Collaboration and networking: learning from DREaM and RIVAL

1. http://hazelhall.orgProfessor Hazel Hall @hazelh #UofGISTalks

2. http://hazelhall.orgProfessor Hazel Hall @hazelh

3. http://hazelhall.orgProfessor Hazel Hall @hazelh https://hazelhall.org/centre-for-social-informatics/

5. http://hazelhall.orgProfessor Hazel Hall @hazelh £45,000 2011-2012 £20,000 2019-2020

6. http://hazelhall.orgProfessor Hazel Hall @hazelh To develop a UK-wide network of Library and Information Science (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 To create a collaborative network of Scotland- based Library and Information Science (LIS) researchers and library and information professionals interested in maximising the value and impact of LIS research

7. http://hazelhall.orgProfessor Hazel Hall @hazelh To develop a UK-wide network of Library and Information Science (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 To create a collaborative network of Scotland- based Library and Information Science (LIS) researchers and library and information professionals interested in maximising the value and impact of LIS research

8. http://hazelhall.orgProfessor Hazel Hall @hazelh https://lisresearch.org/dream-project/

9. http://hazelhall.orgProfessor Hazel Hall @hazelh Conf 2: 93 Conf 1: 87 3 workshops: 35

12. http://hazelhall.orgProfessor Hazel Hall @hazelh Photographs Vimeos Plus textual session previews and summaries SlideShares

13. http://hazelhall.orgProfessor Hazel Hall @hazelh Similar practice for conference sessions

19. http://hazelhall.orgProfessor Hazel Hall @hazelh Participation and reach in numbers • 5 events • 33 ‘official’ contributors • 213 onsite delegate participants • From 12 countries (and 4 continents) Plus remote audience of • ~80 blog posts • 1000+ tweets • Multiple web pages, SlideShares, Vimeos, and SoundClouds

21. http://hazelhall.orgProfessor Hazel Hall @hazelh How did the network develop in 2011/12?

22. http://hazelhall.orgProfessor Hazel Hall @hazelh October 2011 April 2012 Interactions between DREaM cadre members (work and social)

23. http://hazelhall.orgProfessor Hazel Hall @hazelh Awareness of research expertise amongst DREaM cadre members October 2011 April 2012

25. http://hazelhall.orgProfessor Hazel Hall @hazelh 1. Have the DREaM workshop participants innovated in the workplace since 2012? 2. Has their post-DREaM research determined services provision or influenced the LIS research agenda? 3. To what extent can they point to any impact of their post-DREaM research on end-user communities? 4. Has the DREaM network opened up new opportunities for their research? 5. Do they continue to operate as a network?

26. http://hazelhall.orgProfessor Hazel Hall @hazelh Study participants • Survey: 32 • Focus groups: • 6 London participants • 4 Edinburgh participants Publication of findings • On networking: • Focus of Hall et al (2018) • On collaboration: • Included in Hall et al (2019)

27. http://hazelhall.orgProfessor Hazel Hall @hazelh Did the network endure in 2015?

28. http://hazelhall.orgProfessor Hazel Hall @hazelh April 2012July 2015 Interactions between DREaM cadre members (work and social)

29. http://hazelhall.orgProfessor Hazel Hall @hazelh Detailed analysis (see Hall et al, 2018) • Social ties endured best • Diversity of central actors greatest in social tie network • PhD students • public library staff • University employees at the centre of work tie network • LIS academics, researchers, academic librarians

30. http://hazelhall.orgProfessor Hazel Hall @hazelh Detailed analysis (see Hall et al, 2018) • Social ties endured best • Diversity of central actors greatest in social tie network • PhD students • public library staff • University employees at the centre of work network • LIS academics, researchers, academic librarians • Networks need resources • Resources are more important for the maintenance of work ties • Physical proximity helps (focus group data) • Social media can provide physical presence proxy to an extent • Network grants should provide provision for ‘lightweight’ continuity

32. http://hazelhall.orgProfessor Hazel Hall @hazelh What evidence is there of collaboration amongst DREaM cadre members after the project end?

