"The Hyperlinked Library" at Macquarie University Library, Sydney, Australia
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Monday, March 03, 2008
"The Hyperlinked Library" at Macquarie University Library, Sydney,Australia
Hello colleagues!
"The Hyperlinked Library" at Macquarie University Library, Sydney, Australia
Originally uploaded by mstephens7
"The Hyperlinked Library" at Macquarie University Library, Sydney, Australia
Originally uploaded by mstephens7
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
The Hyperlinked Library
I enjoyed the seminar today with Michael Stephens. Our Beyond the Hype presentation on EBLIP got a good wrap ("it rocks" -woohoo!), and there was lots of support for more evidence based practice when it comes to all things 2.0.
"But what evaluation has been done" was the question that came from the audience. This was a familiar cry during presentations at Beyond the Hype too.
People generally "get" the 2.0 philosophy. People generally "get" the idea behind evidence based practice. And people generally "get" the value in evaluation and assessment. It seems sticking these concepts together is what's causing folks problems.
Dream supertalk - a mashup of thought leaders from these 3 movements!! We go to the web 2.0/library2.0 talks, we go to the evidence based practice talks, we go to the library assessment talks. Do we consider these areas often enough in relation to each other (let alone with practical intent!)? Imagine the super-talk where the big wigs from each area are there discussing a roadmap towards evidence based innovation. Not just about which 2.0 ideas we should consider, not just about the cycle of evidence gathering, implementation, evaluation and review, but also how to actually implement the needed assessement. If we're "beyond the hype" now with 2.0, isn't it time we got down to business?? Hmmmm....
Note to self - evaluation and assessment skills is what I need to build to strengthen my triangle ... or ... partner with someone who has
"But what evaluation has been done" was the question that came from the audience. This was a familiar cry during presentations at Beyond the Hype too.
People generally "get" the 2.0 philosophy. People generally "get" the idea behind evidence based practice. And people generally "get" the value in evaluation and assessment. It seems sticking these concepts together is what's causing folks problems.
Dream supertalk - a mashup of thought leaders from these 3 movements!! We go to the web 2.0/library2.0 talks, we go to the evidence based practice talks, we go to the library assessment talks. Do we consider these areas often enough in relation to each other (let alone with practical intent!)? Imagine the super-talk where the big wigs from each area are there discussing a roadmap towards evidence based innovation. Not just about which 2.0 ideas we should consider, not just about the cycle of evidence gathering, implementation, evaluation and review, but also how to actually implement the needed assessement. If we're "beyond the hype" now with 2.0, isn't it time we got down to business?? Hmmmm....
Note to self - evaluation and assessment skills is what I need to build to strengthen my triangle ... or ... partner with someone who has
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
what is the evidence for Learning 2.0?
The first keynote session at Beyond the Hype was from Christine Mackenzie of Yarra Plenty Regional Library ... talking about YPRL's library 2.0 activities focussing on
* finding information
* enabling learning
* creating content
* celebrating culture
which address Michael Stephens' challenge for us to accept the responsibility to
* learn to learn
* adapt to change
* scan the horizon
YPRL was the first (of 600+) library to replicate Helene Blowers' Learning 2.0 program (a few of us from Gosford followed along with Helene's initial roll out to PLCMC back in 2006 - not quite to the end, however).
Of course hearing more about Learning 2.0 got us to thinking - why don't we look into offering this across NSW Health? The program could be customized to reflect the infamous restricted networks characteristic of health organisations. It was suggested we use the evidence in the survey, to concentrate of which tools we feature, and which ones we approach IT departments to free up for the purposes of this learning exercise.
I guess the first thing to identify - as was asked many times throughout the 2 day symposium - "what evaluation has been done demonstrating the value" to librarians, and in our case - specifically, health librarians? My own experience with Learning 2.0 was positive, as many others have also reported ... yet to get approval to launch a program in-house, we really need to present some evidence of its relevance and value.
Note to self - put this on top of the to-do list!
In the meantime, the quote that sticks with me as the biggest reason why Learning 2.0 does have a place in our staff development programs was from Kathryn Greenhill at the end of Day 2. From memory, she wasn't talking directly about Learning 2.0, but I did note down the following words (or there abouts) from her session:
* finding information
* enabling learning
* creating content
* celebrating culture
which address Michael Stephens' challenge for us to accept the responsibility to
* learn to learn
* adapt to change
* scan the horizon
YPRL was the first (of 600+) library to replicate Helene Blowers' Learning 2.0 program (a few of us from Gosford followed along with Helene's initial roll out to PLCMC back in 2006 - not quite to the end, however).
