Research for Librarians

Date:

Part 1 - 12th September 2025, 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Part 2 - 19th September 2025, 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Who is this for: Everyone.

Description:

There will be an introduction and a reminder of methodologies as well as a session on writing proposals / for publication. In an era when research is becoming more collaborative with librarians often appearing as co-writers - let alone doing their own research - this session is even more important. Anyone who is supporting research students or studying at a higher level will also find these sessions useful.

Slides and resources will be made available to participants.

Facilitators:

Each session will be run by Professor Alison Brettle and Dr Leo Appleton of the Library and Information Research Group, both of whom have extensive experience of workplace research.

• Alison is Professor in Health Information and Evidence Based Practice in the School of Health and Society at the University of Salford, where her research interests include evidence-based practice, the effectiveness and impact of library services and systematic reviews and systematic review methodology. She co-edited the book Being Evidence Based in Library and Information Practice (EBLIP), which brings together and moves forward current thinking and practice in the EBLIP field and co-authored a report for CILIP which brings together the latest evidence to demonstrate the value of trained library and information professionals. She is working with Knowledge for Health to develop resources to routinely collect impact data on health library services and CILIP to develop access to evidence-based resources for the library profession.

• Leo is an academic and the Director of Education at the University of Sheffield’s School of Information, journalism and Communication, where he teaches library and information service management. Prior to this role Leo worked as a library practitioner in the health and academic library sectors, where he has successfully pursued many workplace research projects. He has presented and published widely about the outputs and outcomes of the various projects and innovations that he has been involved with.

Cost:

Members / BETH members £20 per session

Non-members £35 per session