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10th International Evidence Based Library and Information Practice
Conference Awarded to Glasgow, Scotland for 2019
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Glasgow, Scotland will host EBLIP10 in 2019. The tenth
in a successful series of international conferences, EBLIP10 will promote
evidence-based approaches to library and information practice.
Dr. Rebekah Willson and Dr.
Diane Pennington, both lecturers in information science at University of
Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland coordinated the Glasgow entry into the
competitive selection process. Professor Alison Brettle,
University of Salford, U.K., will Chair the
International Programme Committee.
Criteria for selection included the location,
facilities, regional and national support, the strength of the organizing team
and unique selling points. The committee commended the Glasgow organizers for
the overall quality of the proposal including convenient proximity of
conference venues, variety of accommodation selections, local attractions, and
excellent support for the EBLIP movement.
The biennial EBLIP Conference promotes the use of best
available evidence to improve library and information practices in all types of
libraries. It aims to bring together practitioners, researchers, and students
involved in critical and reflective information practice to think through new
ways to address contemporary issues of evidence based practice in less
isolated, more collaborative, ways. The first EBL(IP)
Conference took place in Sheffield, UK in 2001. Subsequent conferences have
been hosted in Edmonton (Canada, 2003), Brisbane (Australia, 2005 and 2015),
Chapel Hill (USA, 2007), Stockholm (Sweden, 2009), Salford
(UK, 2011), Saskatoon (Canada, 2013), and Philadelphia (USA, 2017).
“The University of Strathclyde is excited to host the
Tenth International Evidence Based Library and Information Practice
Conference,” said Rebekah Willson, co-chair of the
Local Organizing Committee. “Scotland has a vibrant library community and we
are looking forward to welcoming practitioners and researchers from around the
world to the EBLIP10 conference, for a chance to make connections, as well as
experience all Glasgow has to offer.”
Queries about
EBLIP10 can be directed to eblip10conference@gmail.com