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RIVAL (Research Impact Value and LIS) #lis_rival

Posted on July 24, 2018 by Bruce Ryan
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Hazel Hall and Bruce Ryan recently organised a very successful one-day event bringing together Library and Information Science researchers, users, and end-user beneficiaries to explore the impact and value of LIS research to services delivery in practice. The event aimed to encourage the strengthening of links between these interacting communities, to help narrow gaps between LIS research and practice, and to lay the ground for future research-related support and collaborations across the sector.

This post starts with access to the presentation slides and videos, followed by brief outlines of each presentation. Continue reading →

Posted in Digital engagement, Library & Information Science | Tagged Alison Brettle, Andrew McTaggart, British Library, CILIP, DREaM, DREaM Slides (PDF), e-Legal Deposit, Edinburgh City Libraries, Edinburgh Napier University, fiction, focus group, Goldsmiths, Hazel Hall, impact, impact and value:, Leo Appleton, libraries, lifelong learning, LIS research, LIS Research Coalition, longitudinal, Paul Gooding, Public libraries, Research, RIVAL, Sara Wingate Gray, Stella Wisdom, University College London, University of East Anglia, University of London, University of Salford, Yvonne Morris | 2 Replies

LIL-DEM stakeholder report released

Posted on October 3, 2017 by Bruce Ryan
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Click the graphic to download the report

 

We are very pleased that we can release our report on the LIL-DEM project. This report is based on our initial examination of the data from a Scotland-wide online survey of community councillors. Please click the graphic on the left to access the report.

Over the next few weeks, we will explore some of the issues raised in this report, but for now we want to thank the 1300 community councillors who responded to the survey, the community councillors who helped publicise it, and the people who helped us refine the questions. (These include Improvement Service staff, colleagues here at Edinburgh Napier University’s Centre for Social Informatics, and some Edinburgh community councillors.)

Posted in Community Councils, Digital engagement, Hyperlocal democracy, Information literacy, LIL-DEM | Tagged Community Councils, data, dissemination, information behavior, information behaviour, Information literacy, information needs, legislation, lifelong learning, LIL-DEM, models | Leave a reply

Survey of community councillors now live

Posted on March 8, 2017 by Bruce Ryan
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Our survey investigating community councillors’ information literacy is now live. If you are a community councillor, please go to https://survey.napier.ac.uk/n/LILDEM.aspx to take the survey. If you’re not a community councillor, please pass on this link to any community councillors you know.

Posted in Community Councils, Digital engagement, Hyperlocal democracy, Information literacy, LIL-DEM | Tagged Community Councils, information behavior, information behaviour, Information literacy, lifelong learning, survey | 1 Reply

Community councillors’ information literacy

Posted on February 20, 2017 by Bruce Ryan
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We’re very pleased that we have successfully finished the Information literacy for democratic engagement (IL-DEM) project. You are very welcome to download and read the IL-DEM stakeholder report. Alternatively, here’s a short summary of IL-DEM’s rationale, methods and findings:

Continue reading →

Posted in Community Councils, Digital engagement, Hyperlocal democracy, IL-DEM, Information literacy | Tagged Community Councils, IL-DEM, information behavior, information behaviour, lifelong learning, models, SCONUL | 5 Replies

Information Literacy for Democratic Engagement: project update #IL-DEM

Posted on December 2, 2016 by Bruce Ryan
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(Originally posted on Professor Hazel Hall’s website on 2 December 2016)

Information Literacy group logoThe Centre for Social Informatics is currently undertaking a project entitled Information Literacy for Democratic Engagement (IL-DEM). Supported by a grant from the CILIP Information Literacy Group, our work investigates levels of digital and information literacy within Scotland’s Community Council system.

Specifically Peter Cruickshank, Dr Bruce Ryan and I are exploring how community councillors develop the skills required to inform and engage with the citizens that they represent, and how libraries support this work. In doing so we’re extending two established research streams within the Centre for Social Informatics: Cruickshank and Ryan’s work on digital engagement in local democracy (such as our DigiCC workshops), and mine with Christine Irving on information literacy and life-long learning. This work also builds upon our group’s track record in library and information science research.

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Posted in Community Councils, Digital engagement, Hyperlocal democracy, IL-DEM, Information literacy | Tagged Community Councils, IL-DEM, information behavior, information behaviour, lifelong learning | Leave a reply

Libraries – far more than just books

Posted on November 25, 2016 by Bruce Ryan
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The IL-DEM project is designed to answer three research questions which we set out in the post on 23 October. This post is our chance to start exploring elements of the third question:

  1. What are the actual, and envisaged, roles of public library services in supporting the work of Community Councils, particularly with reference to the acquisition of information literacy amongst Community Councillors?

Continue reading →

Posted in Community Councils, Digital engagement, IL-DEM, Information literacy | Tagged CILIP, legislation, libraries, lifelong learning, Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, SCONUL | 1 Reply

Diamonds in the rough: modelling information literacy and lifelong learning

Posted on November 21, 2016 by Bruce Ryan
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The IL-DEM project is designed to answer three research questions which Bruce set out in his post on 23 October. This post is our chance to start exploring elements of the second question:

What are the relationships between (1) information behaviours, (2) literacies (skills and capabilities), (3) resources, and (4) knowledge and experience, in the acquisition of information literacy amongst Community Councillors?

Continue reading →

Posted in Community Councils, Digital engagement, IL-DEM, Information literacy, Knowledge management | Tagged information behavior, information behaviour, lifelong learning, models | 2 Replies

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