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By Paige Wright The post was originally published on the blog Paige the Librarian. Friday I attended the ALIA LARK (Library Applied Research Kollektive) seminar, Holy Evidence! Research in Information Practice. This post will discuss some highlights and tips from the seminar, so if you are a GLAMR...

By Suzana Sukovic LARK is getting ready to celebrate its fifth birthday in research style next week. With speakers and participants coming from close and afar, it really feels like birds of a feather are flocking together.  If you haven't secured your place, there is still time to check our...

Source By Virginia Wilson Many information organizations strive to create a culture of research for different reasons. Some, like many Canadian academic libraries, do so to encourage their librarians who are required to conduct and disseminate research for professional advancement, i.e. tenure,...

By Suzana Sukovic On 22 September LARK is celebrating its 5th anniversary in its signature style - by organising a seminar dedicated to research in practice. We are delighted to announce that the full program is now ready. The seminar will be presented in two parts. In the first half of the...

By Liz Walkley Hall Last Wednesday 10 May, LARK held its first face to face meeting in South Australia! This was an informal gathering over lunch, facilitated by me, but with an emphasis on working as a collective. There were 13 attendees, including PhD students, academics, and...

By Virginia Wilson I recently returned home from a week-long academic women's writing retreat in Banff, Alberta, Canada. Academic women from the University of Saskatchewan (U of S; my home institution) and elsewhere in Canada came together for 6 days (arrived Monday; returned Saturday) to...

By Suzana Sukovic 10 May is going to be an eventful day for LARK. First of all, LARK is spreading its wings to South Australia. The first SA LARK meeting will be in Adelaide on 10 May at 12 pm. It will be an informal meeting to connect with people interested in research in library and information...

©2017 HABBENINK  http://www.habbenink.com By Suzana Sukovic Library and information professionals ask themselves regularly what they can do better to support research. It is a worthy question, but the answers never go far enough simply because we can’t really support research anymore. And how...

By Diana Hodge & Suzana Sukovic   We have just finished our three-year term as co-chairs for the ALIA Research Advisory Committee (RAC). Overall, it has been an extremely rewarding experience. It involved a lot of work, but it was worth it. However, many times over the three years, we...

By Suzana Sukovic Earlier this week (Wednesday, 22 February) LARK hosted a webinar entitled Research capacity building for professional practice. It was announced here and here. This webinar was a milestone for LARK as this was the first time we targeted different professional...