Translating Expertise (eBook)

The Librarian's Role in Translational Research

Marisa L. Conte (Herausgeber)

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2016
280 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4422-6268-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Translating Expertise: The Librarian’s Role in Translational Research provides background and context on the CTSA program. Case studies detail routes to librarian involvement in translational research, including collection development, relationships with researchers and administrators, instruction and training, data management, and team science.

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In 2005, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced the Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) program - an institution-based grant intended to re-engineer the clinical research enterprise, speeding the time from pre-clinical discovery to the development of therapies to improve human health. As universities competed for CTSA funding and often struggled to develop or recalibrate institutional infrastructures and research support services, the face of pre-clinical and clinical research changed dramatically. These changes (and their intended and unintended consequences) introduced the possibility of new roles for health sciences librarians, creating novel opportunities to engage with researchers, research administrators and community members as active partners in the research enterprise. This book demystifies translational research by providing a comprehensive historical background and context on the CTSA program, including the impact of funding reductions and administrative changes. The highlight of the book are case studies by librarians from CTSA Consortium institutions. These case studies, including successes, challenges, and lessons learned, will detail specific routes to librarian involvement in translational research, including collection development, creating and maintaining relationships with researchers and administrators, instruction and training, data management, team science and more. The variety of case studies, including challenges and lessons learned, will help libraries that are looking for ways to engage the translational research audiences at their institutions, or those who currently work with CTS but face new challenges due to declining federal research funds, shifting institutional priorities, or other factors. The book will not be a comprehensive accounting of librarian engagement at each institutions but rather a sample of "e;best practices"e; to help librarians develop programs and relationships relevant to translational research, and a look at newly emerging opportunities to leverage skills in information organization and dissemination.

Autor

Marisa Conte is the Research and Data Informationist at the University of Michigan’s Taubman Health Sciences Library. In this role she partners with researchers and administration to integrate library resources, services and expertise into the research enterprise. She’s worked with UM’s clinical and translational research community since 2007. Marisa is a graduate of Wayne State University and a proud alumna of the National Library of Medicine’s Associate Fellowship Program. Her research interests include biomedical informatics, data management, team science, research ethics and research policy.

Inhalt

Preface by Marisa L. Conte, University of MichiganIntroductionBasic and clinical scienceEducation and community engagementChapter 6: Partners in Research: connecting with the community. By Kate Sayor; Molly White, University of Michigan; Celeste Choate, Ann Arbor District Library; Dorene Markel, University of MichiganNetworks and connectionChapter 9: Librarians’ roles in translating research expertise through VIVO. By Valrie I. Minson; Michele R. Tennant; Hannah F. Norton, University of FloridaInfrastructureChapter 13: Taking flight to disseminate translational research: a partnership between the UMass Center for Clinical and Translational Science and the Library’s Institutional Repository. By Lisa A. Palmer, University of Massachusetts Medical School; Sally A. Gore, University of MassachusettsEvaluationChapter 15: Research impact assessment. By Karen E. Gutzman, Northwestern UniversityChapter 16: Web design, evaluation and bibliometrics, oh my! From local CTSA work to national involvement. By Elizabeth C. Whipple, Indiana UniversityChapter 17: Assessing impact through publications: metrics that tell a story. By Alisa Surkis, New York University

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 29.8.2016
• Reihe/Serie: Medical Library Association Books Series
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Buchhandel / Bibliothekswesen
• Schlagworte: Health Sciences • Medical Librarianship
• ISBN-10: 1-4422-6268-0 / 1442262680
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4422-6268-3 / 9781442262683