Of course hearing more about Learning 2.0 got us to thinking - why don't we look into offering this across NSW Health? The program could be customized to reflect the infamous restricted networks characteristic of health organisations. It was suggested we use the evidence in the survey, to concentrate of which tools we feature, and which ones we approach IT departments to free up for the purposes of this learning exercise.
I guess the first thing to identify - as was asked many times throughout the 2 day symposium - "what evaluation has been done demonstrating the value" to librarians, and in our case - specifically, health librarians? My own experience with Learning 2.0 was positive, as many others have also reported ... yet to get approval to launch a program in-house, we really need to present some evidence of its relevance and value.
Note to self - put this on top of the to-do list!
In the meantime, the quote that sticks with me as the biggest reason why Learning 2.0 does have a place in our staff development programs was from Kathryn Greenhill at the end of Day 2. From memory, she wasn't talking directly about Learning 2.0, but I did note down the following words (or there abouts) from her session:
We need to know about the tools to evolve with them
- whether or not we use them.
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
EBL3 convenor, Gillian Hallam, awarded ALIA Fellow
Associate Professor Gillian Hallam, co-convenor of EBL3, was presented with an ALIA Fellowship at the Beyond the Hype: Web 2.0 Symposium 2008. ALIA President Roxanne Missingham delivered her speech for the presentation via YouTube - view the clip here.
Our "Beyond the Hype: Web 2.0" presentation
Slideshow - http://www.slideshare.net/lisa3859/eblip-library-20-and-australian-health-librarians-revealing-the-evidence
Symposium Paper - http://www.eblip.net.au/projects/web2survey/CotterLewisWood_BTH.pdf
Back at work today after a fantastic couple of days in Brisbane. Here is our slide show and paper - notes from the other symposium sessions will follow. All papers (and presentations) were of a top standard, and a research theme did follow through the program.
Many of the organising committee/delegates for Beyond the Hype were involved in EBL3 (either as convenors, student volunteers or as delegates), so it was particularly nice to visit Brisbane again and catch up.
Monday, December 17, 2007
Australian Health Librarians and Web 2.0 - Results
Results from our recent survey can be found at:
http://www.eblip.net.au/projects/web2survey/Report_Dec07_Results.pdf
The project team (Gillian Wood, Suzanne Lewis and Lisa Cotter) will continue to analyse the raw data, and provide further commentary over the next month or so. The results, will also be discussed at Beyond the Hype 2008 : Web 2.0 in Brisbane next February.
In the meantime, please feel free to make comments either here or at HLIS 2.0.
Myth or Reality??? Did one of the project team REALLLLLLY forget to complete the survey herself?? Nahhhh - couldn't be that slack could you L ?
http://www.eblip.net.au/projects/web2survey/Report_Dec07_Results.pdf
The project team (Gillian Wood, Suzanne Lewis and Lisa Cotter) will continue to analyse the raw data, and provide further commentary over the next month or so. The results, will also be discussed at Beyond the Hype 2008 : Web 2.0 in Brisbane next February.
In the meantime, please feel free to make comments either here or at HLIS 2.0.
Myth or Reality??? Did one of the project team REALLLLLLY forget to complete the survey herself?? Nahhhh - couldn't be that slack could you L ?
On EBP and Innovation
Isn't it great when a topic you have been working on, and thinking about, appears in a neat little commentary written by a very cool person in your favourite journal!
I too have been thinking a bit about the relationship EBLIP has with innovation ... with respect to its place in the Web 2.0/Library 2.0 environment. With a colleague, I presented a paper at the NSW Health Libraries Forum called "EBLIP in the 2.0 world: reflective practice unlocking the door to innovation".
Suzanne Lewis, Gillian Wood and I have had a submission to continue to explore this topic, and report our survey results at Beyond The Hype next Feb - Denise Koufogiannakis' article will provide great food for thought in preparation for that. I'm looking forward to reading it a little closer.
