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ALIA Library Applied Research Kollektive (LARK)

Webinar Recording & Slides

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...

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Evidence and values-based approaches in OER

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...

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Webinar ‘Reflections on research in practice’: follow-up

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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Webinar – Reflections on Research in Practice

Webinar – Reflections on Research in Practice

LARK is preparing for the final event of its tenth anniversary year. We invite librarians, colleagues who work in information roles, educators, students, and anyone else interested in practice-based research to join a webinar event on the topic Reflections on Research in Practice...

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Part 2: Boundary spanners & shifters

Part 2: Boundary spanners & shifters

By Doctors Suzana Sukovic and Kerith Duncanson   This blog post continues the previous post Observing, spanning and shifting boundaries in data work. Both are based on our study findings published as Sukovic, S., Eisner, J. and Duncanson, K., 2022. Observing,...

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LARK 2022: slides

LARK 2022: slides

We are pleased to share slides from the LARK 2022 Symposium. The full program with presenters' bios is available here.10 years of LARKDr Suzana Sukovic - LARK's Founder and ConvenorKEYNOTEThe Power of Evidence-based Practice: Fostering Social Change through Library and Information...

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Users’ experiences in a regional university library makerspace

Users’ experiences in a regional university library makerspace

This is a summary of Emilia Bell's presentation at the LARK 2022 SymposiumSlidesThe UniSQ Makerspace is a community space used for creating and hands-on activities. It includes equipment for digital fabrication, electronics, and crafting (UniSQ Library Makerspace, n.d.). Responding to a gap in the...

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LARK 2022 Symposium in tweet and picture

LARK 2022 Symposium in tweet and picture

The LARK 2022 Symposium was last week, just as inspiring as we expected. Many people travelled from other states and New Zealand to participate in a great day of discussions about library and information research in practice. After the formal part of the day, we continued with post-symposium...

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