Report on the CILIP Government Information Group workshop: “Going beyond the traditional roles: the expert searcher’s role in rapid reviews”
Tingjoh , Evidence-based Medicine (EBM) , CC BY-SA 4.0 Just before the summer, GIG held an online workshop led by Mala Mann of Cardiff University on rapid review methodology and the role of librarians in this. In this post, Laura Johnson reports on what she learned from the event. Laura is a Research Skills Officer at the University of Birmingham. On 19 May 2026, the CILIP Government Information Group (GIG) hosted the webinar “Going beyond the traditional roles: the expert searcher’s role in rapid reviews”, which was expertly led by Mala Mann of Cardiff University’s Specialist Unit for Review Evidence (SURE). For those who have not heard of SURE before, the Unit, which celebrated its 25th birthday last year, is a grant-funded team of systematic reviewers and information specialists based at Cardiff University. They conduct all forms of evidence synthesis and provide consultancy and training services. The session included an informative overview of evidence synthesis and th...
