And nice to see mention of my #DARTS9 presentation in part 3 of the blog (including one of my slides :) )
DARTS9 reflections: Part Three
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November 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
And nice to see mention of my #DARTS9 presentation in part 3 of the blog (including one of my slides :) )
Lovely to read Cheryl Francis’s @cilipne.bsky.social creative write up of the #DARTS9 conference, organising insights from presentations on librarians’ involvement in research into Strengths, Opportunities and Barriers.
DARTS9 reflections: Part One
CILIP North East Regional Member Network were pleased to offer a bursary to Cheryl Francis from University of Sunderland to attend the DARTS...
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November 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Lovely to read Cheryl Francis’s @cilipne.bsky.social creative write up of the #DARTS9 conference, organising insights from presentations on librarians’ involvement in research into Strengths, Opportunities and Barriers.
Good write-up (just discovered when looking for something else!) of the #DARTS9 conference.
Conference Report - DARTS9 ‘Opening Doors: Empowering Librarians to conduct and support research’
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November 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Good write-up (just discovered when looking for something else!) of the #DARTS9 conference.
Conference Report - DARTS9 ‘Opening Doors: Empowering Librarians to conduct and support research’
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#OAweek #OAweek25
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#OAweek #OAweek25
UALRO Blog - Scholarly Communications - LibGuides at UAL Library Services
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October 22, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Conference Report - DARTS9 ‘Opening Doors: Empowering Librarians to conduct and support research’
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#OAweek #OAweek25
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My 14th #DARTS9 slide was about advocating for librarians' involvement in research, and specifically in systematic reviews. And sharing my research experiences. I wouldn't have talked about all of these - I do like to share my experiences rather a lot!
October 3, 2025 at 11:15 AM
My 14th #DARTS9 slide was about advocating for librarians' involvement in research, and specifically in systematic reviews. And sharing my research experiences. I wouldn't have talked about all of these - I do like to share my experiences rather a lot!
My 13th #DARTS9 slide involved some work to establish how to display what I wanted to talk about: the impact that researching has had & might have on future research opportunities. There were so many links all over the place, I wanted to demo this with a flow chart, using MS Visio for the 1st time.
September 2, 2025 at 10:00 AM
My 13th #DARTS9 slide involved some work to establish how to display what I wanted to talk about: the impact that researching has had & might have on future research opportunities. There were so many links all over the place, I wanted to demo this with a flow chart, using MS Visio for the 1st time.
My 12th #DARTS9 slide was about the effects of research on other elements of my wider work as an Academic Liaison Librarian. The impact of #SystematicReview research on my teaching, guidance and systems has been significant.
August 22, 2025 at 1:21 PM
My 12th #DARTS9 slide was about the effects of research on other elements of my wider work as an Academic Liaison Librarian. The impact of #SystematicReview research on my teaching, guidance and systems has been significant.
My 11th #DARTS9 slide was on my learning from research activities, again wider than evidence synthesis. A key point from this slide, & one I'm sure I talked about, was the value I've gained in getting constructive feedback from people with experience in what I'm doing (importance of peer review)
August 4, 2025 at 10:10 AM
My 11th #DARTS9 slide was on my learning from research activities, again wider than evidence synthesis. A key point from this slide, & one I'm sure I talked about, was the value I've gained in getting constructive feedback from people with experience in what I'm doing (importance of peer review)
My 10th #DARTS9 presentation slide was on challenges I've faced as a practitioner librarian researcher, more widely than the evidence synthesis projects I've been part of. One I think (hope) I spoke about was realising something I'd missed in my research & owning up to my team - hard but important!
July 21, 2025 at 12:02 PM
My 10th #DARTS9 presentation slide was on challenges I've faced as a practitioner librarian researcher, more widely than the evidence synthesis projects I've been part of. One I think (hope) I spoke about was realising something I'd missed in my research & owning up to my team - hard but important!
I have learnt so much from the two evidence synthesis projects I've been part of so far, and my 9th #DARTS9 slide was a summary of this learning. Lots of record keeping and repetition, and accepting what I should and shouldn't be focusing my time on.
