Presentation by Hazel Hall at the LIS DREaM final conference.
More information about this event is available at http://lisresearch.org/dream-project/dream-event-5-conference-monday-9-july-2012/
MULTIDISCIPLINRY NATURE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES.pptx
DREaM 5: DREaM past, present and future
1. DREaM past, present & future
Professor Hazel Hall
@hazelh
DREaM project Principal Investigator
http://about.me/hazelh
h.hall@napier.ac.uk; hazel.hall@lisresearch.org
2. Welcome all!
… especially those here from Sweden,
Italy, Malta, Macedonia, Uganda, USA,
and Australia
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5. Charles Oppenheim Stephanie Kenna Rossitza Atanassova Christine Irving
@CharlesOppenh @StepKenn @RossiAtanassova @CM_Irving
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July
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7. This presentation
Review of DREaM events 1-4
Expectations
Activities
Impact
Preview of DREaM event 5
… and thoughts for the future
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8. Review of events 1-4
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9. Funding to develop a UK-wide network of LIS
researchers
Build research capacity and capability
Raise quality and standards: research training,
practice, output, value, impact, and influence
Secure foundation for long-term research
collaborations – in LIS and beyond
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10. Launch conference
British Library Conference Centre, July 19th 2011
87 participants
Programme included 2 keynotes, 12 one minute
madness presentations, 4 breakout sessions,
plenary, and networking
Excellent feedback
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11. Three linked workshops
Edinburgh Napier University, 25th October 2011 &
25th April 2012; British Library, January 30th 2012
30 workshop cadre members attended all three
12 formal sessions on broad research
approaches, qualitative and quantitative
techniques, and research practicalities
“Unconference half hour” and networking
Excellent feedback
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12. Project infrastructure: technical and social
Project web page http://lisresearch.org/dream-
project
All events previewed, amplified, reviewed and
archived online
Online community site: http://lis-dream.spruz.com/
Linked Lanyrds: http://lanyrd.com/profile/lis_dream/
Twitter account: @LIS_DREaM
Twitter DREaM participant list:
https://twitter.com/#!/LIS_DREaM/dream-
participants
13. Participation and reach in numbers
5 events
led by 33 ‘official’ contributors
for 213 on-site delegate participants
from 12 countries (and 4 continents)
not counting ‘remote’ audience of ~80 blog posts,
~800 tweets, multiple web pages, SlideShares,
Vimeos, SoundClouds etc.
14. Brettle, A., Hall, H., & Oppenheim, C. (2012).We have a
DREaM: the Developing Research Excellence and Methods
network. Paper presented at the 4th International
Conference on Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in
Libraries, Limerick, Ireland, 22-25 May 2012.
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15. Brettle, A., Hall, H., & Oppenheim, C. (2012).We have a
DREaM: the Developing Research Excellence and Methods
network. Paper presented at the 4th International
Conference on Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in
Libraries, Limerick, Ireland, 22-25 May 2012.
Increased research
capability & capacity?
Raised standards?
Foundation for future
collaborations?
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16. Never heard Heard but In theory Applied in Expert
of this unfamiliar practice
Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post
Ethnography 2 0 9 1 8 23 3 1 0 0
Social network analysis 3 0 10 0 8 23 1 2 0 0
Discourse analysis 2 0 12 1 6 19 2 4 0 0
Ethics & legal issues 0 0 3 0 6 10 12 12 2 3
Action research 4 0 Research skills
4 1 8 18 6 6 0 1
Research techniques from
history 5 0 audits conducted in
9 0 4 20 3 5 0 0
Web metrics 3 0 10 0 5 23 4 2 0 0
Tying research output to
policy 0 0
workshops 1 and 3
8 0 5 14 8 8 1 3
Horizon scanning 4 0 7 1 7 17 4 5 0 0
Repertory grids 17 0 5 2 0 22 0 1 0 0
Data mining 0 0 11 2 10 21 1 1 0 0
Increasing research impact 0 0 5 0 8 13 8 10 1 2
TOTALS 40 0 93 8 67 223 52 57 4 9
DREaM Project Concluding Conference British Library 9th July 2012
17. Never heard Heard but In theory Applied in Expert
of this unfamiliar practice
Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post
Ethnography 2 0 9 1 8 23 3 1 0 0
Social network analysis 3 0 10 0 8 23 1 2 0 0
Discourse analysis 2 0 12 1 6 19 2 4 0 0
Ethics & legal issues 0 0 3 0 6 10 12 12 2 3
Action research 4 0 Research skills
4 1 8 18 6 6 0 1
Research techniques from
history 5 0 audits conducted in
