New Online, Paper and Presentation: Evidence-Based Library and Information Practice (EBLIP) – strut the catwalk to reveal your inner supermodel
by Lisa Cotter and Mary Grimmond (2006)
In: Proceedings ALIA New Librarians’ Symposium 2006
From the abstract:
By showcasing the possibilities and benefits of evidence based library and information practice (EBLIP), this presentation hopes to entice delegates to do “a little turn on the catwalkâ€, modelling EBLIP. Unless you are too sexy for your study, a $10000 grant is not necessary to make it worth getting out of bed and involved with research. Practitioners can dress up daily decision making with research literature at virtually no cost. EBLIP is not in the exclusive domain of “researchersâ€, nor just the high-flyers with special project funding. It is a tool that can be applied by library practitioners, as both consumers and producers of research, within the scope of normal library operations. EBLIP promotes best practice in the workplace while also providing valuable opportunities for professional development. It encourages decision making to be based upon the best available evidence, embodying a cycle where research is found, appraised, used, and evaluated. By incorporating EBLIP, projects involving routine activities carried out in libraries every day may be offered up as a “supermodel†– an exemplar to be inspired by and learn from, to critique, and to copy.
Source: ALIA E-Prints
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