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Understanding our value; assessing the nature of the impact of library services
Get PDFThis paper reports an approach to assessing the nature of the impact and benefit of library services, based on the concepts introduced in Urquhart\u27s Value Project for healthcare information services. Two studies are described and compared. A project in the City of London public library service examined the benefits obtained from specific information requests. A project in several public library services in South West England examined the value obtained from the borrowing and reading of books, linking this with categories of learning objectives. These studies showed the promise, and also the difficulties, of adapting existing impact frameworks to understand the nature of the impact and value of library service
LLOYD, Annemaree. Literacy information landscapes: information literacy in education, workplace and everyday contexts. Oxford: Chandos Publishing. 2010.
Get PDFPEDLEY, Paul. Copyright Compliance: Practical Steps to Stay Within the Law. London: Facet Publishing. 2008.
Get PDFA Summary of MSc Research on School Libraries in the UK
Get PDFThis paper summarises the author\u27s MSc dissertation which was a co-winner of the 2009 LIRG student prize. It comprises two parts. The first part, a survey of school library salaries, was published in the May 2009 issue of Library and Information Update. This survey used Freedom of Information Act requests to obtain the pay grades and salaries of school librarians and public librarians across local authorities in Scotland. The second part of the dissertation discusses the findings of research conducted on the self-perceived status of secondary school librarians in the UK, with a focus on Scotland. This research will be published in a forthcoming issue of the Journal of Librarianship and Information Science
Griffiths, Jillian R. & Craven, Jenny (eds.). Access, Delivery, Performance: the Future of Libraries without Walls. London: Facet, 2009
Get PDFLibrary and information science practitioners writing for publication: motivations, barriers and supports
Get PDFFew research studies have investigated UK LIS practitioners\u27 motivation for publication, the barriers they perceive and which supports they think would help, and there is a particular lack of research on publication by practitioners who do not work in academic libraries. This investigation drew evidence from - a small scale quantitative survey to assess variation in the extent of practitioner publishing in 12 LIS publications, including peer reviewed journals and practitioner magazines,
-an online survey of self-perceived motivations, barriers, and writing support wishes, undertaken by 100 LIS practitioners in September 2009.
Key motivations included sharing ideas, professional development and raising the personal profile. Lack of time was the most reported barrier to participation, while protected time to write, peer encouragement and organisational support via appraisal objectives were most commonly requested supports. The findings will be of interest to those who wish to participate in or promote LIS practitioner publishing and research
