Pickton, M. (2013) Supporting research by becoming a researcher: how librarians can use their own research experience to benefit library users. ALISS Quarterly.9(1), pp. 10-15. 1747-9258.
This article explores the ways in which engagement in practitioner research can enhance the librarian's ability to support researchers. It first clarifies what is meant by ‘research’ and highlights some differences between academic and practitioner research, then it considers some of the ways in which both the act of doing research and the results of that research can enhance our ability to support researchers.
A version of this paper was first presented at the ALISS Summer conference, 30th July 2013 http://alissnet.org.uk/2013/08/06/2013-summer-conference-supporting-evolving-research-needs/
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Practitioner research, research support, librarianship, academic libraries, Higher Education, libraries, librarians, research process, research tools, benefits of research
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