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Biography

Alisa Howlett is the Research Support Librarian at the University of the Sunshine Coast. She is a leading information professional with over 10 years of industry experience in library and information science. Alisa uses collaborative, human-centred and evidence-based practice approaches to drive and inform service design, delivery and continuous improvement. You can find more information about Alisa at her website www.acrystelle.com and catch her on Twitter @acrystelle.

Activities

Employment (7)

University of the Sunshine Coast: Sunshine Coast, Queensland, AU

2021-04-13 to present | Research Support Librarian (Library)
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Alisa Howlett

University of Southern Queensland: Springfield, Queensland, AU

2017-01-09 to 2021-04-09 | Coordinator, Evidence Based Practice (Library services)
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University of Southern Queensland: Toowoomba, QLD, AU

2015-11 to 2017-03 | Senior Research Assistant
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Queensland University of Technology: Brisbane, QLD, AU

2015-08 to 2016-12 | Project officer (Library)
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Queensland University of Technology: Brisbane, QLD, AU

2015-02 to 2015-12 | Library Adviser (Law Library)
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Queensland University of Technology: Brisbane, QLD, AU

2015-02 to 2015-11 | Sessional tutor/ student support (Information Studies Group)
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Alisa Howlett

Queensland State Archives: Sunnybank Hills, QLD, AU

2013-07 to 2015-01 | Policy officer (Government Recordkeeping)
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Education and qualifications (2)

Queensland University of Technology: Brisbane, QLD, AU

2010-02 to 2013-12 | Master of Information Technology (Library and Information Science)
Education
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Queensland University of Technology Business School: Brisbane, QLD, AU

2004-02 to 2006-12 | Bachelor of Business (Marketing and Public Relations)
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Professional activities (2)

Australian Library and Information Association: ACT, ACT, AU

2021-01 to present | Distinguished Certified Professional
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Australian Library and Information Association: ACT, ACT, AU

2017-11 | Metcalfe Award
Distinction
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Works (29)

Visualising the Pandemic Pivot: Using Evidence-based Practice to Capture and Communicate an Academic Library’s COVID-19 Response

Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association
2021 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85108341079

Part of ISSN: 24750166 24750158
Contributors: Thorpe, C.; Howlett, A.
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Alisa Howlett via Scopus - Elsevier

First-Year Students’ Understanding of Research and Their Information Literacy Skills Change Over Time and in Four Different Ways

Evidence Based Library and Information Practice
2020-06-15 | Journal article
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Alisa Howlett
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Applied and Conceptual Approaches to Evidence-Based Practice in Research and Academic Libraries

LIBER Quarterly
2020-04-25 | Journal article
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Understanding EBLIP at an Organisational Level: An initial maturity model

Evidence Based Library and Information Practice
2020-03-12 | Journal article
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Differences in Work/life Balance and Stress at Work Between Male and Female Academic Librarians

Evidence Based Library and Information Practice
2019-12-12 | Journal article
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Blind User Experiences of US Academic Libraries can be Improved by More Proactive Reference Service Delivery

Evidence Based Library and Information Practice
2019-06-13 | Journal article
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The Goldilocks Experiment

2018 | Magazine article
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Medical Librarians may be Underutilised in EBM Training within Pediatric Resident Programs

2018-12-12 | Journal article
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Choose your own adventure: standing out with evidence-based practice

Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) Queensland Mini Conference
2018-11-07 | Conference paper
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Alisa Howlett

Time to Move EBLIP Forward with an Organizational Lens

Evidence Based Library and Information Practice
2018-09-17 | Journal article
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‘It’s what we do here’: embedding evidence-based practice at USQ Library

Asia-Pacific Library and Information Conference
2018-08-02 | Conference paper
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Documenting practitioners research experiences in the Australian Library and Information Science profession: a critical review

Australian Law Librarian
2017 | Journal article
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Alisa Howlett

Focus without blinkers

InCite
2017 | Magazine article
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Alisa Howlett

How academic librarians experience evidence-based practice: A grounded theory model

Library and Information Science Research
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85019547376

Part of ISSN: 07408188
Contributors: Miller, F.; Partridge, H.; Bruce, C.; Yates, C.; Howlett, A.
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Alisa Howlett via Scopus - Elsevier

How academic librarians experience evidence-based practice: A grounded theory model

Library & Information Science Research
2017 | Journal article
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Alisa Howlett

Universities and public libraries supporting student success: an exploratory study

Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association
2017 | Journal article
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What do Australian library and information professionals experience as evidence?

Evidence Based Library and Information Practice
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85015174940

Part of ISSN: 1715720X
Contributors: Gillespie, A.; Miller, F.; Partridge, H.; Bruce, C.; Howlett, A.
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Alisa Howlett via Scopus - Elsevier

What do Australian library and information professionals experience as evidence?

Evidence Based Library and Information Practice
2017 | Journal article
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Alisa Howlett

Home Grown: Engaging new LIS professionals to advance the profession

CILIP Conference
2017-07-05 | Conference paper
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Alisa Howlett

Share your work!: A call to action for early-career information professionals

Incite
2016 | Magazine article
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Alisa Howlett

The experience of evidence-based practice in an Australian public library: an ethnography

Information Research: An International Electronic Journal
2016 | Journal article
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Alisa Howlett

The experience of evidence-based practice in an Australian public library: An ethnography

Information Research
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85006158662

Part of ISSN: 13681613
Contributors: Gillespie, A.; Partridge, H.; Bruce, C.; Howlett, A.
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Alisa Howlett via Scopus - Elsevier

Exploring the use of evidence in practice by Australian special librarians

Information Research
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84924705993

Part of ISSN: 13681613
Contributors: Howlett, A.; Howard, Z.
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Alisa Howlett via Scopus - Elsevier

Exploring the use of evidence in practice by Australian special librarians

Information Research
2015-03 | Journal article
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Alisa Howlett

Australian special librarians using evidence in daily practice

Research Applications in Information and Library Studies (RAILS) Seminar
2013-06-18 | Conference paper
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Navigating a new flight path

InCite
2011 | Magazine article
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Alisa Howlett

Resumes under review

InCite
2011 | Magazine article
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Alisa Howlett

Connecting to the LIS online community

ALIA 5th New Librarians Symposium: Metamorphosis: What Will You Become Today
2011-09 | Conference paper
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Alisa Howlett

An alternative flight path: An information professional in aviation

ALIA People Power Mini-Conference
2011-07-15 | Conference paper
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