If you can help please contact Andrew direct. Linda **************************** Linda Ferguson Deputy Director of Health Libraries NW NW Health Care Libraries Unit e-mail: [log in to unmask] Tel: 01942 482583 Fax: 01942 482581 Mobile: 0797 971 1908 ****************************************************** -----Original Message----- From: Discussion list for Health Libraries Group HLG members [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Andrew Booth Sent: 23 April 2010 09:07 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Help Requested: Experienced Versus Novice Library/Information Workers or Library Activities Dear Colleagues I am currently conducting a desk based review on the value of experience in library and information work in preparation for my presentation to be given at the Health Libraries Group Conference in July. I am contacting the lists for help in trying to identify any studies comparing experienced versus less experienced LIS practitioners or experience versus non-experience in LIS related activities e.g. searching skills. For inclusion a study needs to have a comparison, a measure of performance and a measure of experience. If you know of any such studies (e.g. experienced cataloguers versus non-experienced cataloguers, experienced enquiry staff versus non-experienced, experienced searchers versus novices, experienced managers versus new managers etcetera) I would very much welcome a pointer or reference. Thanking you in advance for your contributions to Evidence Based LIP! Regards Andrew -- <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> 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> Email: [log in to unmask]<br> <br> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">First you're an unknown, then you write one book and you move up to obscurity.<br> -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b><span style="color: rgb(28, 70, 128);">Martin Myers</span></b></span></span><br> </body> </html> ******************************************************************************************************************** This message may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient please inform the sender that you have received the message in error before deleting it. Please do not disclose, copy or distribute information in this e-mail or take any action in reliance on its contents: to do so is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. Thank you for your co-operation. NHSmail is the secure email and directory service available for all NHS staff in England and Scotland NHSmail is approved for exchanging patient data and other sensitive information with NHSmail and GSI recipients NHSmail provides an email address for your career in the NHS and can be accessed anywhere For more information and to find out how you can switch, visit www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/nhsmail ********************************************************************************************************************