David Stewart, CILIP President for 2019 and Regional Director of Health Library and Knowledge Services North, presents on his key presidential theme: the importance of evidence to underpin the difference that library services make. He provides an overview of CILIP’s plans for greater collaboration and co-ordination, and also shares details of work undertaken in NHS England. This includes (a) national research on return on investment, and (b) details of the Catalyst scheme in the North of England, which has been designed to develop librarian research capability and a ground-up, small-scale research programme.

1. RIVAL Network Event 2 – November 7th 2019 – Edinburgh
Keynote: Catalysing research into practice from the ground up
David Stewart, CILIP President 2019
Research, Impact, Value & LIS - #lisrival - Edinburgh – 7th November 2019

3. Long ago
and far away...

4. Build it

6. Evidence Based Librarianship
The Sheffield Conference

7. How do we ensure the future of health libraries: creating the evidence base

9. Animation from the day – just under
4 minutes
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10. The Wirral research: the impact of a clinical librarian in a critical care unit –
and the return on investment.
Publication due November 2019

11. NHS England Research Plan

12. HEE potential role
“To increase the
evidence base for
health LKS and to
advocate for the role of
knowledge specialists as
leaders and partners in
the research process”

13. To increase the
evidence base for
health LKS and to
articulate the role of
library and
knowledge
specialists as
leaders and
partners in the
research process
Develop partnerships to
deliver and fund research
that increases the evidence
base for health library and
knowledge services
Increase awareness and
application of the evidence
base for health library and
knowledge services
PRIMARY
DRIVER
SECONDARY
DRIVERS
INTERVENTIONS
Test and refine the Return on Investment model
Connect local services to NIHR Research Design Services, NHS
R&D Forum and other local potential partners
Involve local LKS staff in reviewing research literature to
develop their reflective practice and publish reviews that add to
the evidence base
Increase the research and
leadership skills of health
library and knowledge
specialists, including skills for
working in research
partnerships with clinicians
Research
October 2019
Develop an advisory group to provide expert input, including
commenting on research proposals and funding options
Build on HEALER network to create research community of
practice for health library and knowledge services practitioners,
with opportunities for peer support on research design and
writing for publication
Collaborate with professional bodies and academic partners on
joint funding or commissioning of research
Develop research tracking process: where there are gaps, where
work is in progress, where research has been published
Advocate the expertise of
NHS funded library and
knowledge specialists to the
NHS research community
Develop tools and messages to help library and knowledge
services to develop their role in supporting research
Collaborate with Resource Discovery workstream on Open
Access and repository for research
Review Outcomes Framework, Evaluation Framework, statistics
and data collection for research opportunities
Collaborate with Workforce workstream on role redesign, with
research included in JDs and career pathway that includes
embedded research librarians and chief research investigator
roles

14. Areas for activity
Skills
development
Advocacy
Evidence
base
Partnerships

15. Evidence base: Return on Investment
External review of all
possible measures
Review by LKS managers of
viability and usefulness of
measures
Next step: analysis of
Return on Investment

17. Co-ordinate!

18. CILIP research round table 2018

19. CILIP RESEARCH & EVIDENCE BASE – ASPIRATION
Now that we have clear evidence of sector
demand for a Research and Evidence Base, CILIP
is moving forward with three connected actions:
1. The establishment of a Research Coalition,
bringing together academics and employers to
develop a common Research Framework
2. Fundraising for a pilot initiative to develop
‘test cases’ – small Evidence Bases to address
specific sector needs
3. Exploring practical long-term solutions to
making research and evidence more
accessible using existing infrastructure

20. To create a collaborative network of Scotland-based
Library and Information Science (LIS) researchers and
practising library and information professionals interested
in maximising the impact and value of LIS research.

23. 1942

26. The future is
bright

27. Thank you
David.Stewart@hee.nhs.uk
0774 702 1368

28. RIVAL Network Event 2 – November 7th 2019 – Edinburgh
Keynote: Catalysing research into practice from the ground up
David Stewart, CILIP President 2019
Research, Impact, Value & LIS - #lisrival - Edinburgh – 7th November 2019