DREaM project
Background
On November 18 2010 we announced the award of £45,000 grant funding from the AHRC to support the DREaM project: Developing Research Excellence and Methods. The purpose of the grant was to develop a formal UK-wide network of Library and Information Science (LIS) researchers in 2011/12. Details of the project were initially publicised in: (1) the blog posting DREaM project to support creation of UK-wide network of LIS researchers; (2) the media release about the project, found on the Media release page; and (3) slides from Hazel Hall’s presentation An update from the Library and Information Science Research Coalition delivered at Online 2010. In September 2011 Library and Information Research published an article about the project by Hazel Hall, Stephanie Kenna and Charles Oppenheim.
Project events
The five DREaM project events explored the scope of LIS and related research, and the range of methods appropriate to research in the domain. Researchers from LIS, as well as other subject domains, expert in a variety of techniques presented method overviews at these events, covering their strengths and weaknesses. A wide range of techniques was evaluated beyond the standard qualitative and quantitative methods commonly deployed in LIS research. A number of the participants from across all LIS sectors, and at different stages of their career, participated in all five DREaM events. Others chose to attend just the workshops (free of charge as a set of three), or the launch conference and/or the concluding event.
DREaM events and archived resources
The links in the table below lead to resources related to each of the DREaM project events. These include presentation recordings, summaries and slides, as well as reviews of each event.
| Event | Presentations | Reviews |
| (1) Launch conference, 19 July 2011, London | Accessed from Event 1 presentations page | Event 1 reviews page |
| (2) Workshop 1, 25 October 2011, Edinburgh | Accessed from Event 2 programme page | Event 2 reviews page |
| (3) Workshop 2, 30 January 2012, London | Accessed from Event 3 programme page | Event 3 reviews page |
| (4) Workshop 3, 25 April 2012, Edinburgh | Accessed from Event 4 programme page | Event 4 reviews page |
| (5) Concluding conference, 9 July 2012, London | Accessed from Event 5 presentations page | Event 5 reviews page |
Contributors and themes
For details of the contributors to the DREaM events please see the DREaM project contributors page. A list of the workshop themes and speakers is also provided on the workshops page.
Participants
Participants in the DREaM project are members of the DREaM online community. Membership of the DREaM online community is open to all with interests in LIS research, whether or not they were able to attend the DREaM project events. We also created a list for all DREaM project participants on Twitter. Those who took part in the three workshops are listed on the DREaM workshop cadre page.
Keeping in touch
The project Twitter account is @LIS_DREaM.
You are also welcome to join the DREaM online community. An efficient way to keep up to date with the DREaM project participants is follow them together from the DREaM participants Twitter list.
Blog posts relating to the DREaM project:
Posts leading up to the concluding conference:
- DREaM concluding conference review, thanks and resources – posted 18 July 2012
- Follow LIS DREaM 5 online – posted 6 July 2012
- Congratulations to the winners of the LIRG-sponsored places at the DREaM conference – posted 6 July 2012
- DREaM 5 speaker insight: Ben Goldacre – posted 6 July 2012
- Introducing the Wiley DREaM team! – posted 5 July 2012
- DREaM 5 speaker insight: Mike Clarke – posted 5 July 2012
- Ashgate looks forward to the DREaM project conference – posted 4 July 2012
- DREaM speaker insight: Hazel Hall – posted 4 July 2012
- Meet Debra Thornton – CILIP NW sponsored DREaM delegate – posted 3 July 2012
- Meet the DREaM conference sponsors – posted 3 July 2012
- “What’s not to like about DREaM?” asks Sue hill – posted 2 July 2012
- Online registrations close for the DREaM conference today – posted 2 July 2012
- DREaM conference special issue of Coalition newsletter now available posted 28 June 2012
- Meet the bursary-winning new professional and PhD student delegates at the DREaM conference – posted 27 June 2012
- DREaM keynote speaker Ben Goldacre on BBC Radio 4 Today programme – posted 26 June 2012
- DREaM 5 speaker insight: Charles Oppenheim – posted 25 June 2012
- DREaM 5 speaker insight: Jo Alcock – posted 21 June 2012
- Sue Reynolds of RMIT wins DREaM conference international travel bursary – posted 20 June 2012
- LIRG offers opportunity to apply for DREaM conference bursaries to all – posted 15 June 2012
