Roles of TMC Librarians Developing a systematic review service in six months Beatriz Varman, MLIS, AHIP, Ashlynn Kogut, MSIS, Adela Justice, MLS, Kate Krause, MSLS, CLIS, Marianne Galati, LCSW, MLIS The Texas Medical Center Library, Houston, Texas www.library.tmc.edu Why did we start a Systematic Review (SR) Program? Rising number of: SRs our 56 institutions are publishing Baylor College of Medicine: 485 University of Texas: 431 Requests from faculty and students Classes on campus teaching SRs This is the most comprehensive search anyone has done for the Rational Clinical Examination (RCE) in terms of the number of databases. – JAMA RCE Editor “ Results: All librarians: Learned SR standards/methods Learned advanced database searching techniques Found the best way to learn SRs was to start working on one Librarians benefited from: Being mentored by more experienced colleagues Consulting with each other Librarians discovered that many of our clients: Don’t understand SR methodology Underestimate the amount of work/time SRs require Introductory SR class Wow! You need a degree to learn how to do this! –SR client “ SR day-long seminar Explored how much training we needed Evaluated our database collection Established internal guidelines to define the roles of the librarian and the researcher Created SR forms Received two SR requests! “Searching Ovid Embase to find  Systematic Reviews” class, Greg Pratt, Systematic Reviews Specialist, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center “EndNote” class, Amy Sisson, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center Books acquired: Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions. Higgins, Green, 2008, Wiley An Introduction to Systematic Reviews. Gough, Oliver, Thomas, 2012, Sage “Systematic Reviews: The Role of the Librarian” day-long seminar, Margaret Foster, Systematic Reviews and Research Services Coordinator, Texas A&M University “Systematic Reviews Overview” class, Greg Pratt, Systematic Reviews Specialist, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center Received another SR request! Acquired Embase and EndNote to complete our collection of SR resources Created SR LibGuide MLA webinar: “Librarians Collaborating to Produce Systematic Reviews: Project Launch to Publication” Developed one-hour introductory SR class “Using Embase Elsevier for Searching Systematic Reviews” training, Derrick Umali, Elsevier trainer Received four SR requests! Conclusions: The development of a SR service takes: Time Administrative support Extensive training Receiving SR requests before the launch of the service accelerated: Our training schedule Development of guidelines defining the roles of the librarian and the researcher We have developed a good foundation in six months and are confident that ongoing training and practice will continue to sharpen our skills. Systematic review LibGuide Recently completed SR search strategy Roles of TMC Librarians Assist in developing specific search question Explain screening process Advise on databases to search Explain reasons to vote down an article Identify records through database searching Develop an Excel spreadsheet to track screening Identify records through other sources Instruct on using EndNote/RefWorks Deduplicate records Write Methodology Section (((((("child abuse/diagnosis"[mesh] OR "child abuse/radiography"[mesh] OR "child abuse/radionuclide imaging"[mesh]))) OR ((("domestic violence"[mesh]) AND (((("child abuse"[mesh:noexp] OR "battered child syndrome"[mesh])) OR (("child abuse" OR "battered child syndrome" OR "battered child" OR "battered children" OR "child maltreatment" OR "childhood violence" OR "child victimization"))) OR (("childhood victimization" OR "shaken baby" OR "shaken babies" OR "childhood trauma" OR "childhood traumas" OR "child mistreatment"))))… One-on-one consultation with a faculty member