DREaM project

The three DREaM workshops are fully booked and registrations are closed. Registrations for the conference on July 9 2012 will open in the spring. If you would like to pre-register for the conference, please contact Hazel Hall by e-mail.

Background

On November 18 2010 we announced the award of £45,000 grant funding from the AHRC to support the DREaM project: Developing Research Excellence and Methods. The purpose of the grant is to develop a formal UK-wide network of Library and Information Science (LIS) researchers. The project started in January 2011 and runs until August 2012. Details of the project were initially publicised in: (1) the blog posting DREaM project to support creation of UK-wide network of LIS researchers; (2) the media release about the project, found on the Media release page; and (3) slides from Hazel Hall’s presentation An update from the Library and Information Science Research Coalition delivered at Online 2010. In September 2011 Library and Information Research published an article about the project by Hazel Hall, Stephanie Kenna and Charles Oppenheim.

Project events

The five DREaM project events explore the scope of LIS and related research, and the range of methods appropriate to research in the domain. Researchers from LIS, as well as other subject domains, expert in a variety of techniques present method overviews at these events, covering their strengths and weaknesses. A wide range of techniques is evaluated beyond the standard qualitative and quantitative methods commonly deployed in LIS research. A number of the participants from across all LIS sectors, and at different stages of their career, are participating in all five DREaM events. Others have chosen to attend just the workshops (free of charge as a set of three), or the launch conference and/or the concluding event.

The first DREaM project event was the one-day launch conference entitled “Out of the comfort zone” which took place at the British Library Conference Centre in London on Tuesday 19th July 2011.

The first of the three workshops took place at the Craighouse campus of Edinburgh Napier University on Tuesday 25th October 2011.

The second of the three workshops took place at the British Library Conference Centre on 30th January 2012.

Future events

The following DREaM project events are coming up:

  1. Wednesday 25th April 2012 – workshop 3 (of 3) at Craighouse campus, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh (free of charge, fully booked)
  2. Monday 9th July 2012 – concluding event at the British Library Conference Centre, London (registration will open in spring 2012, to preregister please contact Hazel Hall by e-mail)

Contributors and themes

For details of the contributors to the DREaM events please see the DREaM project contributors page. A list of the workshop themes and speakers is also provided on the workshops page.

Participants

Participants in the DREaM project are members of the DREaM online community. Membership of the DREaM online community is open to all with interests in LIS research, whether or not they are able to attend the DREaM project events. We have also created a list for all DREaM project participants on Twitter. Those who are taking part in the three workshops are listed on the DREaM workshop cadre page.

Keeping in touch

Additional information about the project and the associated events will be added from this web page. For regular updates, please follow the project on Twitter at @LIS_DREaM.

You are also welcome to join the DREaM online community. An efficient way to keep up to date with the DREaM project participants is follow them together from the DREaM participants Twitter list.

Blog posts relating to the DREaM project:

General news and updates:

Posts leading up to the concluding conference:

Posts related to the workshop series:

Posts leading up to the DREaM project launch conference:

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