Practical Tips for Facilitating Research

Moira Bent

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Facet Publishing
16 March 2016

Research methods: general

This practical guide offers innovative tips and reliable best practice to enable new and experienced library and information professionals to evaluate their current provision and develop their service to meet the evolving needs of the research community.

Interacting effectively with information is at the heart of all research, consequently information professionals have a key role to play in facilitating the development of researchers who are able to operate confidently and successfully in the information world.

Grounded in current theory and informed by practitioners from around the world, this practical book offers a wide range of ideas and methods to assist library and information professionals in developing and managing their role in the research environment.

Part of the Practical Tips for Library and Information Professionals series, the book is organised into eight sections:

landscapes and models

structures and strategies

places and spaces

library staff roles

collections

specific interventions in the research process or lifecycle

teaching approaches

information literacy skills workshops and programmes.

Readership

: Academic liaison librarians, research support librarians and all library and information professionals who work with research staff and students.

By: Moira Bent
Imprint: Facet Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 200g
ISBN: 9781783300174
ISBN 10: 1783300175
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 16 March 2016
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Introduction 2. Section summaries 3. Landscapes and models 4. Structures and strategies 5. Places and spaces 6. Library staff roles 7. Collections 8. Specific interventions in the research process or lifecycle 9. Teaching approaches 10. Information literacy skills workshops and programmes 11. Bibliography

Moira Bent is Faculty Liaison Librarian & National Teaching Fellow at Newcastle University and is one of the authors of the 2007 Facet book, Providing Effective Library Services for Research.

Reviews for Practical Tips for Facilitating Research

Comprehensive and thoroughly 'reader friendly' in tone, content, organization, and presentation, Practical Tips for Facilitating Research is strongly recommended library and information professionals who work with research staff and students and an essential, core addition to college and university Library Science reference collections and supplemental studies lists. -- Midwest Book Review ... a book that offers a variety of approaches, insight, and real-world examples that work - exactly what you need whether you are searching for a simple solution to quickly improve services, or ideas to help inform and shape a more fundamental or strategic change. -- Michelle Dalton Libfocus

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