33. http://hazelhall.orgProfessor Hazel Hall @hazelh Between 2012 and 2015 DREaM cadre members collaborated on: • Research projects • Publications • Event organisation DREaM started off my first collaborative research project and enabled me to become more research-focussed.

36. http://hazelhall.orgProfessor Hazel Hall @hazelh They offered research-related opportunities to one another, for example to: • Peer review of papers • Present at events • Chaired by a member of the cadre : Marshall Dozier • Two keynote speakers from the DREaM project: Hazel Hall and Alison Brettle

37. http://hazelhall.orgProfessor Hazel Hall @hazelh Collaborating at DREaM events also had an impact on their career development I have been promoted. [Two cadre members] provided references. Meeting the PhD students at DREaM events contributed to my decision to do a PhD.

40. http://hazelhall.orgProfessor Hazel Hall @hazelh https://lisrival.com/ https://twitter.com/lisrival/

41. http://hazelhall.orgProfessor Hazel Hall @hazelh Elements of DREaM delivery maintained (but on a budget) • Network member commitment to 3 of 4 events • Capture of event content • Social activities • But no official event amplification, 3rd party community site, Ben Goldacre!

45. http://hazelhall.orgProfessor Hazel Hall @hazelh July 2015 Detailed analysis (see Hall et al, 2018) • Social ties endured best • Diversity of central actors greatest in social tie network • PhD students • public library staff • University employees at the centre of work tie network • LIS academics, researchers, academic librarians • Networks need resources • Resources are more important for the maintenance of work ties • Physical proximity helps (focus group data) • Social media can provide physical presence proxy to an extent • Network grants should provide provision for ‘lightweight’ continuity

46. http://hazelhall.orgProfessor Hazel Hall @hazelh Detailed analysis (see Hall et al, 2018) • Social ties endured best • Diversity of central actors greatest in social tie network • PhD students • public library staff • University employees at the centre of work tie network • LIS academics, researchers, academic librarians • Networks need resources • Resources are more important for the maintenance of work ties • Physical proximity helps (focus group data) • Social media can provide physical presence proxy to an extent • Network grants should provide provision for ‘lightweight’ continuity

47. http://hazelhall.orgProfessor Hazel Hall @hazelh Detailed analysis (see Hall et al, 2018) • Social ties endured best • Diversity of central actors greatest in social tie network • PhD students • public library staff • University employees at the centre of work tie network • LIS academics, researchers, academic librarians • Networks need resources • Resources are more important for the maintenance of work ties • Physical proximity helps (focus group data) • Social media can provide physical presence proxy to an extent • Network grants should provide provision for ‘lightweight’ continuity

48. http://hazelhall.orgProfessor Hazel Hall @hazelh #lisrival

49. http://hazelhall.orgProfessor Hazel Hall @hazelh References 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, Republic of Ireland, 22-25 May 2012. (Slides available at https://www.slideshare.net/LISResearch/we-have-a-dream-the-developing- research-excellence-methods-network) Cooke, L. & Hall, H. (2013). Facets of DREaM: a Social Network Analysis exploring network development in the UK LIS research community. Journal of Documentation, 69(6), 786-806. (DOI: 10.1108/JD-09-2012-0124.) Hall, H., Cruickshank, P. & Ryan, B. (2018). Long-term community development within a researcher network: a social network analysis of the DREaM project cadre. Journal of Documentation, 74(4), 844-861. (DOI 10.1108/JD-05-2017-0069.) Hall, H., Cruickshank, P. & Ryan, B. (2019). Closing the researcher-practitioner gap: an exploration of the impact of an AHRC networking grant. Journal of Documentation 75(5), 1056-1081 (DOI: 10.1108/JD-12-2018-0212).