Presentation by Hazel Hall at the LIS DREaM final conference. More information about this event is available at http://lisresearch.org/dream-project/dream-event-5-conference-monday-9-july-2012/

1. DREaM past, present & future
Professor Hazel Hall
@hazelh
DREaM project Principal Investigator
http://about.me/hazelh
h.hall@napier.ac.uk; hazel.hall@lisresearch.org

2. Welcome all!
… especially those here from Sweden,
Italy, Malta, Macedonia, Uganda, USA,
and Australia
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3. DREaM Project Concluding Conference  British Library  9th July 2012

4. DREaM Project Concluding Conference  British Library  9th July 2012

5. Charles Oppenheim Stephanie Kenna Rossitza Atanassova Christine Irving
@CharlesOppenh @StepKenn @RossiAtanassova @CM_Irving
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DREaM Project Concluding Conference  British Library  9 July 2012

7. This presentation
Review of DREaM events 1-4
Expectations
Activities
Impact
Preview of DREaM event 5
… and thoughts for the future
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8. Review of events 1-4
DREaM Project Concluding Conference  British Library  9th July 2012

9. Funding to develop a UK-wide network of LIS
researchers
Build research capacity and capability
Raise quality and standards: research training,
practice, output, value, impact, and influence
Secure foundation for long-term research
collaborations – in LIS and beyond
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10. Launch conference
British Library Conference Centre, July 19th 2011
87 participants
Programme included 2 keynotes, 12 one minute
madness presentations, 4 breakout sessions,
plenary, and networking
Excellent feedback
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11. Three linked workshops
Edinburgh Napier University, 25th October 2011 &
25th April 2012; British Library, January 30th 2012
 30 workshop cadre members attended all three
12 formal sessions on broad research
approaches, qualitative and quantitative
techniques, and research practicalities
“Unconference half hour” and networking
Excellent feedback
DREaM Project Concluding Conference  British Library  9th July 2012

12. Project infrastructure: technical and social
Project web page http://lisresearch.org/dream-
project
All events previewed, amplified, reviewed and
archived online
Online community site: http://lis-dream.spruz.com/
Linked Lanyrds: http://lanyrd.com/profile/lis_dream/
Twitter account: @LIS_DREaM
Twitter DREaM participant list:
https://twitter.com/#!/LIS_DREaM/dream-
participants

13. Participation and reach in numbers
5 events
led by 33 ‘official’ contributors
for 213 on-site delegate participants
from 12 countries (and 4 continents)
not counting ‘remote’ audience of ~80 blog posts,
~800 tweets, multiple web pages, SlideShares,
Vimeos, SoundClouds etc.

14. Brettle, A., Hall, H., & Oppenheim, C. (2012).We have a
DREaM: the Developing Research Excellence and Methods
network. Paper presented at the 4th International
Conference on Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in
Libraries, Limerick, Ireland, 22-25 May 2012.
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15. Brettle, A., Hall, H., & Oppenheim, C. (2012).We have a
DREaM: the Developing Research Excellence and Methods
network. Paper presented at the 4th International
Conference on Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in
Libraries, Limerick, Ireland, 22-25 May 2012.
Increased research
capability & capacity?
Raised standards?
Foundation for future
collaborations?
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16. Never heard Heard but In theory Applied in Expert
of this unfamiliar practice
Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post
Ethnography 2 0 9 1 8 23 3 1 0 0
Social network analysis 3 0 10 0 8 23 1 2 0 0
Discourse analysis 2 0 12 1 6 19 2 4 0 0
Ethics & legal issues 0 0 3 0 6 10 12 12 2 3
Action research 4 0 Research skills
4 1 8 18 6 6 0 1
Research techniques from
history 5 0 audits conducted in
9 0 4 20 3 5 0 0
Web metrics 3 0 10 0 5 23 4 2 0 0
Tying research output to
policy 0 0
workshops 1 and 3
8 0 5 14 8 8 1 3
Horizon scanning 4 0 7 1 7 17 4 5 0 0
Repertory grids 17 0 5 2 0 22 0 1 0 0
Data mining 0 0 11 2 10 21 1 1 0 0
Increasing research impact 0 0 5 0 8 13 8 10 1 2
TOTALS 40 0 93 8 67 223 52 57 4 9
DREaM Project Concluding Conference  British Library  9th July 2012

17. Never heard Heard but In theory Applied in Expert
of this unfamiliar practice
Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post
Ethnography 2 0 9 1 8 23 3 1 0 0
Social network analysis 3 0 10 0 8 23 1 2 0 0
Discourse analysis 2 0 12 1 6 19 2 4 0 0
Ethics & legal issues 0 0 3 0 6 10 12 12 2 3
Action research 4 0 Research skills
4 1 8 18 6 6 0 1
Research techniques from
history 5 0 audits conducted in
9 0 4 20 3 5 0 0
Web metrics 3 0 10 0 5 23 4 2 0 0
Tying research output to
policy 0 0
workshops 1 and 3
8 0 5 14 8 8 1 3
Horizon scanning 4 0 7 1 7 17 4 5 0 0
Repertory grids 17 0 5 2 0 22 0 1 0 0
Data mining 0 0 11 2 10 21 1 1 0 0
Increasing research impact 0 0 5 0 8 13 8 10 1 2
TOTALS 40 0 93 8 67 223 52 57 4 9
DREaM Project Concluding Conference  British Library  9th July 2012

