If such a narrow set of methodological criteria are not applied, it is better instead to speak of research based library and information practice.
In 2002, Booth noted the three schools of EBILP had some commonalities, including the context of day-to-day decision-making, an emphasis on improving the quality of professional practice, a pragmatic focus on the 'best available evidence', incorporation of the user perspective, the acceptance of a broad range of quantitative and qualitative research designs, and access, either first-hand or second-hand, to the (process of) evidence-based practice and its products.
A close familiarity with database searching is needed, and library and information professionals have important roles to play in this respect.
The EBLIP process can be applied to a variety of scenarios in LIS, including customer service,[4] collection development,[5] library management[6] and information literacy instruction.
[8] A 2010 study revealed that professionals experienced evidence-based practice as, variously, irrelevant; learning from published research; service improvement; a way of being; and as a weapon.