Dear Colleagues
I have made available a pdf version of the pre-publication manuscript of
the now out-of-print book:
*Booth, A* *& Brice, A (Eds) (2004) /Evidence Based Practice for
Information Professionals: A handbook
</f/Booth+%26+Brice+2004+EBP+for+Info+Professionals+-+A+Handbook.pdf>/.
</f/Booth+%26+Brice+2004+EBP+for+Info+Professionals+-+A+Handbook.pdf> London:
Facet Publishing.*
It is available at:
http://ebliptext.pbworks.com/f/Booth+%26+Brice+2004+EBP+for+Info+Professionals+-+A+Handbook.pdf
*It may be accessed through the wiki site at: http://ebliptext.pbworks.com/
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This is a Wiki to host a manuscript version
</f/Booth+%26+Brice+2004+EBP+for+Info+Professionals+-+A+Handbook.pdf> of
the first ever handbook on Evidence Based Library and Information Practice:
*Booth, A* *& Brice, A (Eds) (2004) /Evidence Based Practice for
Information Professionals: A handbook
</f/Booth+%26+Brice+2004+EBP+for+Info+Professionals+-+A+Handbook.pdf>/.
</f/Booth+%26+Brice+2004+EBP+for+Info+Professionals+-+A+Handbook.pdf> London:
Facet Publishing.*
/*NB. This publication is now out of print. However as part of the
authors' commitment to open access publishing we are happy to make the
following available free of any charge.*/
*Includes Supplementary Content!*
This manuscript version
</f/Booth+%26+Brice+2004+EBP+for+Info+Professionals+-+A+Handbook.pdf> includes
the following that did not make it into the published version:
*
*Bexon N and Brice A (2004) Special Topic: What is the best way to
train my staff. Unpublished Manuscript from:Booth, A & Brice, A
(Eds) /Evidence Based Practice for Information Professionals: A
handbook/. London: Facet Publishing.*
* *Booth A (2004). Special Topic: Provision of mediated information
searching alongside end user services [Guideline] Unpublished
manuscript from:* *Booth, A & Brice, A (Eds) /Evidence Based
Practice for Information Professionals: A handbook/. London: Facet
Publishing.*
*
*Beverley C and Winning A (2004). Case study 1: the clinical
librarian. Unpublished Manuscript from:* * Booth, A & Brice, A
(Eds) /Evidence Based Practice for Information Professionals: A
handbook./* *London**: Facet Publishing.*
* *Beverley C and* *Bath* *P (2004). Case study 2: the Health
Information Needs of Visually Impaired People. Unpublished
Manuscript from:* * Booth, A & Brice, A (Eds) /Evidence Based
Practice for Information Professionals: A handbook./**London**:
Facet Publishing.*
*Includes Original Content!*
*The following* *contents
<http://www.facetpublishing.co.uk/downloads/file/sample_chapters/481contents.pdf> are
available from the pdf of the manuscript
</f/Booth+%26+Brice+2004+EBP+for+Info+Professionals+-+A+Handbook.pdf>* *(page
numbers are from the published (not original manuscript) version:*
*Part 1 The context for evidence-based information practice 1*
*1 Why evidence-based information practice? 1 Andrew Booth & Anne Brice*
*2 A brief history of evidence-based practice 13 Anne Brice & Alison
Hill*
*3 Evidence-based information practice: a prehistory 24 Jonathan
Eldredge*
*4 How good is the evidence base? 36 Jonathan Eldredge*
*5 Why don't librarians use research? 49 Paul Genoni, Gaby Haddow &
Ann Ritchie*
* *
*P**art 2 Skills and resources for evidence-based information practice 61*
*6 Formulating answerable questions 61 Andrew Booth*
*7 Identifying sources of evidence 71 Alison Winning*
*8 Searching the library and information science literature
89 Catherine Beverley*
*9 Appraising the evidence
<http://www.facetpublishing.co.uk/downloads/file/sample_chapters/481.pdf>* *104 Andrew
Booth & Anne Brice*
*10 Applying evidence to your everyday practice 119 Denise
Koufogiannakis & Ellen Crumley*
*11 Evaluating your performance 127 Andrew Booth*
*12 Disseminating the lessons of evidence-based practice 138 Ellen
Crumley & Denise Koufogiannakis*
* *
*Part 3 Using the evidence base in practice 144*
*13 Six domains of evidence-based information practice 144 Andrew
Booth and Anne Brice*
*14 Examining the evidence base for reference services and enquiry work
148 Andrew Booth*
*Special Topic (A) Provision of a current awareness service for research
staff (Guideline) 159 Robert Kiley*
*15 The contribution of evidence-based practice to educational
activities 164 Anne Brice & Cindy Carlson*
*Special Topic (B) How can I train my users? (Evidence Digest)
178 Alison Brettle*
*16 An evidence-based approach to collection management 185 Andrew
Booth*
*Special Topic (C) Electronic or paper: how do I manage my journals
collection? (Evidence Digest) 196 David Peacock*
*17 Towards evidence-based management 200 Andrew Booth*
*Special Topic (D) How do I measure the impact of my service?
(Guideline) 210 Christine Urquhart*
*Special Topic (E) Should I charge and, if so, what should I charge for?
(Evidence Briefing) 223 Lynette Cawthra*
*18 Evidence-based perspectives on information access and retrieval
231 Andrew Booth*
*Special Topic (F) What are the characteristics of a good searcher?
(Critically Appraised Topic) 247 Catherine Beverley*
*Special Topic (G) Which database, which interface? (Guideline)
251 Maria J. Grant*
*19 Introducing an evidence-based approach to marketing and promotional*
* activities 257 Andrew Booth*
*Special Topic (H) Determining the information needs of practising
nurses postregistration in the UK from 1990 to 2003 (Evidence Digest)
272 Jennie Kelson*
*20 A future for evidence-based information practice? 279 Anne
Brice, Andrew Booth, Ellen Crumley, Denise Koufogiannakis & Jonathan
Eldredge*
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Andrew Booth BA Dip Lib MSc MCLIP<br>
Reader in Evidence Based Information Practice &<br>
Director of Information<br>
School of Health & Related Research (ScHARR)<br>
University of Sheffield, Regent Court,<br>
30 Regent Street, SHEFFIELD<br>
S1 4DA<br>
Tel: +44(0)114 244 3622<br>
Fax: +44(0)114 272 4095<br>
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