Evidence Based Library and Information Practice   

Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 2010, 5.1

   Evidence Based Library and Information Practice
 

News/Announcements

Evidence Based Practice for Information Professionals Book now Freely Available

 2010. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons-Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike License 2.5 Canada (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ca/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly attributed, not used for commercial purposes, and, if transformed, the resulting work is redistributed under the same or similar license to this one.
A PDF version of the pre-publication manuscript of the now out-of-print book, Evidence Based Practice for Information Professionals: A Handbook, edited by Andrew Booth and Anne Brice (2004) is now freely available for reading and download at:

http://ebliptext.pbworks.com/f/Booth+%26+Brice+2004+EBP+for+Info+Professionals+-+A+Handbook.pdf 

It may also be accessed through the wiki site, EBLIPtext, at: http://ebliptext.pbworks.com/ 

This manuscript version includes the following that did not make it into the published version:

Bexon, N., & Brice, A. (2004). Special topic: What is the best way to train my staff. Unpublished manuscript in Booth, A. & Brice, A. (Eds.), Evidence-based practice for information professionals: A handbook (pp. 170-175). London: Facet Publishing.

Beverley, C., & Bath, P. (2004). Case study 2: The health information needs of visually impaired people. Unpublished Manuscript in Booth, A. & Brice, A. (Eds.), Evidence-based practice for information professionals: A handbook (pp. 276-286). London: Facet Publishing.

Beverley, C., & Winning, A. (2004). Case study 
1: the clinical librarian. Unpublished Manuscript in Booth, A. & Brice, A. (Eds.), Evidence-based practice for information professionals: A handbook (pp. 266-275). London: Facet Publishing.

Booth, A. (2004). Special topic: Provision of mediated information searching alongside end user services [Guideline]. Unpublished manuscript in Booth, A. & Brice, A. (Eds.), Evidence-based practice for information professionals: A handbook (pp. 239-243). London: Facet Publishing.

The following previously published content is also included:

Part 1: The context for evidence-based information practice
Chapter 1) Why evidence-based information practice? Andrew Booth & Anne Brice

Chapter 2) A brief history of evidence-based practice. Anne Brice & Alison Hill

Chapter 3) Evidence-based information practice: a pre-history. Jonathan Eldredge

Chapter 4) How good is the evidence base? Jonathan Eldredge

Chapter 5) Why don't librarians use research? Paul Genoni, Gaby Haddow & Ann Ritchie

Part 2: Skills and resources for evidence-based information practice
Chapter 6) Formulating answerable questions. Andrew Booth

Chapter 7) Identifying sources of evidence. Alison Winning

Chapter 8) Searching the library and information science literature. Catherine Beverley

Chapter 9) Appraising the evidence. Andrew Booth & Anne Brice

Chapter 10) Applying evidence to your everyday practice. Denise Koufogiannakis & Ellen Crumley

Chapter 11) Evaluating your performance. Andrew Booth

Chapter 12) Disseminating the lessons of evidence-based practice. Ellen Crumley & Denise Koufogiannakis

Part 3: Using the evidence base in practice
Introduction: Six domains of evidence-based information practice. Andrew Booth & Anne Brice

Chapter 13) Examining the evidence base for reference services and enquiry work. Andrew Booth


Special topic: Provision of a current awareness service for research Staff [Guideline]. Robert Kiley

Chapter 14) The contribution of evidence based practice to educational activities. Anne Brice & Cindy Carlson


Special topic: How can I train my users? [Evidence Digest]. Alison Brettle

Chapter 15) An evidence-based approach to collection management. Andrew Booth


Special topic: Electronic or paper: how do I manage my journals collection? [Evidence Digest]. David Peacock

Chapter 16) Towards evidence based management. Andrew Booth


Special topic: How do I measure the impact of my service? [Guideline]. Christine Urquhart


Special topic: Should I charge and, if so, what should I charge for? [Evidence Briefing]. Lynette Cawthra

Chapter 17) Evidence based perspectives on information access and retrieval. Andrew Booth


Special topic: What are the characteristics of a good searcher? [Critically Appraised Topic]. Catherine Beverley


Special topic: Which database, which interface [Guideline]. Maria J. Grant

Chapter 18) Introducing an evidence based approach to marketing and promotional activities. Andrew Booth


Special topic: Determining the information needs of practising nurses post registration in the UK from 1990 to the present [Evidence Digest]. Jennie Kelson

Chapter 21) A future for evidence-based information practice? Anne Brice, Andrew Booth, Ellen Crumley, Denise Koufogiannakis & Jonathan Eldredge

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