The Research Lifecycle as a Strategic Roadmap

Maxwell, Daniel T.

doi:10.1080/01930826.2015.1105041

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“…Using the research cycle proposed by Maxwell as a framework [3], we collected information about the needs of dentistry researchers at the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, during three of the six research stages: funding and grant applications, publication and dissemination, and research impact assessment. We chose these three stages of the research cycle to examine in the survey due to the high volume of questions that were historically received from faculty in these areas and that we, therefore, identified as having the highest relevance to the activities of Dentistry Library users.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The landscape of scholarly communications has changed rapidly in recent years. As a result, academic libraries have had to adapt in an effort to expand their role in supporting and contributing to the research activities at their institutions [1–3]. Increasingly, academic libraries are aligning their services to the strategic visions of their home institutions to continue growing and evolving in their supportive roles [3, 4].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As a result, academic libraries have had to adapt in an effort to expand their role in supporting and contributing to the research activities at their institutions [1–3]. Increasingly, academic libraries are aligning their services to the strategic visions of their home institutions to continue growing and evolving in their supportive roles [3, 4]. Maxwell argues that the rise in importance of research activity on university campuses creates an opportune channel through which the library can engage with institutional objectives [3].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Some researchers question librarians’ qualifications and competencies, which may lead them to undervalue or fail to fully take advantage of library support services [11–14]. Improved communication [10, 15, 16] and targeted marketing and outreach efforts [1–3, 5] are vital to creating successful research support services in academic libraries. However, it is equally important for librarians to develop a better understanding of researcher needs and perspectives [1–3].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Needs assessment for improving library support for dentistry researchers

Gerbig

Kirby

2019

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Objective: To better support dentistry researchers in the ever-changing landscape of scholarly research, academic librarians need to redefine their roles and discover new ways to be involved at each stage of the research cycle. A needs assessment survey was conducted to evaluate faculty members’ research support needs and allow a more targeted approach to the development of research services in an academic health sciences library.Methods: The anonymous, web-based survey was distributed via email to full-time researchers at the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto. The survey included twenty questions inquiring about researchers’ needs and behaviors across three stages of the research cycle: funding and grant applications, publication and dissemination, and research impact assessment. Data were also collected on researchers’ use of grey literature to identify whether current library efforts to support researchers should be improved in this area.Results: Among library services, researchers considered support for funding and grant applications most valuable and grey literature support least valuable. Researcher engagement with open access publishing models was low, and few participants had self-archived their publications in the university’s institutional repository. Participants reported low interest in altmetrics, and few used online tools to promote or share their research results.Conclusions: Findings indicate that increased efforts should be made to promote and develop services for funding and grant applications. New services are needed to assist researchers in maximizing their research impact and to increase researcher awareness of the benefits of open access publishing models, self-archiving, and altmetrics.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Needs assessment for improving library support for dentistry researchers

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Kirby

2019

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“…There are many other areas in which academic libraries are strategically engaging and influencing within their institutions. Examples include: greater involvement in student experience and student engagement (Gwyer, 2015); institution wide information management responsibilities (Dempsey 2015); shifting traditional subject liaison structures to relationship management focus (Hoodless & Pinfield, 2018), positioning through repurposing of library space and learning space (Blummer & Kenton, 2017); and increased involvement in the holistic research cycle, as illustrated above (Maxwell, 2016).…”

Section: Emerging Themesmentioning

confidence: 99%