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Practical Tips for Facilitating Research

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Practical Tips for Facilitating Research by Moira J. Bent is a hands-on guide designed to help library and information professionals enhance their support for the research community. It blends current theory with insights from global practitioners to present effective strategies for engaging with researchers at all levels. The book addresses diverse topics including service models, staff roles, collections, and educational approaches, ensuring readers can adapt to the evolving needs of research environments.
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This book is ideal for academic liaison librarians, research support librarians, and other library and information professionals involved in assisting research staff and students.

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This practical guide offers innovative tips and reliable best practice to enable new and experienced library and information professionals to evaluate their current provision and develop their service to meet the evolving needs of the research community.

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This practical guide offers innovative tips and reliable best practice to enable new and experienced library and information professionals to evaluate their current provision and develop their service to meet the evolving needs of the research community.

Interacting effectively with information is at the heart of all research. Consequently, information professionals have a key role to play in facilitating the development of researchers who are able to operate confidently and successfully in the information world.

Grounded in current theory and informed by practitioners from around the world, this practical book offers a wide range of ideas and methods to assist library and information professionals in developing and managing their role in the research environment.

Part of the Practical Tips for Library and Information Professionals series, the book is organised into eight sections:

  • Landscapes and models
  • Structures and strategies
  • Places and spaces
  • Library staff roles
  • Collections
  • Specific interventions in the research process or lifecycle
  • Teaching approaches
  • Information literacy skills workshops and programmes

Practical Tips for Facilitating Research will be essential reading for academic liaison librarians, research support librarians, and all library and information professionals who work with research staff and students.

Series: PTLIP Practical Tips for Library and Information Professionals

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781783300174

Publisher: Facet Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 16 March 2016

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Facet Publishing

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 200g

Pages: 288

About the Author

Moira Bent is Faculty Liaison Librarian & National Teaching Fellow at Newcastle University and is one of the authors of the 2007 Facet book, Providing Effective Library Services for Research.

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