This should provide focused access to existing resources and provide a framework for the development of new ones. The project is now reaching its final stages and the Project Team is completing data analysis and looking to how the findings and outcomes may be moved forward beyond the bounds of this particular project. Discussions with the Society of Chief Librarians Public Libraries Research Group, the Library and Information Research Group and the Library and Information Commission and other appropriate bodies will determine how this project may be exploited and research momentum maintained and developed. The enthusiastic response from those who have participated in the project has emphasised an acceptance of the need for research-based public library services. Moreover, participants have shown a willingness to seek the appropriate skills and get on with it.
Research can play a fundamental role in finding that way.