University of Birmingham Monday 12th
March,
Background
Training in
Evidence Based Library & Information Practice (EBLIP - fast becoming the
consensual term for Evidence Based Librarianship) tends to focus on specific
technical skills at the expense of implementation. Recent developments have
seen increasing efforts to implement EBLIP locally into mainstream library
and information practice.How can you as a library or information practitioner
get evidence into your practice? How can you work as part of a
team to develop a project-based approach to making your service more
efficient and effective?
About the Workshop
This
workshop will provide participants with the opportunity to work in common
interest groups, (information skills training, enquiry services and library
outreach etcetera) of 5 to 6 participants to follow the evidence trail from
problem through to potential solutions. Each group will follow a
semi-structured process, prompted by “trigger” scenarios over the course of an
extended case study. Participants will work in groups to apply EBLIP principles
to real-life problems, supported by materials provided by the facilitators. The
day will conclude with plenary feedback allowing all groups to benefit from
observations on the process itself and from the specific findings from each
group. Numbers are limited to 21
participants only.
About the Facilitators
Andrew Booth and Anne Brice are editors of Evidence-based Practice for Information
Professionals: A handbook, currently the only book on this
increasingly important topic. They are also two of the most experienced
facilitators of small group teaching within a European library context. They
will use problem based learning approaches to provide a varied and stimulating collective
learning experience.
By the end
of the course each participant will have:
- acquired a working knowledge of a range of techniques for tackling significant implementation issues in a topic of interest to them and their employing organisations;
- gained insights from considering both the perspectives of those leading implementation and recipients at the sharp end of the change process;
- gained skills in undertaking the principal stages of the evidence based practice process in a library setting;
- experienced the benefits of small group project-based working in a problem-solving context;
- identified further training needs associated with the provision of evidence based library and information services.
Venue
The Professional Development Centre of the School of Medicine at the University of Birmingham(literally a couple of minutes from University station). The course will take
place in Lecture Room 1 and two breakout rooms.
Professional
Development Centre
School of Medicine
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston B15 2TT
Tel: 0121
414 8608/8607
Fax: 0121
414 8609
Email:
med-pdcbookings@bham.ac.uk
Website: www.medicine.bham.ac.uk/pdc
Travel
Directions at: http://www.medicine.bham.ac.uk/pdc/pdfs/pdcdirections.pdf
Outline of the day:
10:00 Setting
the Scene [Plenary]
10:20 Identifying
the Problem [Group]
10:50 Reviewing
the Evidence [Group]
12:30 LUNCH
13:15 Taking
Stock [Plenary]
13:35 Planning
& Implementation [Group]
14:30 Identifying
Barriers and Facilitators [Group]
15:00 TEA
15:15 Evaluating
Change [Group]
15:30 Feedback
& Close [Plenary]
16:00 DEPART
Booking Form at: http://scharrlatan.typepad.com/bkebwk.doc
