Practical Tips for Facilitating Research

Moira J. Bent

doi:10.29085/9781783301218

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.

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List of figures
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Series Editor's introduction
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2 - Section summaries
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3 - Landscapes and models
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4 - Structures and strategies
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5 - Places and spaces
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6 - Library staff roles
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7 - Collections
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8 - Specific interventions in the research process or lifecycle
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9 - Teaching approaches
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10 - Information literacy skills workshops and programmes
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11 - Bibliography
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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-viii

List of figures
pp ix-x

Series Editor's introduction
pp xi-xii

Acknowledgements
pp xiii-xiv

1 - Introduction
pp 1-8

2 - Section summaries
pp 9-16

3 - Landscapes and models
pp 17-42

4 - Structures and strategies
pp 43-66

5 - Places and spaces
pp 67-92

6 - Library staff roles
pp 93-104

7 - Collections
pp 105-118

8 - Specific interventions in the research process or lifecycle
pp 119-180

9 - Teaching approaches
pp 181-204

10 - Information literacy skills workshops and programmes
pp 205-244

11 - Bibliography
pp 245-258

Index
pp 259-263

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