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Presentation by Hazel Hall at the LIS DREaM final conference.More information about this event is available at http://lisresearch.org/dream-project/dream-event-5-conference-monday-9-july-2012/
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DREaM past, present & future
Professor Hazel Hall
@hazelh
DREaM project Principal Investigator
http://about.me/hazelh
Welcome all!
… especially those here from Sweden, Italy, Malta, Macedonia, Uganda, USA, and Australia
DREaM Project Concluding Conference British Library 9th July 2012
DREaM Project Concluding Conference British Library 9th July 2012
DREaM Project Concluding Conference British Library 9th July 2012
Charles Oppenheim @CharlesOppenh
Stephanie Kenna @StepKenn
Rossitza Atanassova @RossiAtanassova
Christine Irving @CM_Irving
DREaM Project Concluding Conference British Library 9th July 2012
DREaM Project Concluding Conference British Library 9th July 2012 DREaM Project Concluding Conference British Library 9th July 2012
This presentation
Review of DREaM events 1-4
Expectations
Activities
Impact
Preview of DREaM event 5
… and thoughts for the future
DREaM Project Concluding Conference British Library 9th July 2012
Review of events 1-4
DREaM Project Concluding Conference British Library 9th July 2012
Funding to develop a UK-wide network of LIS researchers
Build research capacity and capability
Raise quality and standards: research training, practice, output, value, impact, and influence
Secure foundation for long-term research collaborations – in LIS and beyond
DREaM Project Concluding Conference British Library 9th July 2012
Launch conference
British Library Conference Centre, July 19th 2011
87 participants
Programme included 2 keynotes, 12 one minute madness presentations, 4 breakout sessions, plenary, and networking
Excellent feedback
DREaM Project Concluding Conference British Library 9th July 2012
DREaM Project Concluding Conference British Library 9th July 2012
Three linked workshops
Edinburgh Napier University, 25th October 2011 & 25th April 2012; British Library, January 30th 2012
30 workshop cadre members attended all three
12 formal sessions on broad research approaches, qualitative and quantitative techniques, and research practicalities
“Unconference half hour” and networking
Excellent feedback
Project infrastructure: technical and social
Project web page http://lisresearch.org/dream-project
All events previewed, amplified, reviewed and archived online
Online community site: http://lis-dream.spruz.com/
Linked Lanyrds: http://lanyrd.com/profile/lis_dream/
Twitter account: @LIS_DREaM
Twitter DREaM participant list: https://twitter.com/#!/LIS_DREaM/dream-participants
Participation and reach in numbers
5 events
led by 33 ‘official’ contributors
for 213 on-site delegate participants
from 12 countries (and 4 continents)
not counting ‘remote’ audience of ~80 blog posts, ~800 tweets, multiple web pages, SlideShares, Vimeos, SoundClouds etc.
DREaM Project Concluding Conference British Library 9th July 2012
Brettle, A., Hall, H., & Oppenheim, C. (2012).We have a DREaM: the Developing Research Excellence and Methods network. Paper presented at the 4th International Conference on Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries, Limerick, Ireland, 22-25 May 2012.
DREaM Project Concluding Conference British Library 9th July 2012
Brettle, A., Hall, H., & Oppenheim, C. (2012).We have a DREaM: the Developing Research Excellence and Methods network. Paper presented at the 4th International Conference on Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries, Limerick, Ireland, 22-25 May 2012.
Increased research capability & capacity?
Raised standards?
Foundation for future collaborations?
DREaM Project Concluding Conference British Library 9th July 2012
Never heard of this
Heard but unfamiliar
In theory Applied in practice
Expert
Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post
Ethnography 2 0 9 1 8 23 3 1 0 0
Social network analysis 3 0 10 0 8 23 1 2 0 0
Discourse analysis 2 0 12 1 6 19 2 4 0 0
Ethics & legal issues 0 0 3 0 6 10 12 12 2 3
Action research 4 0 4 1 8 18 6 6 0 1
Research techniques from history 5 0 9 0 4 20 3 5 0 0
Web metrics 3 0 10 0 5 23 4 2 0 0
Tying research output to policy 0 0 8 0 5 14 8 8 1 3
Horizon scanning 4 0 7 1 7 17 4 5 0 0
Repertory grids 17 0 5 2 0 22 0 1 0 0
Data mining 0 0 11 2 10 21 1 1 0 0
Increasing research impact 0 0 5 0 8 13 8 10 1 2
TOTALS 40 0 93 8 67 223 52 57 4 9
Research skills audits conducted in workshops 1 and 3
DREaM Project Concluding Conference British Library 9th July 2012
Never heard of this
Heard but unfamiliar
In theory Applied in practice
Expert
Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post
Ethnography 2 0 9 1 8 23 3 1 0 0
Social network analysis 3 0 10 0 8 23 1 2 0 0
Discourse analysis 2 0 12 1 6 19 2 4 0 0
Ethics & legal issues 0 0 3 0 6 10 12 12 2 3
