1. 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
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:
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
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AND
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One-on-one consultation with a faculty member