9 0 4 20 3 5 0 0
Web metrics 3 0 10 0 5 23 4 2 0 0
Tying research output to
policy 0 0
workshops 1 and 3
8 0 5 14 8 8 1 3
Horizon scanning 4 0 7 1 7 17 4 5 0 0
Repertory grids 17 0 5 2 0 22 0 1 0 0
Data mining 0 0 11 2 10 21 1 1 0 0
Increasing research impact 0 0 5 0 8 13 8 10 1 2
TOTALS 40 0 93 8 67 223 52 57 4 9
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18. Never heard Heard but In theory Applied in Expert
of this unfamiliar practice
Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post
Ethnography 2 0 9 1 8 23 3 1 0 0
Social network analysis 3 0 10 0 8 23 1 2 0 0
Discourse analysis 2 0 12 1 6 19 2 4 0 0
Ethics & legal issues 0 0 3 0 6 10 12 12 2 3
Action research 4 0 Increased familiarity
4 1 8 18 6 6 0 1
Research techniques from
history 5 0 with workshop
9 0 4 20 3 5 0 0
Web metrics 3 0 10 0 5 23 4 2 0 0
Tying research output to
policy 0 0
themes
8 0 5 14 8 8 1 3
Horizon scanning 4 0 7 1 7 17 4 5 0 0
Repertory grids 17 0 5 2 0 22 0 1 0 0
Data mining 0 0 11 2 10 21 1 1 0 0
Increasing research impact 0 0 5 0 8 13 8 10 1 2
TOTALS 40 0 93 8 67 223 52 57 4 9
DREaM Project Concluding Conference British Library 9th July 2012
19. Never heard Heard but In theory Applied in Expert
of this unfamiliar practice
Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post
Ethnography 2 0 9 1 8 23 3 1 0 0
Social network analysis 3 0 10 0 8 23 1 2 0 0
Discourse analysis 2 0 12 1 6 19 2 4 0 0
Ethics & legal issues 0 0 3 0 6 10 12 12 2 3
Action research 4 0 Overall growth in
4 1 8 18 6 6 0 1
Research techniques from
history 5 0 theoretical
9 0 4 20 3 5 0 0
Web metrics 3 0 10 0 5 23 4 2 0 0
Tying research output to
policy 0 0
knowledge
8 0 5 14 8 8 1 3
Horizon scanning 4 0 7 1 7 17 4 5 0 0
Repertory grids 17 0 5 2 0 22 0 1 0 0
Data mining 0 0 11 2 10 21 1 1 0 0
Increasing research impact 0 0 5 0 8 13 8 10 1 2
TOTALS 40 0 93 8 67 223 52 57 4 9
DREaM Project Concluding Conference British Library 9th July 2012
20. Never heard Heard but In theory Applied in Expert
of this unfamiliar practice
Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post
Ethnography 2 0 9 1 8 23 3 1 0 0
Social network analysis 3 0 10 0 8 23 1 2 0 0
Discourse analysis 2 0 12 1 6 19 2 4 0 0
Ethics & legal issues 0 0 3 0 6 10 12 12 2 3
Action research 4 0 Small increase of
4 1 8 18 6 6 0 1
Research techniques from
history 5 0 application in
9 0 4 20 3 5 0 0
Web metrics 3 0 10 0 5 23 4 2 0 0
Tying research output to
policy 0 0
practice
8 0 5 14 8 8 1 3
Horizon scanning 4 0 7 1 7 17 4 5 0 0
Repertory grids 17 0 5 2 0 22 0 1 0 0
Data mining 0 0 11 2 10 21 1 1 0 0
Increasing research impact 0 0 5 0 8 13 8 10 1 2
TOTALS 40 0 93 8 67 223 52 57 4 9
DREaM Project Concluding Conference British Library 9th July 2012
21. Never heard Heard but In theory Applied in Expert
of this unfamiliar practice
Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post
Ethnography 2 0 9 1 8 23 3 1 0 0
Social network analysis 3 0 10 0 8 23 1 2 0 0
Discourse analysis 2 0 12 1 6 19 2 4 0 0
Ethics & legal issues 0 0 3 0 6 10 12 12 2 3
Action research 4 0 Increase in number
4 1 8 18 6 6 0 1
Research techniques from
history 5 0 of cadre member
9 0 4 20 3 5 0 0
Web metrics 3 0 10 0 5 23 4 2 0 0
Tying research output to
policy 0 0
experts
8 0 5 14 8 8 1 3
Horizon scanning 4 0 7 1 7 17 4 5 0 0
Repertory grids 17 0 5 2 0 22 0 1 0 0
Data mining 0 0 11 2 10 21 1 1 0 0
Increasing research impact 0 0 5 0 8 13 8 10 1 2
TOTALS 40 0 93 8 67 223 52 57 4 9
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22. Critical incident technique - cadre reported
Increased research capacity and capability
Growth in knowledge and research confidence
Raised standards
Impact and influence – demonstrating research
knowledge in the workplace
Quality of training – new resources to share
Research practice – methodological choice
Foundations for future collaborations
Widened networks and research relationships
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23. Concluding conference
British Library, 9th July 2012
93 participants
Programme includes 2 keynotes, one minute
madness presentations, invited paper, panel
session, award presentation, networking
reception and prize draw
Also: LIRG AGM at 16:30
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24. Main (‘official’) conference themes
Value and impact of library and information services
Evidence to demonstrate the value and impact of
library and information services
Development of a UK network of library and
information science researchers
Routes to sustainability
Roles of the LIS research and practitioner communities
DREaM’s legacy
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25. Thank you
sponsors!
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26.
27. Enjoy the day!
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