Event 5 (‘RIVAL Reunion’): 25 May 2023

The fifth RIVAL event was held on Thursday 25 May 2023, at Edinburgh Training and Conference Venue, 16 St Mary’s Street, Edinburgh EH1 1SU.

We are very grateful to Edinburgh Napier University, CILIP Scotland and Scottish Libraries and Information Council for their funding and sponsorship of this event.

Programme

Times	activities
10:00 to 10:30	Registration and coffee
10:30 to 10:45	Welcome back to RIVAL! Dr Bruce Ryan and Professor Diane Pennington welcomed delegates to RIVAL Reunion. [video]
10:45 to 11:30	Keynote Professor Brian Detlor spoke about LIS research and knowledge exchange between and among LIS practitioners and researchers [slides]
11:30 to 12:00	Activity Delegates took part in a fun activity to help build on learning from Detlor’s keynote.
12:00 to 13:00	RIVAL members network news Volunteer network members spoke about what has happened since RIVAL event 4 (early 2021), focussing on benefits of the RIVAL programme. Andrew Feeney introduced his PhD research at Edinburgh Napier University. [slides] [video] Ines Byrne (Digital Transition Manager at the National Library of Scotland) spoke about how the NLS is furthering its digital work. [slides] [video] Rachel Salzano described the journey to her PhD, and then to becoming a lecturer, both at Edinburgh Napier University. [slides] [video] Sean McNamara (Head of CILIP Scotland) spoke about CILIPS’s latest support for research. [video] Martina McChrystal (Director of Library Services at the University of Glasgow) introduced the University’s new collections portal. [awaiting permission to publish video] Emeritus Professor Hazel Hall spoke about the Platform to Platform project. You can access the original diary on which Platform to Platform was based; the diary about the project and most importantly the podcasts (on Malvern Museum’s website). [video] Professor Diane Pennington described becoming Professor of Social Informatics at Edinburgh Napier University. [video] Jeanette Castle (University librarian and Researcher at the University of the West of Scotland) told delegates how the RIVAL programme has inspired her to become a researcher and PhD student. [awaiting permission to publish video] Dr Bruce Ryan spoke about his LIS research. Even though he is not a librarian, he is an information science researcher, and may well be an information professional. [slides] [video]
13:00 to 13:30	Lunch
13:30 to 14:15	RIVAL 2019-21: did we get it right? Emeritus Professor Hazel Hall presented the findings of the RIVAL evaluation exercise conducted by Team D in February and March 2021, and published as Hall, Ryan, Salzano & Stephen (2022 in press). [slides] [video]
14:15 to 15:00	What next? Delegates took part in a small-group workshop to reflect and build on the themes introduced in Hazel Hall’s main presentation.
15:00 to 15:15	Tea/coffee
15:15 to 16:00	Revitalising RIVAL Delegates took part in two small-group workshops aimed at producing tangible outcomes and network endurance. The topics were Furthering a grant proposal that was started in the original RIVAL events – led by Professor Diane Pennington Means of keeping the network going – led by Dr Bruce Ryan.
16:00	Event wrap-up and close
evening	Those delegates who could stay on had a tour of the Library of Mistakes (‘a free public library focused on the world’s business and financial history’). Here’s a video of an interview with Dr Helen Williams, the librarian.

Programme

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