LIS professional | Researcher
I’ve recently had several conversations on libraries, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and soft power. A few discussions turned to focus on reporting and impact, including mapping activities around the SDGs. In particular, these looked at applying the SDGs as a framework to outputs or outcomes after they have occurred. There’s nothing inherently wrong with…
I recently came across a blog post on Why Bother With Creative Research Methods? by Dr Helen Kara. I’ve previously stepped into creative practice-based research methods in a case study on experiences in a regional university library makerspace using visual elicitation. While my work in library evidence-based practice doesn’t always involve research methodologies in the strictest…
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…
What questions should AI prompt library professionals to ask about their sources of evidence?
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.