I’ve been grappling with value and impact in library evidence based practice over the last few years. It’s often been a source of dissonance (though one I keep returning to). It’s not that we lack frameworks, standards, and scholarship on library value and impact to refer to. For me, the problem lies in how we…
Author: Emilia C. Bell
2023: A year of embracing the co- in co-lead
I’m not sure how to describe 2023. In January, I’d already started thinking that this might not be my year. Having lost a family member and then a pet shortly after, the year began with being asked to do a eulogy and a series of emergency vet trips. There were plenty of successes alongside the…
AI, evidence, values, and stories: Prompting partnership
What questions should AI prompt library professionals to ask about their sources of evidence?
The potential for partnership in evidence-based library practice
How can evidence-based practice in libraries be experienced as a shared process (with and for communities)?Approached with care, there is potential to see evidence-based practice in libraries as a shared process.
NLSX questions – Resilience is relational
Responses to questions recieved following my NLSX presentation.