Andrew Booth BA (Reading), Dip Lib (Aberystwyth) MSc (Wales) MCLIP
Reader in Evidence Based Information Practice and Director of Information
Address:
Information Resources Group, HEDS, ScHARR
The University of Sheffield
Regent Court, 30 Regent Street
Sheffield S1 4DA
Tel: (+44) (0)114 222 0705
Fax: (+44) (0)114 272 4095
E-mail: a.booth@sheffield.ac.uk
Room: 1024
About Andrew
Andrew Booth has worked in the field of health information for over 25 years. Having previously worked in a variety of health library and information units in the NHS, the Medical Research Council and the King´s Fund, he moved to the University of Sheffield in 1994. Andrew set up the Information Resources (IR) Section and has subsequently been involved as a researcher, lecturer and trainer in all aspects of evidence based practice. Andrew has been a systematic review methodologist since 1995 and teaches on the Masters in Public Health and MSc in Health Informatics (with the Department of Information Studies). Andrew and his IR team hosted the first ever conference in Evidence Based Library and Information Practice in 2001 and since then he has been a leading international figure within this paradigm.
Research interests
- Systematic reviews of qualitative research
- Evidence based library and information practice
- Systematic review methodology, especially literature searching
- Teaching methods for evidence based practice and critical appraisal
- Producing and disseminating evidence products
- Information needs of health managers
Activities and distinctions
Andrew is on the Editorial Boards of Health Information & Libraries Journal, Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries and the International Journal of Mixed Methods Approaches. He is a Co-Convenor of the Cochrane Collaboration´s Qualitative Research Methods Group.
Grants
- Higher Education Academy. Systematic review of workplace-based e-learning. 2007-2008 £34,000
- NHS SDO Programme. Impact of human resource management on patient care. 2005-2007 £250,000
- NHS Information Authority. Facilitating Online Learning Interactive Opportunity (FOLIO). 2004-2008 £78,000
- NHS Information Authority. National electronic Library for Health Virtual Branch Library for Health Management. 2003-2006 £150,000
- Social Care Institute for Excellence. Social care access to research evidence (SCARE) evidence briefings. 2003-2005 £50,000
Collaborations
- Anne Brice, University of Oxford. Evidence Based Library and Information Practice
- Jonathan Eldredge, University of New Mexico, USA. Evidence Based Library and Information Practice
- Denise Koufogiannakis, University of Alberta, Canada. Evidence Based Library and Information Practice
- Lotta Haglund & David Herron, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. Evidence Based Library and Information Practice
- HTA-i Information Resources Specialist Group (International)
- NICE Information Specialists Group (UK)
- Cochrane Collaboration Information Retrieval Methods Group (International)
Key publications since 2001
- MacDonald J, Bath P, Booth A. Healthcare services managers: what information do they need and use? Evidence Based Library and Information Practice [online], 3-10 Sep 2008.
- Dixon-Woods M, Booth A, Sutton AJ. Synthesizing qualitative research: a review of published reports. Qualitative Research 2007;7:375-422.
- Booth A. "Brimful of STARLITE": toward standards for reporting literature searches. Journal of the Medical Library Association 2006;94(4):421-9.
- Dixon-Woods M, Bonas S, Booth A, Jones DR, Miller T, Sutton AJ, Shaw RL, Smith JA, Young B. How can systematic reviews incorporate qualitative research? A critical perspective. Qualitative Research 2006;6(1):27-44.
- Shaw R, Booth A, Sutton AJ, Miller T, Smith JA, Young B, Jones DR, Dixon-Woods M. Finding qualitative research: an evaluation of search strategies. BMC Medical Research Methodology 2004;4:5. Article available online here.
- Beverley CA, Booth A, Bath PA. The role of the information specialist in the systematic review process: a health information case study. Health Information and Libraries Journal 2003;20 (2):65-74.
Link to Andrew Booth's publications
Link to HEDS Publication Database
Section
Andrew Booth is based within the Information Resources Group of Health Economics and Decision Science (HEDS).
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