Exploring LIS practitioner engagement with research: lessons from a UK case study Helen Buckley Woods Andrew Booth 10.15131/shef.data.11948778.v1 https://orda.shef.ac.uk/articles/poster/Exploring_LIS_practitioner_engagement_with_research_lessons_from_a_UK_case_study/11948778 Internationally, LIS academics and professionals share a need to understand how practitioners engage with research. In 2013, a research team from the University of Sheffield was commissioned by the UK CILIP Library and Information Research Group (LIRG) to conduct a Research Scan to address the question “What do LIS Practitioners want from research?”. The team, comprising an academic and an LIS practitioner, conducted a scoping review of current literature (2010‐12), augmented by an investigation of ephemeral material. 2020-03-09 16:13:52 practitioner engagement LIS research engagement practitioner research library and information science Library and Information Studies