The ALIA Research Advisory Committee was formed in September 2013 as a successor to the Research Committee. Its terms of reference are to advise the ALIA Board of Directors on all aspects of LIS research theory, policy and practice; matters of interest and concern to ALIA Members relating to research, and the awarding of research grants. It plays an active role in the creation of the ALIA Research Agenda; the further development of research activities for the Association, including conference workshops; producing the research-related information, resources and support that should be available to ALIA Members, and raising awareness of, and contributions to, the ALIA Research Fund.
Research Grant Award
Names and topics of past ALIA Research Grant awardees
Research workshops at major ALIA conferences
Organisation: Curtin University Role: Senior Lecturer (Libraries, Archives, Records and Information Science), ALIA Research Advisory Committee Co-chair Research interest: applied research, information literacy, research and practice gap URL: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-elham-sayyad-abdi-fhea-10338729/
Organisation: Austin Health Sciences Library Role: Digital Content Coordinator Research interest: library and information science, medical librarianships, information and knowledge management, inter-organisational collaborative knowledge sharing, mis/disinformation in the health sciences library context, and scientometric analysis. URL: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mozhdeh-dehghani-phd-9585256b/
Organisation: Intersect Australasia Role: Digital Research Analyst based at UniSA Research interest: Information Science; public libraries as public sphere; new and emerging roles for the (library and) information science sector; GLAM; intersection of data science and information science. Principally an Interpretivist researcher. URL: https://people.unisa.edu.au/Katherine.Howard LinkedIn Twitter @DrKJHoward
Organisation: Edith Cowan University Role: Associate University Librarian Research interest: digital literacy, media literacy, information behavior and user experience, utilising methods such as eye tracking, phenomenography, ethnography, UX design and usability testing. URL: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicole-johnston-38741314/ Social media account: infolit_nicole (Twitter)
Organisation: University of Sydney Role: Associate Director, Academic Services Research interest: Academic librarianship, scholarly publishing, design thinking, metrification URL: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edward-luca-53618940
Organisation: Deakin University Role: University Librarian and ALIA Board Director Research interest: Leadership and human-centred service design URL: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hero-macdonald/
Organisation: Library & Archives NT Role: Assistant Director Education Services Research interest: applied research, participatory and inclusive approaches, arts-based methods URL: https://LinkedIn.com/in/ania-tait
Organisation: RMIT University Role: Senior Lecturer & Postgraduate Program Manager for the Department of Information Systems and Business Analytics. Research interest: I am a qualitative researcher who’s interests focus on knowledge sharing and digital literacy for the CALD community. URL: https://www.rmit.edu.au/contact/staff-contacts/academic-staff/v/vo-tran-dr-huan Twitter: @huanvotran LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/huan-vo-tran-05a20934
Organisation: Flinders University Role: Associate Director, Engagement and Scholarly Communication Research interest: practitioner research, research in practice, user experience URL: https://www.flinders.edu.au/people/liz.walkleyhall
The Research Advisory Committee would like to thank previous committee members for their respective past contributions: