RiLIES Project
The Research in Librarianship – Impact Evaluation Study (RiLIES – pronounced “realise”) refers to two projects supported by the LIS Research Coalition. RiLIES1 was completed between February and July 2011. RiLIES2 runs from February to July 2012.
RiLIES1 explored the extent to which funded librarianship research projects influence library practice in the UK. Of particular interest were the factors that increase or hinder the impact of project outcomes on practice. To find out more please see the RiLIES1 project report Enhancing the impact of LIS research projects. RiLIES1 was led by Professor Hazel Hall, Director of the Centre for Social Informatics at Edinburgh Napier University and Executive Secretary of the Library and Information Science Research Coalition. Peter Cruickshank, Ella Taylor-Smith and Jenny Gebel comprised the research team. Librarians and library and information science researchers contributed to the study by completing a short initial poll, participating in focus group discussions, and responding to a final validation survey.
RiLIES2 is concerned with the production of a series of outputs that will support the use and execution of research by librarians and information scientists. These will include training, good practice, and community support materials. RiLIES2 is also led by Professor Hazel Hall, Director of the Centre for Social Informatics at Edinburgh Napier University and Executive Secretary of the Library and Information Science Research Coalition. Further information about RiLIES2 will be posted to these web pages in due course.
For regular updates, please follow the projects on Twitter at @LIS_RiLIES.
Blog posts relating to the RiLIES Projects
- Enhancing the impact of LIS research projects: RiLIES1 report available – posted 2 February 2012
- Online Information 2011 and RiLIES update – posted 25 November 2011
- Coalition review 2011, and priorities for 2011/12 - posted 6 August 2011
- Coalition review update - Posted 18 July 2011
- Launch of final survey – posted 6 July 2011
- Evidence emerging from RiLIES project reported at EBLIP6 – posted 30 June 2011
- CILIP Update looks forward to EBLIP6 – posted 16 June 2011
- Call for examples of impact of our selected case studies - posted 6 June 2011
- Update on data collection activities – posted 11 May 2011
- Summary of findings from the inital poll – posted 16 March 2011
- Call to complete the initial poll – posted 2 February 2011
Focus groups on impact of librarianship research
- Public Librarians, Perth – 2 June 2011
- Academic Librarians, London - 22 June 2011
- Healthcare Librarians, Salford – 30 June 2011