July 16, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I have learnt so much from the two evidence synthesis projects I've been part of so far, and my 9th #DARTS9 slide was a summary of this learning. Lots of record keeping and repetition, and accepting what I should and shouldn't be focusing my time on.
Slide number 8 in my #DARTS9 presentation was about a second evidence synthesis project I've been part of. Not talking about the research topic so much with this slide, more about my development in confidence & experience, to seeing myself as someone who has research skills that should be paid for.
July 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Slide number 8 in my #DARTS9 presentation was about a second evidence synthesis project I've been part of. Not talking about the research topic so much with this slide, more about my development in confidence & experience, to seeing myself as someone who has research skills that should be paid for.
My 7th #DARTS9 presentation slide was core to my proposal: the #systematicreview I've been working on with @drbeth.bsky.social & @acraftylibrarian.bsky.social.
I may have focused on: working as a team, my input as search specialist, the records & systems I've created, & how long everything takes!
I may have focused on: working as a team, my input as search specialist, the records & systems I've created, & how long everything takes!
![PowerPoint slide, titled 'A first systematic review – with other librarians'. Colourful smart art with boxes:
How I got involved
Topic - previous and developing knowledge
How long it takes
Protocol - proof of work
What we’ve done
What I’d do differently
Developing systems
Effect of peer review
Reference: Montague-Hellen, B., Cann, A. and Hughes, K. (2024) A systematic review assessing citation advantages in Green and Gold Open Access journal articles in comparison to closed/subscription access articles. [protocol] 10.17605/OSF.IO/DV6M2.
QR code linking to the [protocol.
Front cover of a book, with strips of colour. 'Practical Tips for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Libraries', by Beth Montague-Hellen](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:r2lhsxerai7rf3x2qnz34qiz/bafkreid3r3xw37vw6ttclnwwfhkulrj6h27p5v7m76r3jquwnmu6lfj4vm@jpeg)
June 30, 2025 at 10:01 AM
My 7th #DARTS9 presentation slide was core to my proposal: the #systematicreview I've been working on with @drbeth.bsky.social & @acraftylibrarian.bsky.social.
I may have focused on: working as a team, my input as search specialist, the records & systems I've created, & how long everything takes!
I may have focused on: working as a team, my input as search specialist, the records & systems I've created, & how long everything takes!
For my sixth #DARTS9 presentation slide, I included a slide from the #systematicreview teaching I've delivered several times at my university. I was very aware that I was talking quite a bit about this topic, and shouldn't assume my audience knew about this research method in detail.
June 23, 2025 at 12:02 PM
For my sixth #DARTS9 presentation slide, I included a slide from the #systematicreview teaching I've delivered several times at my university. I was very aware that I was talking quite a bit about this topic, and shouldn't assume my audience knew about this research method in detail.
The fifth slide in my #DARTS9 presentation was another one where I had to be selective about what I said - there have been, & will continue to be, so many influences on my developments in evidence synthesis. I think I talked about the @blalib.org Systematic Reviews group here too. #systematicreview
June 17, 2025 at 11:58 AM
The fifth slide in my #DARTS9 presentation was another one where I had to be selective about what I said - there have been, & will continue to be, so many influences on my developments in evidence synthesis. I think I talked about the @blalib.org Systematic Reviews group here too. #systematicreview
I hadn't intended to share my fourth #DARTS9 slide quite so quickly, but the focus makes this one time sensitive & topical! I tried not to spend too long on this slide, since lovely 2nd RCC people had talked about it already, but I had to mention it a bit since it was so instrumental in my journey.
June 11, 2025 at 7:57 AM
I hadn't intended to share my fourth #DARTS9 slide quite so quickly, but the focus makes this one time sensitive & topical! I tried not to spend too long on this slide, since lovely 2nd RCC people had talked about it already, but I had to mention it a bit since it was so instrumental in my journey.
The third slide in my #DARTS9 presentation, about some of my research related activities before I thought of myself as a researcher librarian. I have no recollection now re which of these points I actually talked about!
June 10, 2025 at 10:14 AM
The third slide in my #DARTS9 presentation, about some of my research related activities before I thought of myself as a researcher librarian. I have no recollection now re which of these points I actually talked about!
