Handout circulated at the LIS DREaM 4 workshop on 25th April 2012. More information about this session can be found at: http://lisresearch.org/dream-project/dream-event-4-workshop-wednesday-25-april-2012/dream-event-4-impact-snakes-and-ladders/

1. Links between research and its impact on practice: full list of RiLIES11
recommendations
How projects are conceived and planned: the need for relevance for impact
R1. The LIS research community should develop and promote strategies that will help and
encourage researchers to seek active engagement from practitioners in designing and
carrying out their research.
R2. The LIS research community should develop and promote sector-specific strategies that
will encourage funders to support research that is relevant to the needs of the
practitioner community.
R3. Researchers should be encouraged to seek high-profile sponsorship and on-going
support of research projects, for example, through establishing steering committees
including (influential) stakeholders.
Execution of research: the need to involve practitioners for impact
R4. Researchers should be encouraged to address practitioner engagement for impact at the
project planning stage, for example, by adopting methods, approaches and
dissemination strategies that involve practitioners throughout the project.
Reporting findings: dissemination for impact
R5. Researchers should be encouraged to develop research dissemination strategies aligned
to where and how practitioners access new information and create (embed) outputs
which support the use of research results
R6. Where appropriate, researchers should be encouraged to include provision for teaching
and community support materials in project plans.
R7. Researchers should be encouraged to publish reports with clear lists of recommend-
ations, in accessible language. This is in addition to any academic papers researchers
may choose to publish.
R8. Those with responsibility for freely available open access repositories of LIS research
materials should be encouraged to raise awareness of their resources amongst the
practitioner communities. Similarly CILIP should publicise membership benefits that
include access to a number of research publications.
Organisational factors: creating a receptive audience
R9. The LIS research community should explore ways in which practitioners in sectors that
are more receptive to research may share good practice with others.
R10. The LIS research community should consider providing training to support
practitioners’ interest in research.
R11. CILIP should require on-going CPD to encourage practitioners to engage with research.
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The full project report can be found at
http://lisresearchcoalition.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/rilies1_report.pdf