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LARK Symposium 2024: Sneak Peak #2
Hands up who wants to hear what’s going on at LARK 2024? Well, once more we have the privilege to hear from some of our special guest speakers about their research journey, they will be sharing at our LARK Symposium and implications for our profession. This time in our second LARK 2024 sneak peek...
LARK Symposium 2024: A Sneak Peek at Some of Our Speakers
Paul Jewell With LARK symposium 2024 almost upon us it is time to start finding out more about some of our great speakers and their research. In this first post the LARK team are proud to showcase and share below two research projects that will fire up our enthusiasm for research in LIS and...
LARK Symposium 2024: Program, Registration & Grant Applications Now Available
Join Us in Brisbane! By Suzana Sukovic This year, LARK is thrilled to announce our first international symposium and the first outside Sydney. With few events in Australia focusing on research in library and information studies, and even fewer dedicated to applied and practice-based research, the...
Workshop: Research in Practice: From Discovery to Impact
Monday 6 May, 11 am-5 pm, ALIA National Conference, Adelaide By Dr Mary Anne Kennan The Editorial team of the Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association (JALIA), ALIA LARK, and the ALIA Research Advisory Committee (ALIA RAC) are jointly holding a pre-conference workshop at the...
Reflection on LARK Circles
My name is Becky Scott, I’m an academic librarian in the UK and a member of the first LARK circle. I joined LARK to connect with other librarian-researchers and learn about practitioner experiences in other contexts. Last year I was part of the RLUK-AHRC-ARMA Research Catalyst programme for...
First LARK Circle, 2023
By Dr Mary Anne Kennan and Emilia Bell LARK has an initiative named LARK Circles which are communities of practice for those interested in LIS research, particularly practitioner research. The purpose of LARK Circles is to facilitate research-related collegial conversation and peer support. LARK...
Webinar Recording & Slides
Last week LARK launched its new initiative, LARK Circles, communities of practice for those interested in LIS research, especially practitioner research. Thought-provoking conversations about reflective practice were an excellent introduction to our thinking...
Evidence and values-based approaches in OER
By Emilia Bell, Nikki Andersen, & Adrian Stagg Earlier this year Emilia Bell, Nikki Andersen, and Adrian Stagg presented at the Northeast OER Summit exploring values-based approaches in open educational practice (OEP) and evidence-based practice (EBP). They summarise their thoughts on the...
At the end of LARK’s anniversary year: Three insights for the future
By Dr Suzana SukovicAs we are winding down at the end of the year and wrapping up LARK’s tenth anniversary, it is time for some slow, seasonal reflection. 2022 was a great year for LARK and it is worth looking back at it. More importantly, LARK is part of a bigger picture with practice-based...
Webinar ‘Reflections on research in practice’: follow-up
By Emilia BellThe ‘Reflections on Research in Practice’ webinar, LARK’s final event for 2022, was held on 6 December. Many people were interested, but were unable to attend, so we are now pleased to share a RECORDING from the event. Many thanks to ALIA for posting it for LARK.We were joined...
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