Koufogiannakis, Denise. "On Evidence Based Practice and Innovation" Evidence Based Library and Information Practice [Online], 2(4) Dec 2007, pp.108-111I am very excited about this :-) It was lovely to find something "sensible" giving a bit of structure to my jumble of thoughts (and confirming someone "in the know" is thinking along similar lines!!), while also providing a couple of new directions/angles to think about.
I too have been thinking a bit about the relationship EBLIP has with innovation ... with respect to its place in the Web 2.0/Library 2.0 environment. With a colleague, I presented a paper at the NSW Health Libraries Forum called "EBLIP in the 2.0 world: reflective practice unlocking the door to innovation".
Cotter, Lisa and Gillian Wood. "EBLIP in the 2.0 world: reflective practice unlocking the door to innovation" NSW Health Libraries Forum 2007, 8-9 November 2007.This presentation built upon "EBLIP and Library 2.0: friends or foe" (Cotter (2007), inCite 28(11) p.39) exploring whether EBLIP and 2.0 endeavours can work together, and went on discuss a survey we were undertaking exploring Australian Health Librarians and their use of Web 2.0 technologies (based upon one recently reported by MLA).
Suzanne Lewis, Gillian Wood and I have had a submission to continue to explore this topic, and report our survey results at Beyond The Hype next Feb - Denise Koufogiannakis' article will provide great food for thought in preparation for that. I'm looking forward to reading it a little closer.
EBLIP and Library 2.0 - Friend or Foe
This article has been reposted with permission from ALIA. It was originally published in inCite, vol.28 no.11 November 2007, p.39.
Two of the recent major challenges to traditional library practice have been evidence-based library and information practice (EBLIP) and Library 2.0. Are these two right together, or too tame to triumph?
EBLIP and Library 2.0 may be put at opposite ends of the innovation scale. EBLIP is concerned with using the best available evidence, researching where possible, and making informed decisions to achieve best practice. Library 2.0 on the other hand challenges us to look beyond standard practice, ‘play’, and give new things a go.
Are EBLIP and Library 2.0 really standing on a crossroad facing opposite directions, or are they less at odds than is seemed at first glance? These practices may be looking in different directions, yet both are focussed on the same objective — challenging librarians to examine practice in a bid for continuous development and improvement. More than changing libraries, EBLIP and Library 2.0 are more about challenging librarians — the way we think, and the way we make decisions.
EBLIP and Library 2.0 share a focus on the wants and needs of each library’s unique client community. Andrew Booth says EBLIP ‘ … attempts to integrate user-reported, practitioner observed and research-derived evidence as an explicit basis for decision-making’ (1). Stephen Abram says Librarian 2.0 ‘ … is where the user is, when the user is there’ (2). Such a user-centred approach will ensure change is constant, and purposeful.
A key argument refuting EBLIP and Library 2.0 as contradictory propositions is that EBLIP is concerned with the ‘best available evidence’, neither exclusively nor necessarily research evidence. The evidence-based process is a cycle of asking questions, acquiring and appraising evidence, applying findings and assessing processes and outcomes. This cycle can accommodate both innovators and followers. A lack of data to support an innovation does not preclude the EBLIP framework from being applied, nor the initiative being put into practice. It is just as important to evaluate the implementation, and report on the experience providing some evidence for subsequent decision makers. Our collective knowledge is continually developing — the evidence available today will not be the same as the available evidence tomorrow. Appraisal skills must be adopted to siphon the wacky from the wisdom of the crowd. It is great to try new things, but there is no need to keep making the same mistakes
EBLIP and Library 2.0 might just be a partnership too good to pass up — successful implementation of innovation relies upon good planning, effective decision making, and the right market for the marvellous idea. Library 2.0 is not without boundaries; EBLIP will not stifle innovation. Together they will energise, enthuse and inspire librarians.
Learn more about EBLIP at http://www.eblip.net.au/. Learn more about Library 2.0 at http://plcmcl2-things.blogspot.com/.
Lisa Cotter
The University of Newcastle (Gosford Hospital Library)
lisa.cotter@newcastle.edu.au
1. ‘Counting What Counts: Performance Measurement and Evidence-Based Practice’, in
Performance Measurement and Metrics. 2006, 7(2), 63–74.
