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Subject: First Ever Evidence Based Librarianship Conference Copies to: [log in to unmask] Priority: normal This message is being sent to lis-medical, evidence-based-libraries and MLAEBLIC. Please forward to other interested discussion lists as appropriate. PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT First Evidence Based Librarianship Conference 3rd-4th September 2001, Sheffield, UK. * Can the methods of evidence based practice be applied to our own library and information profession? * How can we critically appraise the health information research literature? * Is the evidence base of librarianship of good enough quality to sustain evidence based practice? * What are the obstacles to our becoming an evidence based profession? * How can evidence based librarianship increase our professional impact? These are just some of the questions that librarians have been asking since they have become involved in supporting evidence based practice in their own organisations. Now there is a forum to 'focus' these questions, to seek answers and a way forward. This timely conference follows articles in the Bulletin of the MLA, Medical Reference Services Quarterly and Health Libraries Review [Now Health Information and Libraries Journal] and presentations at ICML London, MLA and LIANZA (New Zealand) all of which took place in 2000. The authors and contributors to all these sessions have been assembled for this first ever Evidence Based Librarianship Conference. The First Evidence Based Librarianship Conference will be held in Sheffield UK, the gateway to the Peak District, on 3rd and 4th September 2001. It will be hosted in Halls of Residence at the University of Sheffield and will include one overnight stay. It is hoped to keep expenses down so that it will amount to a little more than the cost of a national study day. Speakers will include: Jon Eldredge, University of New Mexico Veronica Fraser, NHS Libraries Adviser Margaret Haines, Director of Research and Knowledge Management, NHS South East Anne Brice, Assistant Director, HCLU, Oxford Region Andrew Booth, Senior Lecturer in Evidence Based Health Care Information, ScHARR, University of Sheffield. What do I need to do: 1. Block September 3rd and 4th 2001 into your diaries. 2. To be placed on our preferential mailing list please email your details to [log in to unmask] You will then receive further details of the conference as they become available. 3. Look out for an Invitation to Submit Abstracts - to appear in April 2001. We are keen to have discussion papers or research projects that have built on the existing knowledge base. 4. Look out for the Conference Registration details - to appear in May 2001. 5. If you have any suggestions for inclusion in the conference please email [log in to unmask], Chair of the Programme Organising Committee as soon as possible. Andrew Booth BA MSc Dip Lib ALA Director of Information Resources and Senior Lecturer - Evidence Based Healthcare Information. School of Health & Related Research (ScHARR) Regent Court 30 Regent Street SHEFFIELD S1 4DA Tel: 0114 222 5420 or 5214 Fax: 0114 272 4095 The author of Netting the Evidence: http://www.shef.ac.uk/~scharr/ir/netting.html and Trawling the Net: http://www.shef.ac.uk/~scharr/ir/trawling.html E-mail: [log in to unmask] ------- End of forwarded message ------- Andrew Booth BA MSc Dip Lib ALA Director of Information Resources and Senior Lecturer - Evidence Based Healthcare Information. School of Health & Related Research (ScHARR) Regent Court 30 Regent Street SHEFFIELD S1 4DA Tel: 0114 222 5420 or 5214 Fax: 0114 272 4095 The author of Netting the Evidence: http://www.shef.ac.uk/~scharr/ir/netting.html and Trawling the Net: http://www.shef.ac.uk/~scharr/ir/trawling.html E-mail: [log in to unmask]