Dr Hazel Hall's presentation made on behalf of the Library and Information Science Research Coalition at the SCONUL Autumn Conference, Tuesday 17 November 2009.

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2. Academic research is good but it can’t provide the experience that practitioners have. We must PROVE the value we provide with hard evidence. Start thinking what evidence YOU offer. Peter Griffiths, CILIP Presidential Address, 15th October 2009 SCONUL Autumn Conference 17 November 2009: The Student Experience

3. [The LIS Research Coalition]... is a vital step towards building the evidence base. See the Coalition web site at http://lisresearch.org

4. Execution barriers, e.g. Current funding infrastructure Competing service priorities Difficulty working with mentors, partners Lack of confidence in skills Practitioner research – though undertaken – not recognised as such Dissemination barriers, e.g. Output trapped within institution/sector Dissemination limited to particular channels Key messages do not reach level of strategy development Focus on using only local research output in work SCONUL Autumn Conference 17 November 2009: The Student Experience

5. Demonstrate value of library services to student experience where we have a diverse body of student experiences in an increasingly demand-led environment where “consumers” have high expectations of (free) information access and an audit culture prevails (plus there is a need to service other constituencies) SCONUL Autumn Conference 17 November 2009: The Student Experience

6. Research opportunities related to student experience agenda go beyond more “visible” issues related to facilities, e.g. upgrading library space, extending opening hours relate to broad institutional concerns, e.g. retention, international fees interest other LIS sectors: community engagement, library services & learning, evidence-based practice More specifically… SCONUL Autumn Conference 17 November 2009: The Student Experience

7. What are the roles of academic librarians in the learning processes of students? How will scholarly communication develop in the future, and what will be the impact of this on library provision for students? How can library provision be better aligned to broad institutional student experience initiatives? What is the relationship between awareness of LIS research within the academic library community and good practice for the benefit of students? How can we measure the contribution of academic library services to the overall student experience? What is the best way to integrate information literacy provision into the curriculum? How can we better engage teaching staff with library services? SCONUL Autumn Conference 17 November 2009: The Student Experience

8. See the Coalition web site at http://lisresearch.org

9. Twitter screen here

11. Research funding opportunities Studentships offered Invitation to join consultation Research report published Topical debate Report of on-going research Training event announced Research report published Conference registration open New journal issue published Conference offering funded places

12. Coalition support for practitioner research Save time of practitioner researchers through agile information provision (Twitter feed) Raise the profile of practitioner research, e.g. assist in “liberation” of trapped output: Coalition conference 28th June 2010 (Longer term) research methods training Partnership in building the evidence base, contributing to future LIS research strategy SCONUL Autumn Conference 17 November 2009: The Student Experience

13. LIS Research Coalition http://lisresearch.org @LISResearch Dr Hazel Hall hazel.hall@lisresearch.org +44 (0)7969 078181 SCONUL Autumn Conference 17 November 2009: The Student Experience

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