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ALIA Library Applied Research Kollektive (LARK)
Research, evidence and practice – working together
By Clare Thorpe The eighth International Evidence Based Library and Information Practice conference (EBLIP8) is returning to Australia in July 2015. Ten years after the third conference ventured to the southern hemisphere, Brisbane is again host city for EBLIP8 from...
Standard story
By Suzana Sukovic During a time of frequent change and, in many areas, increasing regulation, the library and information profession often revisits its professional standards. LIS professionals who work in educational and medical organisations are...
Recent research in open access publishing
By Diana Hodge http://aoasg.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/cc-by_logo.png Publishing articles in OA journals is now a firmly established practice in academia. Most articles are still published in the mainstream commercial titles but OA has carved a niche for...
LARK Workshop
bit.ly/1ob9V3X By Suzana Sukovic Do you have a good research idea but don't know how to start? Do you have a research project in a pipeline or a dusty folder and you really want to do it, but never have time? Do you need some feedback and inspiration? If you...
Teaching the Expert Searcher; Smashing Learning and Searching Stereotypes?
By Janine Schmidt "Professional Education in Expert Search: A Content Model" by Catherine L. Smith, Catherine L and Martha I. Roseberry, Journal of Education for Library and Information Science vol. 54 (4) Oct 2013 pp.255-269....
“Build it and they will come”: Evidence based practice from the literature
By Mary Anne Kennan Little library bit.ly/1pI7x06 This article was first published in the special issue of Incite “Build it and they will come”. The intention was to examine how libraries and other information organisations promote and celebrate their services...
Can you be remote in a digital world?
By Heather Todd Explanatory Practice for Learning 2:0 Based on a Cumulative Cumulative Analysis of the Value and Effort of ’23 Things’ Programs in Libraries (2013) by Michael Stephens. Reference and User Serves Quarterly, Vol 53, No 2, p 129-39 Whether you are a...
Educating for print disabilities
By Katherine Howard Senf, K., Black, F.A. and Mann, D. (2010) Education and Training for Serving those with Print Disabilities: Exploring the International Scene Feliciter 56(3) pp. 102-4. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/Woman_reading.jpg What...
Connecting with new information landscapes: information literacy practices of refugees
Drs Annemaree Lloyd, Mary Anne Kennan, Kim M. Thompson, Asim Qayyum Journal of Documentation, Volume: 69 Issue: 1; 2013 By Annemaree Lloyd https://www.flickr.com/photos/publik15/3917574528/in/photostream/ The purpose of the research was to understand how refugees...
Your multidisciplinary team needs a librarian
A history of Aboriginal Sydney won a Research and Investigation Award from the National Heritage Trust last week. It is a proud achievement for a multidisciplinary team, including a librarian. In Library and Information Week, the Chief...
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