st May 2025
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1030 - 1200 |
Registration
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1200 - 1250 |
Lunch
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1250 - 1300 |
Conference opening and welcome
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1300 - 1400 |
Keynote talk - Taking the Librarian out of the Library
Lizzie Gadd, Head of Research Culture & Assessment at Loughborough University
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1410 - 1500 |
Presentation - Experiences from the RLUK Research Catalyst Cohort Programme: Building a research culture to empower LIS practitioners
Kim Davis, Information Specialist at the University of Plymouth, and Catherine Dack, Research Support Librarian at the University of Bristol
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1500 - 1530 |
Afternoon break
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1530 - 1630 |
Workshop - More than words: Using visual research methods to explore student experience
Gillian Siddall, Academic Librarian at the University of Northampton
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Times tbc |
Drinks reception and conference dinner
Information about session
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Thursday 22nd May 2025
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0830 - 0900 |
Registration
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0915 - 1000 |
Keynote talk - Parallel worlds? Reflections on being a publishing library practitioner
Tim Wales, University Librarian at Cranfield University
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1000 - 1050 |
Presentation - Becoming a researcher librarian: Building knowledge through experience
Alice Cann, Academic Liaison Librarian for Business at Brunel University London
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1050 - 1120 |
Break
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1120 - 1220 |
Workshop - Leading Research Practitioners: Support where it is needed
Beth Montague-Hellen, Head of Library and Information Services at The Francis Crick Institute
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1220 - 1300 |
Panel discussion
An opportunity to ask your questions to our expert panel.
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1300 - 1400 |
Lunch
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1400 - 1450 |
Presentation - From Research Enabler to Researcher at Durham University
Stuart Hunt, Director of University Library and Collections, University Librarian, Durham University
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1450 - 1520 |
Break
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1520 - 1620 |
Workshop - How to make open research more inclusive by supporting under-recognised research professionals
Lucy Woolhouse, Genetics Librarian at the University of Cambridge, and Frankie Marsh, Plant Sciences Librarian at the University of Cambridge
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1620 - 1630 |
Closing talk
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Speakers
Further information on each of our speakers is available on the ARLG DARTS website
Lizzie Gadd
Dr Elizabeth (Lizzie) Gadd is the Head of Research Culture & Assessment at Loughborough University, UK. She chairs the International Network of Research Management Societies (INORMS) Research Evaluation Group, birthplace of the More Than Our
Rank initiative and the SCOPE framework for responsible research evaluation. She was elected a Vice-Chair of the international Coalition on Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA) in 2022 and was recently re-elected for a second term. Alongside
James Wilsdon & Stephen Curry, she co-authored the independent review of UK responsible research assessment, Harnessing the Metric Tide: Indicators, Infrastructures & Priorities for UK Research Assessment. She is the Founding Chair
of the LIS-Bibliometrics Forum for Library bibliometrics specialists under which umbrella she founded The Bibliomagician Blog. She also co-Champion’s the Association of Research Managers & Administrators (ARMA) Research Evaluation Special
Interest Group. In 2020 she was the recipient of the INORMS Award for Excellence in Research Management Leadership. She holds a PhD in copyright ownership and scholarly communication and regularly writes, researches and speaks on topics relating
to research culture, scholarly communication, and research evaluation.
Kim Davis
Kim has been an Information Specialist at the University of Plymouth since 2017 but has been working in libraries for over 20 years. Her current remit is teaching and liaison for the School of Biological and Marine Sciences and the School of Geography,
Earth and Environmental Sciences. She also works closely with the Library Researcher Support team to advocate for open research, leading on Research Data Management, and delivering teaching on Copyright and RDM for researchers at all levels. Kim is
current interested in education for sustainable development and its potential application within library/open research teaching, and the intersections between information literacy, open research and sustainable development. Outside of work, Kim enjoys
sea swimming, casual gaming, and is an avid K-Pop fan.
Catherine Dack
Catherine works at the University of Bristol as a Research Support Librarian and is currently simultaneously job-sharing as Head of Library Research Support. She has previously worked in a variety of academic library roles, including as a Subject
Librarian. Her main areas of focus are on supporting digital scholarship activities, in particular 3D digitisation, and on Open Access publication, but she also works closely with the Library’s Special Collections and has a particular interest
in rare books. Outside of work she likes running, music, history, the sea, gardening, longsword training, knitting and cake.