The 2nd slide of my #DARTS9 presentation was a potted history of my researcher librarian journey. I think I managed not to talk about everything on this slide-it'd've taken all the time I had! This was intended to be a bit of background. I also successfully avoided talking about the book pictures...
June 5, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The 2nd slide of my #DARTS9 presentation was a potted history of my researcher librarian journey. I think I managed not to talk about everything on this slide-it'd've taken all the time I had! This was intended to be a bit of background. I also successfully avoided talking about the book pictures...
At the brilliant #DARTS9 conference last week, I got to learn from & talk with an amazing range of people, and had the wonderful opportunity to talk about my journey as a researcher librarian. I'm planning to periodically share my slides, & relevant books I love that I illustrated the slides with.
May 28, 2025 at 12:43 PM
At the brilliant #DARTS9 conference last week, I got to learn from & talk with an amazing range of people, and had the wonderful opportunity to talk about my journey as a researcher librarian. I'm planning to periodically share my slides, & relevant books I love that I illustrated the slides with.
I’m so grateful that @archaetexts.bsky.social took a couple of photos of me presenting at #DARTS9 yesterday. I have a bit of a funny expression on my face here, but I’m in flow, and forgot about the anxiety!
It was great to have so many conversations afterward, about #systematicreview and more.
It was great to have so many conversations afterward, about #systematicreview and more.
Many challenges to being a practitioner researcher @alicecann.bsky.social but huge personal, institutional (and beyond) benefits #darts9
May 23, 2025 at 12:01 PM
I’m so grateful that @archaetexts.bsky.social took a couple of photos of me presenting at #DARTS9 yesterday. I have a bit of a funny expression on my face here, but I’m in flow, and forgot about the anxiety!
It was great to have so many conversations afterward, about #systematicreview and more.
It was great to have so many conversations afterward, about #systematicreview and more.
Back to normal work today after 2 great days at #darts9. I intended to post more during, but I just can’t keep up with notes and social media!
In summary, it was a very inspirational conference that left me (and others!) feeling optimistic, supported, and empowered.
Plus, the venue was beautiful!
In summary, it was a very inspirational conference that left me (and others!) feeling optimistic, supported, and empowered.
Plus, the venue was beautiful!
May 23, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Back to normal work today after 2 great days at #darts9. I intended to post more during, but I just can’t keep up with notes and social media!
In summary, it was a very inspirational conference that left me (and others!) feeling optimistic, supported, and empowered.
Plus, the venue was beautiful!
In summary, it was a very inspirational conference that left me (and others!) feeling optimistic, supported, and empowered.
Plus, the venue was beautiful!
What are you doing now you’re back from #DARTS9 and the rest of the family have gone to bed Alice? Why, I’m writing notes on my reflections from the conference of course. (Maybe to write up. If I keep up the momentum. Which takes me to another reflection!)
May 22, 2025 at 10:05 PM
What are you doing now you’re back from #DARTS9 and the rest of the family have gone to bed Alice? Why, I’m writing notes on my reflections from the conference of course. (Maybe to write up. If I keep up the momentum. Which takes me to another reflection!)
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A fascinating final talk at Darts9 conference from Frankie Marsh and Lucy Woolhouse about making research more inclusive to ensure research support is available for all #Darts9
May 22, 2025 at 3:29 PM
A fascinating final talk at Darts9 conference from Frankie Marsh and Lucy Woolhouse about making research more inclusive to ensure research support is available for all #Darts9
Thanks @alicecann.bsky.social for liveblogging our workshop! We hope #DARTS9 enjoyed it 😊
The final presentation at #DARTS9 is by Lucy Woolhouse & Frankie Marsh, from the University of Cambridge, on ‘How to make open research more inclusive by supporting under-recognised research professionals’.
Relevant to previous talks, & I heard a little about this talking with Frankie earlier.
Relevant to previous talks, & I heard a little about this talking with Frankie earlier.
May 22, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Thanks @alicecann.bsky.social for liveblogging our workshop! We hope #DARTS9 enjoyed it 😊