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Opening Keynote – Prof Hazel Hall Incorporating a research-minded approach to professional practice

Block A Sessions – Wednesday afternoon

• Planning your research project
• Measuring impact in health library services
• Introduction to statistical thinking
• Introduction to Systematic Reviews and the role of the librarian
• Running a journal club
• Keeping up to date the new way: Apps, Content Curation & Aggregation Tools
• Presentation techniques
• Why is Research Data Management important? Why should we care about it?
• Masterclass by CABI: Recall vs precision: optimizing database searches for systematic reviewers
• Masterclass by Springer: Papers, reference management software to collect, curate and stay up to date

Research methods Keynotes

• Dr Alison Brettle – Methods, methodology and epistemology – and why we should care
• Dr Johanna Rivano Eckerdal – Qualitative research methods: interviewing as a way of learning and knowing

Block B Sessions – Thursday morning

• Observation techniques
• Thematic analysis in qualitative research
• A brief introduction to interviewing as a research method
• Social Network Analysis – what, why and how?
• Bibliometrics for Information Specialists: Supporting Biomedical Research and Evaluation
• Searching trials registers and regulatory sources*
• Reducing systematic review workload using text mining: opportunities and pitfalls
• Using action research in practice
• Making sense of the evidence: a workshop in critical appraisal skills for health librarians
• Writing for Publication: Getting Started, Getting Help and Getting Published

Block C Sessions – Thursday afternoon

• Delphi technique: The methods behind the Horizon Report Library Edition
• Using Systematic Text Condensation for analysis – a qualitative approach for interpreting data*
• Altmetrics: how librarians can support researchers in improving their impact
• Introduction to MetaAnalysis
• Improving efficiency & confidence in systematic literature searching (repeat of session in Block D)
• Project and data management in systematic reviews
• Sharing literature search blocks: help develop a cooperative solution
• Works in Progress – presentations & group discussions*
• Science Social Network: Interactions & connections of researcher networks in social media communities
• Data Management Plans for grant applications: what are they and why are they important?
• Masterclass by EBSCO: Using Advanced Search Techniques on EBSCOhost to Support Research
• Masterclass by Sage: SAGE Research Methods and MD Conference Express

Block D Sessions – Friday morning

• Fitting research into your day job*
• Focus Group Interviews
• An Introduction to phenomenographic research
• Case study methods
• An Introduction to Questionnaire Design & Survey Management
• Improving efficiency and confidence in systematic literature searching
• Health library benchmarking : focus group
• Archives, historical resources and digital preservation: bridging services and access to research resources
• Create a great poster
• Seizing the Opportunity: Communicating With Impact To Hard To Reach Audiences
• Masterclass by Elsevier: Mendeley*

Closing Keynote – Dr Liz Grant We shall not cease from exploration