Gillian Siddall
Gillian is an Academic Librarian at the University of Northampton. She supports students and staff on the health professional programmes to develop their information literacy practice. Gillian is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a
chartered member of CILIP. Gillian received funding from the AHRC-RLUK Professional Practice Fellowship Scheme for research and academic libraries, to look at the transition of international students to UK postgraduate education. She is working
with the Library and Information Research Group (LIRG) to look at Library, Information and Knowledge practitioners' experiences, skills, and confidence of taking part in research.
Tim Wales
Tim Wales is University Librarian at Cranfield University, United Kingdom. He has previously led libraries at Brunel University London, Rothamsted Research, the University of West London and London Business School. He completed his MSc in Information
Science at City St George’s, University of London. Tim has written on many professional topics, including library strategy, business librarianship and library technologies and edited his first book Business School Libraries in the 21st Century
in 2014. He is a chartered member of CILIP, a fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and an editorial board member of the New Review of Academic Librarianship.
Alice Cann
Alice is Academic Liaison Librarian for Business at Brunel University London, where she has worked for many years. She has more recently had a renewed focus on professional development, research and leadership as her children have grown older.
Along with collection and project responsibilities, and information literacy teaching and support, she is particularly interested in systematic reviews and secondary data collection. Alice is currently working on a systematic review research
project on open access publications. She blogs, somewhat obsessively, about her professional activities at https://researcherlibrarian.wordpress.com. Alice is a prolific library conference poster, currently on BlueSky at @alicecann, where
she advocates for this as an ongoing practice.
Beth Montague-Hellen
Dr Beth Montague-Hellen started off academic life as a Molecular Biologist studying at Manchester University. The next 14 years were spent as a bioinformatician, accruing an MSc and a PhD on the way. Following this, Beth decided that supporting
others to do excellent research was far more rewarding than actually doing the research and so moved into Libraries and Research Support. Beth takes an as open-as-possible, EDI focused approach to research support and is a big advocate for
green OA alongside a completely transparent research cycle including radically open data and software sharing. Despite leaving a formal research role, it turns out that Beth is unable to leave it alone.
Stuart Hunt
Stuart Hunt is Director of University Library and Collections and University Librarian at Durham University. In his role he has leadership responsibility for the University’s libraries, museums galleries and exhibitions, archives and special collections.
He has a track record in strategic leadership, digital transformation and building external partnerships. Stuart has previously held a number of senior leadership roles in UK universities working in research-intensive Russell Group and post-1992
university libraries. He serves, or has served, on regional, national and international committees. He has published articles and given conference papers on content strategy; post-pandemic planning, and; libraries, sustainability and the United
Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Lucy Woolhouse
Lucy is the Genetics Librarian at the University of Cambridge. She delivers library services to the Department of Genetics, as well as providing research support across the wider School of Biological Sciences. She teaches research skills to postgraduate
students and early-career researchers and provides open access training and support to researchers and professional services staff. She is also a Data Champion and a member of the University’s Responsible Use of Metrics Working Group.
Frankie Marsh
Frankie is the Plant Sciences Librarian at the University of Cambridge. She is responsible for library services that support the teaching, learning and research needs of staff and students in the Department of Plant Sciences, the University Herbarium
and the Botanic Garden. She has also supported glaciologists and polar researchers at the Scott Polar Research Institute, conservation professionals at the Cambridge Conservation Initiative, and medical researchers and health professionals
at the University of Cambridge Medical Library.
Pricing
DARTS9 non-residential day ticket for Wednesday 21st May, including lunch and refreshments
£80 plus VAT
DARTS9 non-residential day ticket for Thursday 22nd May, including lunch and refreshments
£110 plus VAT
DARTS9 non-residential day ticket for Wednesday 21st & Thursday 22nd May, including lunch and refreshments
£180 plus VAT
DARTS9 non-residential delegate conference dinner ticket for the evening of Wednesday 21st May
£60 plus VAT
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