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Harger, Nancy; Nordberg, Judith M.

doi:10.13028/xfx4-1r73

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“…This article examines the work of the authors-one science librarian and one research data librarian-on institutional research integrity committees. The activities of librarians who participate on an IACUC or IRB are represented in the literature; however, scholarship tends to focus on defining roles for librarians and promoting expertise as a benefit to the library or to the institution (Cantwell and Kampen-Breit 2015;Gilbert 2019;Harger and Nordberg 2010;Harnett and Cantwell 2022;Steelman and Thomas 2014). Instead of emphasizing the value to the library or institution of having librarians on research integrity committees, this article focuses on the value of the opportunity to the individual librarian.…”

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Librarians and Research Integrity Committees: Finding professional joy and fulfillment in practice and service

Bresnahan

Condon

2023

Journal of eScience Librarianship

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This article describes how librarians can benefit from being members of research integrity committees. As two academic librarians, the authors share the ways that they have found professional fulfillment and joy through service on the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) for vertebrate animal research activities and the Institutional Review Board (IRB) for human subjects research. Their participation on research integrity committees has provided opportunities to build new relationships, demonstrate their expertise, and find meaning in their contributions to research production. Participation on the IACUC has allowed one author to better understand research designs and instrumentation and laboratory techniques. She has built new relationships with research administrators, scientists, and lab managers, and found new opportunities to use her unique search skills. The other author, while serving on the IRB, has extended her professional network and highlighted her expertise as a qualitative researcher. She has built stronger relationships with research administrators and scholars and found new opportunities for advancing responsible data management conversations across campus. Participating in these committees has been professionally empowering and has allowed the authors to contribute to research integrity in important ways. 

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confidence: 99%