Academic librarians at play in the field of cheminformatics: building the case for chemistry research data management

McEwen, Leah; Li, Ye

doi:10.1007/s10822-014-9777-4

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“…Numerous studies have surveyed the librarians' presence in research teams (Federer, 2013;McEwen and Li, 2014), but none of them have addressed the role of librarians in the various stages of the research process comprehensively.…”

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“…Participation in the selection of the research team members, searching for research grants and reviewing the grant applications before submission, participation in the identification of questions (Janke and Rush, 2014), bibliometric analysis (Federer, 2013) and helping with the development of infrastructure and standards aimed at identifying opportunities for increased cooperation among professionals (McEwen and Li, 2014) are the most important roles of librarians before conducting the research, according to previous studies.…”

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The new roles of medical librarians in medical research

Safdari

Ehtesham

Ziaee

et al. 2018

ILS

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Purpose This study aims to highlight the role of librarians as an essential element in medical research. For this purpose, the primary research process was divided into three phases: before, during and after. Then, the roles of librarians associated with each phase were separated and the viewpoint of researchers and librarians on the importance of these roles were considered and compared. Design/methodology/approach This comparative, descriptive-causal research was conducted using the census method. Birjand University, a type-2 university in the field of Medical Sciences according to the rating of the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education, was selected for the study. The participants were all faculty members and all librarians working in the university’s libraries. The data collection tool was a questionnaire made by authors. Its validity was confirmed by four professors of Library Science, and questionnaire design expert and its reliability was confirmed with a Cronbach's alpha of 0.89. Data were analyzed with the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, using descriptive statistics. Findings From the perspective of researchers, awareness-raising for open access resources, determination of standard subject keywords on the basis of Medical Subject Headings for articles and scientific texts and using scientific research findings as a basis for preventing duplicate studies in future research are the most important roles for librarians in the three stages of medical research. From the perspective of librarians, the use of knowledge management skills, searching scientific information as review of the literature and also selecting standard keywords to search the databases and providing health-care professionals with the findings of latest scientific research have the highest place in the different stages of the research lifecycle. Originality/value The difference between the viewpoints of librarians and researchers about the role of medical librarians at the various stages of the research lifecycle shows that there are significant gaps between the librarians’ services and users’ expectations. It is expected that through learning modern professional skills, medical librarians can assume new roles in medical research and make their capabilities known and available to researchers.

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The new roles of medical librarians in medical research

Safdari

Ehtesham

Ziaee

et al. 2018

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A two-tiered curriculum to improve data management practices for researchers

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Larson²,

Gillespie³

et al. 2019

PLoS ONE

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Background Better research data management (RDM) provides the means to analyze data in new ways, effectively build on another researcher’s results, and reproduce the results of an experiment. Librarians are recognized by many as a potential resource for assisting researchers in this area, however this potential has not been fully realized in the biomedical research community. While librarians possess the broad skill set needed to support RDM, they often lack specific knowledge and time to develop an appropriate curriculum for their research community. The goal of this project was to develop and pilot educational modules for librarians to learn RDM and a curriculum for them to subsequently use to train their own research communities. Materials and methods We created online modules for librarians that address RDM best practices, resources and regulations, as well as the culture and practice of biomedical research. Data was collected from librarians through questions embedded in the online modules on their self-reported changes in understanding of and comfort level with RDM using a retrospective pre-post design. We also developed a Teaching Toolkit which consists of slides, a script, and an evaluation form for librarians to use to teach an introductory RDM class to researchers at their own institutions. Researchers’ satisfaction with the class and intent to use the material they had learned was collected. Actual changes in RDM practices by researchers who attended was assessed with a follow-up survey administered seven months after the class. Results and discussion The online curriculum increased librarians’ self-reported understanding of and comfort level with RDM. The Teaching Toolkit, when employed by librarians to teach researchers in person, resulted in improved RDM practices. This two-tiered curriculum provides concise training and a ready-made curriculum that allows working librarians to quickly gain an understanding of RDM, and translate this knowledge to researchers through training at their own institutions.

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Academic librarians at play in the field of cheminformatics: building the case for chemistry research data management

Cited by 2 publications

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The new roles of medical librarians in medical research

The new roles of medical librarians in medical research

A two-tiered curriculum to improve data management practices for researchers

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