and colleagues 1 asked who is listening to calls to increase value and reduce waste in biomedical research. They documented the response of the different stakeholder groups identified in the Lancet Research: Increasing Value, Reducing Waste Series 2-6 and the Lancet REWARD (REduce research Waste And Reward Diligence) Campaign. However, there is one group that has not been explicitly discussed: biomedical librarians and information scientists. 7 The role of librarians in supporting biomedical research could be substantially expanded by acknowledging their skills and embracing their involvement in research departments, funding bodies, and journal editorial offices. It is time for librarians and their essential skills to move beyond the confines of the library. First, a librarian could be embedded within every biomedical research department, or at least within every research team, and contribute to two of the areas highlighted in the Lancet Series. Given librarians' expertise in systematic reviews, 8,9 the librarian could conduct all the literature searches required by the department to ensure that searches are comprehensive and rigorously designed, conducted, documented, and reported. During preparations for funding applications the librarian could help to assess the extent of uncertainty and identify relevant ongoing research.
and colleagues 1 asked who is listening to calls to increase value and reduce waste in biomedical research. They documented the response of the different stakeholder groups identified in the Lancet Research: Increasing Value, Reducing Waste Series 2-6 and the Lancet REWARD (REduce research Waste And Reward Diligence) Campaign. However, there is one group that has not been explicitly discussed: biomedical librarians and information scientists. 7 The role of librarians in supporting biomedical research could be substantially expanded by acknowledging their skills and embracing their involvement in research departments, funding bodies, and journal editorial offices. It is time for librarians and their essential skills to move beyond the confines of the library. First, a librarian could be embedded within every biomedical research department, or at least within every research team, and contribute to two of the areas highlighted in the Lancet Series. Given librarians' expertise in systematic reviews, 8,9 the librarian could conduct all the literature searches required by the department to ensure that searches are comprehensive and rigorously designed, conducted, documented, and reported. During preparations for funding applications the librarian could help to assess the extent of uncertainty and identify relevant ongoing research.
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