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By Suzana Sukovic A definition and conceptual model of transliteracy was proposed in the previous post in this series titled What exactly is transliteracy? (also LARK post What is transliteracy?). In short, transliteracy was described as a fluidity...

#EBLIPRG November Enough with the Shhhhh! - Journal Discussion on Twitter By Fiona Macdonald Our EBLIP reading group is continuing to meet every second month on Twitter to discuss articles which support an evidence-based approach to Library issues. In November the...

By Suzana Sukovic ​This is the last event of the year. We'll celebrate the end of a successful year and plan where we want to take LARK in 2017. From UTS, we'll connect online with colleagues in Adelaide who plan to start a LARK chapter in South Australia. LARKs from...

By Edward Luca Sign from Luca's & Narayan's article I started working in an academic library three years ago. At the time, I was completing my Bachelor’s degree in library and information science. The job was not as a librarian, but rather a communication officer....

By Suzana Sukovic "In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not." (Anonymous; attributed to Einstein) This clever observation was one of many interesting points raised in Liz Walkley Hall's presentation Working as a practitioner researcher:...

Hopefully, you've been inspired by Virginia Wilson's recent post about Canadian experience with LIS research and evidence based practice. In the next LARK Meet online, we'd like to connect inspiration and your good ideas with practice. The main presentation will be by...

By Virginia Wilson  At the University of Saskatchewan (U of S), located in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, librarians are faculty members. This means that we are responsible for the practice of professional skills, service, and research. In fact, we...

By Megan Fitzgibbons Our next discussion will focus on a recent study on the impact of participation in journal clubs--a topic that's close to home for #EBLIPRG participants! #EBLIPRG Journal club impacts Facilitated by Megan Fitzgibbons The reading is: Fitzgibbons,...

By Suzana Sukovic Hard to believe, but it is already time to put the last LARK events this year in your calendar: LARKMeet - 11 October 8 pm ONLINE Eat, drink and plan - 1 December 6 pm face-to-face in Sydney and online Our first online meeting was in June. We enjoyed...

By Suzana Sukovic Transliteracy as a concept originated in the work of academics who were involved in digital building and tinkering, people who got their hands dirty with some practical work while thinking theoretically (see Transliteracies Project and Transliteracy...