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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...
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...
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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