Course - Evidence Based Library and Information Practice
Two-day seminar with Andrew Booth
Ditching the Deadwood: Clearing a Path for Evidence Based Library and Information Practice
"If I only had more time!" This is a universal complaint from librarians everywhere (even lands with a midnight sun!). Every day brings new agendas, new tasks and new technologies and librarians rarely say no. One possible remedy is to focus on existing practices and processes and examine the evidence base for continuing such activities.
If you were to take your library back to "ground zero", what practices would you keep and what would you discard?
This workshop will examine some of the services that we provide as a matter of routine and look at how librarian expertise, research evidence and user feedback might combine to reshape our view of what we do and how we do it. Providing a practical framework for evidence based library and information practice (EBLIP) the facilitator will help participants to engage meaningfully with the evidence base in informing their day-to-day decisions.
Course registration
It is possible to attend the course “Evidence Based Library and Information Practice” without registering for the whole conference. The course fee is NOK 3 500,-
The fee includes:
- Course: “Evidence Based Library and Information Practice”
- Lunch and conference dinner on May 6th
- Lunch on May 7th
Maximum number of participants: 30
About Andrew Booth
Andrew Booth is Reader in Evidence Based Information Practice at the School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), University of Sheffield. He is actively involved in all aspects of knowledge translation from evidence production through to dissemination and local implementation. Working primarily within a health services research context Andrew is committed to promoting the role of knowledge management within the evidence based practice of his own profession and that of other healthcare professionals. Andrew is one of the most active trainers of healthcare librarians in Europe, both face-to-face and via e-learning, and has co-edited the only textbook on Evidence Based Library and Information Practice.
Last modified: 22.02.2010