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Subject: 22nd November - Best Information > Best Research> Best Health (Conference)
Best Information > Best Research> Best Health
Wednesday 22nd November 2006, [10.15 - 15.45]
University of Leicester
* How can you help your organisation to meet the demands for research
support?
* What is the role of information in supporting primary and secondary
research?
* What are the information needs of researchers and research administrators?
* What information skills training do health service researchers require?
* What models of good practice already exist?
* Where can you learn more?
We have assembled a team of nationally known speakers and organisations to
provide health librarians with answers to these and other questions. You
will also have the opportunity to network with colleagues facing similar
challenges.
Thanks to generous sponsorship from the Trent Research and Development
Support Unit, delegates will enjoy a subsidised rate of £ 40.
Programme:
Morning
Plenaries:
Nicola Seare (NHS East Midlands R&D Director) The Impact of Best Research
for Best Health
Andrew Booth (Director of Information Resources, ScHARR, University of
Sheffield) on "Meeting the Challenge: the Information Response"
Choice of 4 workshops
1) Promoting the role of information staff in the research process
2) Skills needed by information staff in supporting a research project
3) Information staff leading research
4) How does a researcher make the most of their library?
Afternoon
Plenary Lecture:
Donna Johnstone (RDInfo) on the services of RD Info
Choice of 3 parallel sessions with speakers including:
Dianne Gwynne-Smith (SCIE)
Rosalind McNally (National Centre for Research in Primary Care)
Kate Misso (NHS CRD)
A) R&D Outreach (primary care, social care, mental health)
B) R&D Skills Training
C) R&D Enquiry and Support Services
A Word Copy of this booking form is available at:
http://scharrlatan.typepad.com/bookfrm.doc
Organised by the Trent Research and Development Support Unit (Information
Resources Section)
Best Information > Best Research> Best Health
How do I book?
To book a place, please complete the following booking form.
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OOKING FORM
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Please select your preferred options
Morning Workshops
Indicate your first and second choices only 1st/2nd
1) Promoting the role of information staff in the research process
2) Skills needed by information staff in supporting a research project
3) Information staff leading research
4) How does a researcher make the most of their library?
Afternoon Parallel Sessions
Indicate your first choice only 1st
A) R&D Outreach (primary care, social care, mental health)
B) R&D Skills Training
C) R&D Enquiry and Support Services
We still have a limited number of places for poster presentations:
I would like to present a poster on the conference theme:
Proposed title of poster_______________________________________________
Abstract [max 200 words]
Approximate size of poster (please tick one)
A0 841 × 1189
A1 594 × 841
A2 420 × 594
A3 297 × 420
A4 210 × 297
Completion and Payment Instructions
Please complete and return to:
Tricia Campsell
ScHARR, University of Sheffield
Regent Court Tel 0114 2220703
30 Regent Street Fax: 0114 2724095
Sheffield S1 4DA e-mail [log in to unmask]
Cheques for £ 40 payable to "University of Sheffield" and sent to address
above
BACS payments for £ 40 should be made to:
Barclays Bank PlC, Sheffield City Office, P.O.Box 43, Sheffield, S1 1NG
Sort Code: 20-76-89 Account Number: 50190403
(Please be sure to quote reference: "Informant Conference")
Andrew Booth,
Director of Information Resources & Reader in Evidence Based Information
Practice,
School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR),
University of Sheffield,
Regent Court, 30 Regent Street, SHEFFIELD, S1 4DA
Tel: 0114 222 0705
Fax: 0114 272 4095
Email: [log in to unmask]
Web:http://www.shef.ac.uk/scharr/sections/ir/
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