It is very hard for me to comprehend that I have been doing ‘User Research’ (UR) for 14 months. I have been lucky enough to work on projects with the Department for Education, Education, Skills and Funding Agency, Birmingham City Council, NHSx and a few others that I can’t mention…

As I stand on the cusp of yet another career pivot, I thought I would take a look at the past 6 months and how *exactly* I got to this point. It may look linear, but really it’s not. Somehow this year — well the first half anyway, it’s been…

This week has been rife with wonderful (tiring) experiences both at work and outside of work (but still kinda work related) BUT I thought I would focus on the work-related things for this post. Mainly because they add an additional facet to my work as Clinical Evidence Based Information Specialist…

In my most recent (but previous!) posts I’ve been talking about the research element of my job but clearly I don’t *just* do research all day — mainly because in this day and age, as anyone who works in a library will tell you, we all have to do work…

Last week I spoke about the where’s and why’s of the types of searching that I do in my current role, so this week — we’re going to look at the different types of search strings that can be utilised for clinical and non-clinical questions. I’ve only been in-role for…

Last week I alluded very briefly (one paragraph!) about what I actually do in my day-to-day job. And then I made a promise to expand on it further — so here I am ‘expanding’. The crux of my role is that myself and the team provide evidence for specific questions…

I want you to imagine if you were the only person who looked like you in the room. Really imagine it. Then imagine that you walk into the next room and you’re still the only person that looks like you. And the room after that, and the one after that. …

When you’re growing up (and even when you are perceived to be a grown up) people always ask you ‘What’s your dream job?’. I used to have lots of answers for this. When I was about 5–10 I wanted to be Indiana Jones or a spy. Clearly not the most…