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Getting Started in Research and Evaluation
Posted by Christine Irving Jan 16th 2012
Tags: workshop LIRG research evaluation
The Library and Information Research Group (LIRG) workshop is running a 'Getting Started in Research and Evaluation' workshop in collaboration with the Health Libraries Group (HLG) and HEALER

It's a one day workshop, facilitated by experienced researchers, designed to help practitioners get started in research or evaluation.  Participants are encouraged to consider the similarities and differences between research and evaluation, the challenges, and the practical considerations that need to be addressed.  They will be encouraged to consider the valuable contribution research projects can have even if they are small in scale.  They will also be introduced to quantitative and qualitative approaches, find out when to use each and what may be feasible when. The session will be practical, full of tips and will provide a user friendly overview of the research and evaluation process to help participants to think about and plan potential projects, as well as provide opportunities to ask specific questions and gain feedback about their own research ideas.
Who should attend: Practitioners and students.  It is particularly suitable for those who are interested in doing research or evaluation, but need some user friendly and practical help to get started.
 
Learning outcomes:
·        To understand the similarities and differences between research and evaluation
·        To understand the practical considerations which need to be addressed when planning research or evaluation projects
·        To understand the difference between quantitative and qualitative approaches
 
Facilitators: Alison Brettle, Andrew Booth, Hannah Spring, Christine Urquhart
 
Location:  Manchester Metropolitan University, 20th February 2012, 10am-4pm
Cost: £50+VAT LIRG or HLG Members, £75+VAT non members

Booking via Online Form via the LIRG Events website  https://sites.google.com/site/lirgweb/home/activities/lirg-events-in-2012/getting-started

If you have you ever thought about doing a research project or evaluating a new service, but…
-         are not sure how to go about it?
-         don’t know which methods to use?
-         cant see how it is relevant to your practice?

Then LIRG, HLG and HEALER have a workshop for you

Contact is Alison Brettle| LIRG Events Co-ordinator| Lirg.Events@gmail.com
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Information literacy in the workplace and the employability agenda
Posted by Christine Irving Jan 13th 2012
Category: Member Blogs
Tags: information literacy research activities workplace employability publication

Just before Christmas I received a copy of a new Chandos book Information Literacy: Infiltrating the agenda, challenging minds edited by Geoff Walton and Alison Pope.

What was particularly exciting for me about this publication was the chapter on Information literacy in the workplace and the employability agenda. The reason for my excitement was that I along with John Crawford authored the chapter. I have written several journal articles but this was my first published book chapter and it gave me great pride to see my name in print. It reminded me when I saw my name on my first published journal article. 

Writing for publications can be a long slow process but rewarding. I co-wrote the chapter in the Spring of 2010 and the book was published in June 2011. The book now has pride of place on my bookshelf.

My next challenge is to start work on my chapters for Information Literacy and Lifelong Learning: The workplace, health and public libraries The book will include previous research undertaken as part of the Scottish Information Literacy Project.
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Scrivener madness
Posted by David Jarman Jan 13th 2012
Category: Member Blogs
Tags: software

Hello, happy new year to everyone - looking forward to seeing you in a couple of weeks' time.

My few minutes of madness in Edinburgh was about Scrivener, which I'm still using. It's been good to see my use of it develop as I progress with different projects - from notes to drafts and on to work that is ready to be distributed and read by others. I still heartily recommend you give it a go, there's a free 30 day trial for Mac and Windows (and the days don't have to be sequential).

I've also been getting to know Sente as a potential reference and citation manager. I'm still on the trial at the moment, but it seems to be working ok. It's Mac only and at least the developers talk about Scrivener in their support materials, you'd think it didn't exist to look some other reference managers. Over time I'll get to know its idiosyncrasies, but so far so good.

I'd be very happy to discuss this with anyone who uses either already and can roll out a sales pitch if you're keen to know more.
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