Faculty Publications

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-2018

Publication Title

College & Research Libraries

Volume

79

Issue Number

4

First Page

554

Last Page

567

DOI

10.5860/crl.79.4.554

Disciplines

Library and Information Science

Abstract

This study investigates practitioners’ involvement in Evidence-Based Library and Information Practice (EBLIP) at an academic library. Through focus group interviews, the study reveals that most of the evidence-bases decisions in academic library practice are considered “Know-what (works)” and serve the “instrumental” purpose, seeking to determine what actions will lead to desired outcomes in addressing a specific problem. Practitioners use a wide range of evidence sources to support their decision making. Challenges they encounter in EBLIP related to time, mentoring/training, availability and accessibility of evidence, organizational culture, and personality. Study findings will help increase the awareness of evidence-based practice in academic libraries, deepen the professional understanding of EBLIP, enrich the literature on the topic, and identify important issues pertinent to EBLIP for further exploration.

Comments

This article was published in College & Research Libraries, volume 79, issue 4, 2018. It can also be found online at this link. ©2018 Lili Luo, Attribution-NonCommercial (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) CC BY-NC. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

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