Practitioner research in an academic library: evaluating the impact of a support group

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dc.contributor.authorWalkley Hall, Elizabeth
dc.contributor.authorMcBain, Ian
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-12T05:33:28Z
dc.date.available2015-01-12T05:33:28Z
dc.date.issued2014-05
dc.descriptionAuthor version made available in accordance with the Publisher's policy. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Australian Library Journal in May 2014, available online: http:/www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/00049670.2014.898238en
dc.description.abstractThis paper explores how a support group has contributed to building a culture of research practice at Flinders University Library. The brief of the Research Working Group (RWG) is to develop a culture of research and professional reflection in the library’s professional staff. The RWG has three broad goals against which to measure its impact: to develop the professional staff's skills with regard to research engagement; to encourage analysis and investigation of the Library’s services and resources; and to engage more widely with the library profession and the wider higher education community through presentation and publication of research results. Professional staff completed a questionnaire examining their participation in research, their confidence in undertaking research, and plans for future research projects. The results were analysed with reference to the first goal of the RWG. The importance of practitioners undertaking research is increasingly being recognised as a core value in academic libraries. Many support groups for librarians undertaking research have been described in the literature, but few have evaluated the impact of such a group. This paper seeks to evaluate the impact of the RWG on the professional staff at Flinders University Library to date.en
dc.identifier.citationHall, Liz Walkley; McBain, Ian. Practitioner research in an academic library: evaluating the impact of a support group, Australian Library Journal, 63.2 (May 2014): 129-143.en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/00049670.2014.898238en
dc.identifier.issn0004-9670
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2328/35169
dc.language.isoen
dc.oaire.license.condition.licenseIn Copyright
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis (Routledge)en
dc.rights© May 2014 Taylor & Francis Limiteden
dc.rights.holderTaylor & Francis Limiteden
dc.titlePractitioner research in an academic library: evaluating the impact of a support groupen
dc.typeArticleen
local.contributor.authorOrcidLookupWalkley Hall, Elizabeth: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8331-0044en_US
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