2. SirsiOneSource. http://www.imakenews.com/sirsi/e_article000505688.cfm. Accessed August 2006.
Two of the recent major challenges to traditional library practice have been evidence-based library and information practice (EBLIP) and Library 2.0. Are these two right together, or too tame to triumph?
EBLIP and Library 2.0 may be put at opposite ends of the innovation scale. EBLIP is concerned with using the best available evidence, researching where possible, and making informed decisions to achieve best practice. Library 2.0 on the other hand challenges us to look beyond standard practice, ‘play’, and give new things a go.
Are EBLIP and Library 2.0 really standing on a crossroad facing opposite directions, or are they less at odds than is seemed at first glance? These practices may be looking in different directions, yet both are focussed on the same objective — challenging librarians to examine practice in a bid for continuous development and improvement. More than changing libraries, EBLIP and Library 2.0 are more about challenging librarians — the way we think, and the way we make decisions.
EBLIP and Library 2.0 share a focus on the wants and needs of each library’s unique client community. Andrew Booth says EBLIP ‘ … attempts to integrate user-reported, practitioner observed and research-derived evidence as an explicit basis for decision-making’ (1). Stephen Abram says Librarian 2.0 ‘ … is where the user is, when the user is there’ (2). Such a user-centred approach will ensure change is constant, and purposeful.
A key argument refuting EBLIP and Library 2.0 as contradictory propositions is that EBLIP is concerned with the ‘best available evidence’, neither exclusively nor necessarily research evidence. The evidence-based process is a cycle of asking questions, acquiring and appraising evidence, applying findings and assessing processes and outcomes. This cycle can accommodate both innovators and followers. A lack of data to support an innovation does not preclude the EBLIP framework from being applied, nor the initiative being put into practice. It is just as important to evaluate the implementation, and report on the experience providing some evidence for subsequent decision makers. Our collective knowledge is continually developing — the evidence available today will not be the same as the available evidence tomorrow. Appraisal skills must be adopted to siphon the wacky from the wisdom of the crowd. It is great to try new things, but there is no need to keep making the same mistakes
EBLIP and Library 2.0 might just be a partnership too good to pass up — successful implementation of innovation relies upon good planning, effective decision making, and the right market for the marvellous idea. Library 2.0 is not without boundaries; EBLIP will not stifle innovation. Together they will energise, enthuse and inspire librarians.
Learn more about EBLIP at http://www.eblip.net.au/
Lisa Cotter
The University of Newcastle (Gosford Hospital Library)
lisa.cotter@newcastle.edu.au
1. ‘Counting What Counts: Performance Measurement and Evidence-Based Practice’, in
Performance Measurement and Metrics. 2006, 7(2), 63–74.
2. SirsiOneSource. http://www.imakenews.com/sirsi/e_article000505688.cfm. Accessed August 2006.
Monday, October 29, 2007
Australian Health Librarians and Web 2.0 - SURVEY NOW OPEN
The Australian Health Librarians and Web 2.0 Survey is NOW OPEN.
The survey :
- is open to all health-related librarians/library technicians/assistants etc across Australia
- will be open 29 Oct 07 - 25 Nov 07
- is endorsed by Health Libraries Australia (HLA)
Please contact Lisa, Suzanne and Gillian at projectchili2007@gmail.com for further information.
Wednesday, October 03, 2007
Australian Health Librarians and Web 2.0 - uncovering the evidence
The MLA Social Networking Software Task Force's SNS Survey will be extended to Australian health librarians as an intitiative of NSWHealth and Libraries Using Evidence - eblip.net.au.
It is expected the survey will be open between 21 Oct 07 and 17 Nov 07 . Staff working in health libraries across Australia will be invited to participate. Australian data will be used to generate a snapshot of the use of and attitudes towards Web 2.0 tools and technologies. Results will provde librarians with evidence to assist in influencing policy and practice at their workplace.
STAY TUNED for more information! Enquires to Lisa Cotter, Suzanne Lewis or Gillian Wood.
It is expected the survey will be open between 21 Oct 07 and 17 Nov 07 . Staff working in health libraries across Australia will be invited to participate. Australian data will be used to generate a snapshot of the use of and attitudes towards Web 2.0 tools and technologies. Results will provde librarians with evidence to assist in influencing policy and practice at their workplace.
STAY TUNED for more information! Enquires to Lisa Cotter, Suzanne Lewis or Gillian Wood.
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