- DREaM 5 speaker insight: Dr Carol Tenopir – posted 15 June 2012
- DREaM 5 speaker insight: Carla Basili – posted 13 June 2012
- Deadline extended for sponsored places at the DREaM conference – posted 11 June 2012
- DREaM 5 speaker insight: Dr Louise Cooke – posted 11 June 2012
- North West Clinical Librarian Systematic Review and Evaluation Group wins Practitioner Researcher Excellence Award – posted 31 May 2012
- Sponsored places at the DREaM conference: an update – posted 31 May 2012
- LIRG offers two sponsored DREaM conference places – posted 30 May 2012
- CILIP North West members invited to apply for sponsored DREaM conference place – posted 28 May 2012
- Ben Goldacre and the DREaM project: read all about it in CILIP Update – posted 11 May 2012
- International delegate at July’s DREaM conference? Apply for £100 travel bursary – posted 24 April 2012
- Registrations open for the DREaM conference, July 9th, London – posted 4 April 2012
- Dr Ben Goldacre to present Practitioner Researcher Excellence Award at DREaM conference on 9th July 2012 – posted 30 March 2012
- Ben Goldacre to speak at DREaM conference on 9th July 2012 – posted 30 January 2012
Posts related to the workshop series:
- DREaM event 4 materials now online – posted 2 May 2012
- EventAmpflifier photostream of #lis_dream4 – posted 26 April 2012
- DREaM workshop 3 (#lis_dream4) review and thanks – posted 26 April 2012
- Participate in LIS DREaM4 online – posted 25 April 2012
- DREaM event 4 speaker insight: Hazel Hall – posted 20 April 2012
- DREaM event 4 speaker insight: Phil Turner – posted 19 April 2012
- DREaM event 4 speaker insight: Kevin Swingler – posted 18 April 2012
- DREaM event 4 speaker insight: Harry J Woodroof – posted 17 April 2012
- DREaM event 3 materials now all online – posted 8 February 2012
- DREaM workshop 2 (#lis_dream3) review and thanks – posted 31 January 2012
- Follow #lis_dream3 online – posted 27 January 2012
- DREaM event 3 insight: Thomas Haigh – posted 25 January 2012
- DREaM event 3 speaker insight: Peter Beresford – posted 23 January 2012
- DREaM event 3 speaker insight: Mike Thelwall – posted 18 January 2012
- DREaM event 3 speaker insight: Nick Moore – posted 16 January 2012
- DREaM event 2: review, resources and thanks – posted 9 November 2011
- DREaM event 2 materials now all online – posted 2 November 2011
- Travelling to DREaM event 2 – posted 24 October 2011
- Following DREaM event 2 online – posted 24 October 2011
- DREaM event 2 speaker insight: Professor Charles Oppenheim – posted 19 October 2011
- DREaM event 2 speaker insight: Professor Andy McKinlay – posted 18 October 2011
- DREaM event 2 speaker insight: Dr Louise Cooke – posted 17 October 2011
- Preparing for the DREaM project workshops- posted 13 October 2011
- Congratulations to the six winners of the DREaM workshop bursary award – posted 11 October 2011
- New professionals and PhD students register this week for a chance of a DREaM workshops travel bursary – posted 27 September 2011
- Registrations open for the DREaM project workshops – posted 21 September 2011
- DREaM workshop series news – posted 7 September 2011
Posts leading up to the DREaM project launch conference:
- DREaM launch conference material now online – posted 28 July 2011
- DREaM launch conference review, thanks and resources – posted 25 July 2011
- LIS DREaM 1 is live – posted 19 July 2011
- Follow the LIS DREaM launch event online – posted 18 July 2011
- DREaM project launch conference insight 3: Julie McLeod and Elizabeth Lomas – posted 13th July
- DREaM project launch conference insight 2: Dr Dylan Evans – posted 13 July 2011
- DREaM project launch conference insight 1: Professor Blaise Cronin - posted 13 July 2011
- Getting set for the DREaM project launch conference next Tuesday – posted 12 July 2011
- Congratulation to international award winner Colm Talbot – posted 14th June 2011
- Congratulation to the winners of sponsored places at the DREaM project launch conference – posted 13 June 2011
- Out of the comfort zone: DREaM project launch conference full programme published- posted 20 April 2011
General news and updates:
- DREaM and RiLIES project papers well-received at QQML – posted 23 May 2012
- We have a DREaM – the Developing Research Excellence and Methods network: presentation at QQML2012 – posted 21 May 2012
- Christine Irving joins the DREaM project team – posted 21 September 2011
- Library and Information Research publishes article about the DREaM project – posted 20 September 2011
- Coalition review 2011, and priorities for 2011/12 – posted 6 August 2011
- DREaM project contributors page now available – posted 6 June 2011
- DREaM project to support creation of UK-wide network of LIS researchers – posted 18 November 2010
