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C-EBLIP Fall Symposium: Librarians as Researchers
Wednesday, October 15, 2014 University Library,
University of Saskatchewan
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The Centre for
Evidence Based Library and Information Practice (C-EBLIP) is located in the
University Library, University of Saskatchewan, Canada. C-EBLIP’s mission is to support University Library
librarians and archivists as researchers and evidence based practitioners, and
to raise the profile of librarians as researchers on campus and beyond.
Call for Proposals
Librarians are regularly conducting
research and disseminating the results. Whether it’s a requirement for tenure
and promotion, part of evidence based library and information practice,
curiosity, or contributing to the field of librarianship, librarians often
approach research from the unique perspective of practice.
The Centre for Evidence Based Library and
Information Practice (C-EBLIP) Fall Symposium: Librarians as Researchers is a
one-day conference (with complimentary registration, including breaks and
lunch) designed to facilitate sharing, collaboration, and networking with the
focus on librarians in their researcher roles. The symposium will consist
of a series of single-track sessions, along with a keynote address, and time
for networking. The sessions will focus not only on the research being done by
librarians, but also on why librarians are doing research – their motivations
or inspirations.
Sessions are 20 minutes in length which includes
time for questions. Session topics should broadly relate to one of the focus
areas of the symposium:
- Research being done by librarians (i.e.
results of research projects, a project in its interim state, methodology,
experiences with conducting research, etc.)
- Why librarians are conducting research
(what inspires, motivates you to conduct research? are there external
factors? do you have a philosophy of research?)
Session proposals of no more than 250 words
should include the following:
1.
Description of the
presentation
2.
How the proposal links
to a focus areas (research being done by librarians; why librarians are doing
research)
3.
Outcomes or takeaways
Applicants will be advised of the status of
their proposals by the week of August 11, 2014.