18. Never heard Heard but In theory Applied in Expert
of this unfamiliar practice
Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post
Ethnography 2 0 9 1 8 23 3 1 0 0
Social network analysis 3 0 10 0 8 23 1 2 0 0
Discourse analysis 2 0 12 1 6 19 2 4 0 0
Ethics & legal issues 0 0 3 0 6 10 12 12 2 3
Action research 4 0 Increased familiarity
4 1 8 18 6 6 0 1
Research techniques from
history 5 0 with workshop
9 0 4 20 3 5 0 0
Web metrics 3 0 10 0 5 23 4 2 0 0
Tying research output to
policy 0 0
themes
8 0 5 14 8 8 1 3
Horizon scanning 4 0 7 1 7 17 4 5 0 0
Repertory grids 17 0 5 2 0 22 0 1 0 0
Data mining 0 0 11 2 10 21 1 1 0 0
Increasing research impact 0 0 5 0 8 13 8 10 1 2
TOTALS 40 0 93 8 67 223 52 57 4 9
DREaM Project Concluding Conference  British Library  9th July 2012

19. Never heard Heard but In theory Applied in Expert
of this unfamiliar practice
Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post
Ethnography 2 0 9 1 8 23 3 1 0 0
Social network analysis 3 0 10 0 8 23 1 2 0 0
Discourse analysis 2 0 12 1 6 19 2 4 0 0
Ethics & legal issues 0 0 3 0 6 10 12 12 2 3
Action research 4 0 Overall growth in
4 1 8 18 6 6 0 1
Research techniques from
history 5 0 theoretical
9 0 4 20 3 5 0 0
Web metrics 3 0 10 0 5 23 4 2 0 0
Tying research output to
policy 0 0
knowledge
8 0 5 14 8 8 1 3
Horizon scanning 4 0 7 1 7 17 4 5 0 0
Repertory grids 17 0 5 2 0 22 0 1 0 0
Data mining 0 0 11 2 10 21 1 1 0 0
Increasing research impact 0 0 5 0 8 13 8 10 1 2
TOTALS 40 0 93 8 67 223 52 57 4 9
DREaM Project Concluding Conference  British Library  9th July 2012

20. Never heard Heard but In theory Applied in Expert
of this unfamiliar practice
Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post
Ethnography 2 0 9 1 8 23 3 1 0 0
Social network analysis 3 0 10 0 8 23 1 2 0 0
Discourse analysis 2 0 12 1 6 19 2 4 0 0
Ethics & legal issues 0 0 3 0 6 10 12 12 2 3
Action research 4 0 Small increase of
4 1 8 18 6 6 0 1
Research techniques from
history 5 0 application in
9 0 4 20 3 5 0 0
Web metrics 3 0 10 0 5 23 4 2 0 0
Tying research output to
policy 0 0
practice
8 0 5 14 8 8 1 3
Horizon scanning 4 0 7 1 7 17 4 5 0 0
Repertory grids 17 0 5 2 0 22 0 1 0 0
Data mining 0 0 11 2 10 21 1 1 0 0
Increasing research impact 0 0 5 0 8 13 8 10 1 2
TOTALS 40 0 93 8 67 223 52 57 4 9
DREaM Project Concluding Conference  British Library  9th July 2012

21. Never heard Heard but In theory Applied in Expert
of this unfamiliar practice
Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post
Ethnography 2 0 9 1 8 23 3 1 0 0
Social network analysis 3 0 10 0 8 23 1 2 0 0
Discourse analysis 2 0 12 1 6 19 2 4 0 0
Ethics & legal issues 0 0 3 0 6 10 12 12 2 3
Action research 4 0 Increase in number
4 1 8 18 6 6 0 1
Research techniques from
history 5 0 of cadre member
9 0 4 20 3 5 0 0
Web metrics 3 0 10 0 5 23 4 2 0 0
Tying research output to
policy 0 0
experts
8 0 5 14 8 8 1 3
Horizon scanning 4 0 7 1 7 17 4 5 0 0
Repertory grids 17 0 5 2 0 22 0 1 0 0
Data mining 0 0 11 2 10 21 1 1 0 0
Increasing research impact 0 0 5 0 8 13 8 10 1 2
TOTALS 40 0 93 8 67 223 52 57 4 9
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22. Critical incident technique - cadre reported
Increased research capacity and capability
 Growth in knowledge and research confidence
Raised standards
 Impact and influence – demonstrating research
knowledge in the workplace
 Quality of training – new resources to share
 Research practice – methodological choice
Foundations for future collaborations
 Widened networks and research relationships
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23. Concluding conference
British Library, 9th July 2012
93 participants
Programme includes 2 keynotes, one minute
madness presentations, invited paper, panel
session, award presentation, networking
reception and prize draw
Also: LIRG AGM at 16:30
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24. Main (‘official’) conference themes
 Value and impact of library and information services
 Evidence to demonstrate the value and impact of
library and information services
 Development of a UK network of library and
information science researchers
 Routes to sustainability
 Roles of the LIS research and practitioner communities
 DREaM’s legacy
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25. Thank you
sponsors!
DREaM Project Concluding Conference  British Library  9th July 2012

27. Enjoy the day!
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