Supporting systematic reviews and the role of the Academic Liaison Librarian Fiona Ware, Academic Liaison Librarian Library and Learning Innovation, University of Hull
Challenges & Opportunities Future Overview Current role Background Support Skills Challenges & Opportunities Future
Academic Liaison Librarian role Implementing reading list software Project work, e.g. ebooks, PDAs Teaching on postgraduate module Delivering induction drop-ins, masterclasses and workshops at a generic level
Academic Liaison Librarian role Faculty liaison role – Faculty of Health and Social Care (FHSC) and School of Social Sciences Book orders, reading lists, etc. Information skills – embedded, individual support Attendance at Faculty committee meetings Research support
FHSC Background All FHSC staff to be ‘research active’ University strategic change - teaching AND research All FHSC staff to be ‘research active’ Increase in research opportunities/portfolio/PhD students More help needed with literature searching!
Supporting systematic reviews – my role Mostly advising on advanced literature searching! Group sessions and 121 appointments 2. Conducting searches for a Cochrane review as part of a wider research team
Group sessions - examples PG Forum Session on literature searching for PhD students, taught with academic Year long programme set up by Faculty for staff Session on ‘Literature searching and evaluating research’ Session on advanced searching for ‘systematic reviews’ Fast-Track research programme Clinical Psychology session
Individual support Assist PhD students and staff members on a 121 basis with literature searching, search strategies, appropriate sources, creating folders, exporting results etc.
Cochrane reviews
Current support - examples
Current support - examples Current protocol published Just ran the trials searches
Cinahl search strategy 61 lines!
Trials registers
Timeline 12 months minimum (taken from the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions)
Skills required - In-depth knowledge of databases and advanced searching Knowledge of search filters Ability to formulate research question into appropriate search terms Translate search strategies from one database to another Skills to export data and share
Challenges for Cochrane reviews- Time! Refreshing skills Repeating work - need to re-run the searches nearer to publication and for updates Responsibility for creating an effective search strategy Getting familiar with Archie! Having quiet time to sit and go through the searches Remembering how to input an advanced search, line by line Searches need repeating again nearer publication Form filling – declaration of interest, membership form, title registration form
Cochrane review update published Protocol published for next one Successes - Cochrane review update published Protocol published for next one Improved skills in searching – help with other info skills Online support materials – new Libguide in development
Be a part of a team in the faculty Opportunities Be a part of a team in the faculty Increased literature searching skills Supporting research within the University
Very early stages of an organisational review Priorities on: Future Very early stages of an organisational review Priorities on: Graduate attributes Employability skills Research support: Open Access; Research Data Management
Questions? Academic Liaison Librarian Fiona Ware - f.ware@hull.ac.uk follow us on twitter HullUni_Library