Evidence Based Library & Information Practice Workshop: Walking the Walk
LIANZA Conference Health SIG Study Day
Saturday 29 October 10-4 p.m.
Harbour View Lounge, Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington
The LIANZA Health SIG proudly presents a workshop by Andrew Booth.
Evidence Based Library and Information Practice (EBLIP), formerly known as Evidence Based Librarianship, is a new and exciting paradigm currently gaining popularity throughout the library world. This model to improve the day-to-day decision-making of practising librarians is supported by its own online open access journal, by an established international conference series and by a substantial body of professional literature. This course aims to translate the theory into practice by presenting and modelling approaches to integrating evidence into daily decisions. The course follows the stages of the well-recognised evidence based practice process combining didactic introductions with case study materials that simulate real-life decision-making. It will include a significant section on reflective practice, particularly relevant in the age of professional registration and revalidation.
Course Objectives
By end of the course each participant will have:
- gained skills in evidence based practice process in a library setting;
- acquired working knowledge of techniques for tackling implementation in an area of interest;
- gained insights from considering perspectives of those leading implementation and recipients;
- experienced benefits of small group project-based working in problem-solving context;
- identified further training needs associated with provision of evidence based library and information services.
Who Should Attend
This course is appropriate for any library or information professional interested in learning more about the application of evidence to their day-to-day practice, whether at a personal, team, or organisational level. This course, which requires no previous knowledge of evidence based library and information practice, will examine tools and techniques for treating EBLIP as an integral part of day-to-day practice.
Further Reading
An extended two day version of this course was profiled in: Booth A (2007) Evidence in ‘real time’: the story of an international workshop. Health Information and Libraries Journal 24 (3), 227–231. [Reprints available from the author: A.Booth@sheffield.ac.uk ]
The workshop will look at evidence based library and information practice, of specific relevance to health librarians, but able to be adapted to the audience on the day.
COST: Health SIG members $50; LIANZA members $75; others $100 (includes lunch and refreshments)
Andrew Booth is Reader in Evidence Based Information Practice at the School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield. Andrew Booth has worked in the field of health information for over 25 years. Having previously worked in a variety of health library and information units in the NHS, the Medical Research Council and the King´s Fund, he moved to the University of Sheffield in 1994. Andrew set up the Information Resources (IR) Section and has subsequently been involved as a researcher, lecturer and trainer in all aspects of evidence based practice. Andrew has been a systematic review methodologist since 1995 and teaches on the Masters in Public Health and MSc in Health Informatics (with the Department of Information Studies). Andrew and his IR team hosted the first ever conference in Evidence Based Library and Information Practice in 2001 and since then he has been a prolific author and leading international figure within this paradigm.