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10/07/11 1 Moving forward: defining and conceptualising evidence based prac7ce for the library and informa7on profession Helen Partridge Queensland University of Technology 2011 Image from h?p://www.flickr.com/photos/soozwhite/400383483/sizes/o/in/ photostream/ Does evidence based library and informaLon pracLce really exist? h?p://www.visualphotos.com/image/2x3598792/ girl_playing_dressup_and_puRng_on_lipsLck h?p://www.flickr.com/photos/mmechtley/2205859730/sizes/l/in/photostream/ What is evidence in LIS pracLce? h?p://www.radiotymes.co.uk/sherlockholmes9filmson3dvdsbasilrathbonenigelbruce338p.asp Not all evidence is equal ”most research evidence from the LIS field occupies the lowest levels of evidence” and the LIS profession should be encouraged to ”use more rigorous forms over less rigorous forms of evidence when making decisions” (Eldredge, 2002) There are some things we can learn from medicine but in education we know we have a much tougher job interpreting and applying evidence in practice. Teachers and lecturers aren’t dealing with just one patient at a time but with large groups of students who affect each others’ learning – all with different needs and all at the same time. Researchers have the luxury of freezing the frame and looking at particular parts of this mix. Teachers have to interact with it all dynamically and quickly. So research evidence is only one kind of knowledge and it has to be integrated with our own, equally important, practical skills and knowledge. (BERF Bulletin, 2004)
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Moving forward: defining and conceptualising evidence based prac7ce for
the library and informa7on profession
Helen Partridge Queensland University of Technology
2011 Image from h?p://www.flickr.com/photos/soozwhite/400383483/sizes/o/in/photostream/
Does evidence
based library and
informaLon pracLce really
exist?
h?p://www.visualphotos.com/image/2x3598792/girl_playing_dressup_and_puRng_on_lipsLck
h?p://www.flickr.com/photos/mmechtley/2205859730/sizes/l/in/photostream/
What is evidence in LIS pracLce?
h?p://www.radiotymes.co.uk/sherlock-‐holmes-‐9-‐films-‐on-‐3-‐dvds-‐basil-‐rathbone-‐nigel-‐bruce-‐338-‐p.asp
Not all evidence is equal ”most research evidence from the LIS field occupies the lowest levels of evidence” and the LIS profession should be encouraged to ”use more rigorous forms over less rigorous forms of evidence when making decisions” (Eldredge, 2002)
There are some things we can learn from medicine but in education we know we have a much tougher job interpreting and applying evidence in practice. Teachers and lecturers aren’t dealing with just one patient at a time but with large groups of students who affect each others’ learning – all with different needs and all at the same time. Researchers have the luxury of freezing the frame and looking at particular parts of this mix. Teachers have to interact with it all dynamically and quickly. So research evidence is only one kind of knowledge and it has to be integrated with our own, equally important, practical skills and knowledge. (BERF Bulletin, 2004)
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Model of Human Action (adapted from Butler)
PUBLISHED
RESEARCH
PERSONAL PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE
REFLECTION & GENERATION & ACTION
MENTAL MODELS CURRENT PRACTICE
OUTSIDE SELF INSIDE SELF
Primary v`s Secondary Evidence?
Five Steps (Eldredge, 2006) 1. Formulate a clearly-defined, relevant and answerable
question 2. Search for an answer in both the published and
unpublished literature plus any other authoritative resources, for the best available evidence
3. Critically appraise the evidence 4. Assess the relative value of expected benefits and costs
of any decided upon action plan 5. Evaluate the effectiveness of the action plan
If we are really going to be an evidence based profession than…. We need to define and conceptualise evidence base pracLce for LIS. To do this we need to start building the evidence for evidence based pracLce in LIS.
Professor Helen Partridge [email protected]
skype: partridh
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