Action research 4 0 4 1 8 18 6 6 0 1
Research techniques from history 5 0 9 0 4 20 3 5 0 0
Web metrics 3 0 10 0 5 23 4 2 0 0
Tying research output to policy 0 0 8 0 5 14 8 8 1 3
Horizon scanning 4 0 7 1 7 17 4 5 0 0
Repertory grids 17 0 5 2 0 22 0 1 0 0
Data mining 0 0 11 2 10 21 1 1 0 0
Increasing research impact 0 0 5 0 8 13 8 10 1 2
TOTALS 40 0 93 8 67 223 52 57 4 9
Research skills audits conducted in workshops 1 and 3
Never heard of this
Heard but unfamiliar
In theory Applied in practice
Expert
Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post
Ethnography 2 0 9 1 8 23 3 1 0 0
Social network analysis 3 0 10 0 8 23 1 2 0 0
Discourse analysis 2 0 12 1 6 19 2 4 0 0
Ethics & legal issues 0 0 3 0 6 10 12 12 2 3
Action research 4 0 4 1 8 18 6 6 0 1
Research techniques from history 5 0 9 0 4 20 3 5 0 0
Web metrics 3 0 10 0 5 23 4 2 0 0
Tying research output to policy 0 0 8 0 5 14 8 8 1 3
Horizon scanning 4 0 7 1 7 17 4 5 0 0
Repertory grids 17 0 5 2 0 22 0 1 0 0
Data mining 0 0 11 2 10 21 1 1 0 0
Increasing research impact 0 0 5 0 8 13 8 10 1 2
TOTALS 40 0 93 8 67 223 52 57 4 9
DREaM Project Concluding Conference British Library 9th July 2012
Increased familiarity with workshop themes
DREaM Project Concluding Conference British Library 9th July 2012
Never heard of this
Heard but unfamiliar
In theory Applied in practice
Expert
Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post
Ethnography 2 0 9 1 8 23 3 1 0 0
Social network analysis 3 0 10 0 8 23 1 2 0 0
Discourse analysis 2 0 12 1 6 19 2 4 0 0
Ethics & legal issues 0 0 3 0 6 10 12 12 2 3
Action research 4 0 4 1 8 18 6 6 0 1
Research techniques from history 5 0 9 0 4 20 3 5 0 0
Web metrics 3 0 10 0 5 23 4 2 0 0
Tying research output to policy 0 0 8 0 5 14 8 8 1 3
Horizon scanning 4 0 7 1 7 17 4 5 0 0
Repertory grids 17 0 5 2 0 22 0 1 0 0
Data mining 0 0 11 2 10 21 1 1 0 0
Increasing research impact 0 0 5 0 8 13 8 10 1 2
TOTALS 40 0 93 8 67 223 52 57 4 9
Overall growth in theoretical knowledge
DREaM Project Concluding Conference British Library 9th July 2012
Never heard of this
Heard but unfamiliar
In theory Applied in practice
Expert
Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post
Ethnography 2 0 9 1 8 23 3 1 0 0
Social network analysis 3 0 10 0 8 23 1 2 0 0
Discourse analysis 2 0 12 1 6 19 2 4 0 0
Ethics & legal issues 0 0 3 0 6 10 12 12 2 3
Action research 4 0 4 1 8 18 6 6 0 1
Research techniques from history 5 0 9 0 4 20 3 5 0 0
Web metrics 3 0 10 0 5 23 4 2 0 0
Tying research output to policy 0 0 8 0 5 14 8 8 1 3
Horizon scanning 4 0 7 1 7 17 4 5 0 0
Repertory grids 17 0 5 2 0 22 0 1 0 0
Data mining 0 0 11 2 10 21 1 1 0 0
Increasing research impact 0 0 5 0 8 13 8 10 1 2
TOTALS 40 0 93 8 67 223 52 57 4 9
Small increase of application in practice
DREaM Project Concluding Conference British Library 9th July 2012
Never heard of this
Heard but unfamiliar
In theory Applied in practice
Expert
Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post
Ethnography 2 0 9 1 8 23 3 1 0 0
Social network analysis 3 0 10 0 8 23 1 2 0 0
Discourse analysis 2 0 12 1 6 19 2 4 0 0
Ethics & legal issues 0 0 3 0 6 10 12 12 2 3
Action research 4 0 4 1 8 18 6 6 0 1
Research techniques from history 5 0 9 0 4 20 3 5 0 0
Web metrics 3 0 10 0 5 23 4 2 0 0
Tying research output to policy 0 0 8 0 5 14 8 8 1 3
Horizon scanning 4 0 7 1 7 17 4 5 0 0
Repertory grids 17 0 5 2 0 22 0 1 0 0
Data mining 0 0 11 2 10 21 1 1 0 0
Increasing research impact 0 0 5 0 8 13 8 10 1 2
TOTALS 40 0 93 8 67 223 52 57 4 9
Increase in number of cadre member experts
DREaM Project Concluding Conference British Library 9th July 2012
Critical incident technique - cadre reported
Increased research capacity and capability
Growth in knowledge and research confidence
Raised standards
Impact and influence – demonstrating research knowledge in the workplace
Quality of training – new resources to share
Research practice – methodological choice
Foundations for future collaborations
Widened networks and research relationships
Concluding conference
British Library, 9th July 2012
93 participants
Programme includes 2 keynotes, one minute madness presentations, invited paper, panel session, award presentation, networking reception and prize draw
Also: LIRG AGM at 16:30
DREaM Project Concluding Conference British Library 9th July 2012
DREaM Project Concluding Conference British Library 9th July 2012
Main (‘official’) conference themes
Value and impact of library and information services
Evidence to demonstrate the value and impact of library and information services
Development of a UK network of library and information science researchers
Routes to sustainability
Roles of the LIS research and practitioner communities
DREaM’s legacy
DREaM Project Concluding Conference British Library 9th July 2012
Thank you
sponsors!
Enjoy the day!
DREaM Project Concluding Conference British Library 9th July 2012