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Presentation by Louise Cook at the LIS DREaM final conference.More information about this event is available at http://lisresearch.org/dream-project/dream-event-5-conference-monday-9-july-2012/
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Facets of DREaM: an Analysis of Network Development to Support UK LIS Research and Researchers Louise Cooke [email protected] @DrVanvan Senior Lecturer, Loughborough University
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Facets of DREaM: an Analysis of Network Development to Support UK

LIS Research and Researchers

Louise [email protected]

@DrVanvanSenior Lecturer, Loughborough University

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• Overview of the presentation:– A bit of background context– Data collection– Some results and their meaning– What does this tell us about DREaM and the LIS

Research Coalition?– And what does it mean for us as individuals?

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The Power of Networks

• A brain is a society of very small, simple modules that cannot be said to be thinking, that are not smart in themselves. But when you have a network of them together, out of that arises a kind of smartness. Kevin Kelly

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Social Network Analysis

• Social Network Analysis:– A research technique that focuses on relationships

between entities, rather than the attributes of the entities themselves

– Underlying perspective that structure matters – by analysing network composition and the position of an actor within the network, we can gain a better understanding of the world around us

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Some example uses in LIS

• Some example uses in LIS:– Citation analysis– Technology diffusion and adoption– Knowledge management

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Ethical Issues

• Ethical issues:– Data cannot usually be collected anonymously, but

it can be presented anonymously – but this can reduce the meaning and impact of the presentation

– Relationship ties can be a sensitive issue!– Accurate interpretation of the meaning behind the

data is key

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The Data Collection

• Data collection and analysis:– Participants’ ‘awareness of the other’s knowledge,

expertise or experience’– ‘Social or research-related interaction’– Attribute data relating to gender and role– Data analysed using Ucinet software to calculate

network statistics and Netdraw to visualise the results

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Workshop 1: Awareness

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Workshop 3: Awareness

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Workshop 1: Awareness - rolesPublic Library PractitionerAcademic LibrarianHealth Sector PractitionerOther Sector LibrarianPhD StudentAcademic or University ResearcherOther

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Workshop 3: Awareness - rolesPublic Library PractitionerAcademic LibrarianHealth Sector PractitionerOther Sector LibrarianPhD StudentAcademic or University ResearcherOther

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Workshop 1: Interaction

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Workshop 3: Interaction

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Workshop 1: Interaction - rolesPublic Library PractitionerAcademic LibrarianHealth Sector PractitionerOther Sector LibrarianPhD StudentAcademic or University ResearcherOther

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Workshop 3: Interaction - rolesPublic Library PractitionerAcademic LibrarianHealth Sector PractitionerOther Sector LibrarianPhD StudentAcademic or University ResearcherOther

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Statistics: Overall Density

• Statistics: Overall density– Awareness:• Workshop 1: 0.1854, average no. of ties 6.6767• Workshop 3: 0.4216, average no. of ties 13.9118

– Interaction:• Workshop 1: 0.1944, average no. of ties 7.0• Workshop 3: 0.3850, average no. of ties 12.7059

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• What this indicates:– The DREaM events have been very successful in

achieving the key aim of ‘developing a UK-wide network of LIS researchers’

– The combination of using social media and bringing people together face to face on a regular basis is an effective mode of network building

– The central role of a few active individuals in maintaining momentum has been key to this success

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Some questions and caveats

• A caveat and some questions:– Network analysis is primarily based on

quantitative metrics – we also need to investigate the qualitative indicators that help us to understand our network

– The network patterns suggest network connections have been made successfully – but how do we ensure that these links are sustained and extended?

– How important is it to you that they are?

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