DREaM event 2 – workshop Tuesday 25 October 2011
Building the skills to build the evidence base
This workshop took place on Tuesday 25 October 2011. To find out how it went, read the delegate reviews. If you are interested in the workshop materials (PowerPoint slides, videos of the presentations, and presentation summaries) please follow the links embedded in the programme below.
Workshop 1 details
- Tuesday 25 October 2011, 10:30-16:15 (registration from 09:45)
- Edinburgh Napier University Craighouse campus (Details of the venue and travel below)
- Participants included librarians, information scientists, LIS academics, new professionals and PhD students from all LIS backgrounds/sectors
- Workshop hashtag #lis_dream2
Who participated?
- Many of the participants are listed on the DREaM project participants Twitter list
- The DREaM project participants also meet in the DREaM online community. If you’re interested in LIS research, please feel free to join the community, whether or not you are able to attend any of the DREaM project events
- There is a workshop Lanyrd at http://lanyrd.com/2011/dream-event-2-workshop-tuesday-25-october/
- Some of those in Edinburgh on the evening of Monday 24 October joined locally-based delegates for an informal social gathering at the Café Royal the night before the workshop
| 09:45-10:30 | Registration, coffee/tea Includes sign-up for unconference half hour (please see below) |
| 10:30-10:45 | Welcome and introduction – Professor Hazel Hall, Edinburgh Napier University and the LIS Research Coalition |
| 10:45-11:30 | Introduction to ethnography – Dr Paul Lynch, Strathclyde University |
| 11:30-11:45 | Coffee/tea |
| 11:45-12:45 | Introduction to social network analysis – Dr Louise Cooke, Loughborough University Louise will also introduce the workshop 1 game/task in this session |
| 12:45-13:15 | Unconference half hour Short presentations by DREaM project participants as decided at registration |
| 13:15-13:45 | Lunch |
| 13:45-14:45 | Introduction to discourse analysis – Professor Andy McKinlay, University of Edinburgh |
| 14:45-15:15 | Tea/coffee Includes conclusion of workshop 1 task/game |
| 15:15-16:15 | Research ethics and legal issues – Professor Charles Oppenheim, DREaM project |
Amplified discussions surrounding the event
We used CoverItLive to capture the Twitter discussions surrounding the event hashtag #lis_dream2 and to provide a forum for non-Twitter users to participate in the event remotely. A full archive of these conversations is available online or as a Word document to download.
New Craig, Edinburgh Napier University Craighouse campus
The venue for Workshop 1 was the New Craig building on Edinburgh Napier University’s Craighouse campus, pictured at the top of this page. (Craighouse is a beautiful campus with an interesting history.)
Reaching Edinburgh by air or rail
To check which airline serves Edinburgh from your local airport, please see the list on the BAA Edinburgh site. For train travel, check National rail enquiries.
Reaching Edinburgh city centre from the airport
For those flying to Edinburgh the Airlink 100 is a very regular and efficient bus service which takes about 30 minutes to reach the city centre, and connects well to the buses to Craighouse from Edinburgh Waverley station. The fare is £3.50 single and £6 return, and change is given on this service. When you leave the airport bus at Waverley Bridge, just cross the road to connect to the 41 bus if one is due, or walk back along to the roundabout, turn right, and head half way up the slope of Market Street to connect to the more regular 23 bus (see below). There is also a taxi rank opposite the airport buses, should you wish to make the remainder of your journey by taxi.
Reaching Craighouse from Edinburgh city centre by bus
Bus service 23 is the most regular of those that serve this campus. It runs every 10 minutes from the city centre. The 41 also serves Craighouse campus from the city centre, running twice an hour. The journey from the city centre to Craighouse takes approximately 20-25 minutes.
At the time of this workshop there are tram works in Edinburgh city centre and some adjustments have been made to bus stops and schedules. Currently both the 23 and 41 buses to Craighouse stop near Waverley Station.
The 23 bus stop is half way up the slope of Market Street just two to three minutes walk from Waverley Station. (Market Street is the western spur of the roundabout at the junction of Waverley Bridge, East Market Street and Cockburn Street.) The 23 bus that you take will be labelled “Glenlockhart” or “Greenbank”. The 23 service runs every five minutes to Craighouse from this stop, and is a slightly faster service than the 41.
The 41 bus stop is on Waverley Bridge just outside Waverley Station (next to the Chinese buffet, and opposite the bus stop for the airport buses). On Tuesday 25 October the services to Craighouse that align best with the workshop timings are at 09:04 (arrives at Craighouse at 09:30) and 09:32 (arrives at Craighouse at 09:58). Only board a 41 bus that says “Craighouse” on the front. It is worth checking with the driver that it is going to Craighouse just to ensure for your own peace of mind that you have taken a bus that is heading in the right direction.
Edinburgh buses take exact fare only, so have your change ready. The single fare for any distance in town in £1.30.
Reaching Craighouse by taxi
If you decide to travel by taxi to the venue, please make sure that you ask the driver to take you to Craighouse campus. If you ask for “Edinburgh Napier University” you could end up at one of a range of different locations across Edinburgh! There are taxi ranks both within and just outside Waverley Station. You can also hail a taxi in the street.
Arrival by car
There will be limited delegate parking for those who drive to Craighouse offered on a first come first served basis.
At Craighouse
When you reach Craighouse you need to head to the main New Craig building. Google Street View shows the entrance to the campus. New Craig is behind the pink building pictured here, and a little further up the drive after it bends to the right. If you arrive by bus, you simply walk a few paces back to the main drive, turn left, and walk past the pink building, behind which you will see New Craig. New Craig is marked in yellow on the campus maps that are displayed on boards at Craighouse. Once inside New Craig please go up the marble staircase and turn right into the conference suite. Registration will be just outside the Castle Room.
Return journeys
The workshop is scheduled to end at 16:15. At this time of day the buses back into town run as follows:
Again, you should check with the driver that the bus you board is heading in the right direction (and not out of town).
Some people may prefer to share taxis to the railway station and/or airport. The conference organisers will help arrange this on the day.
Details of the other DREaM project events
