scholarly journals Research Support Services in STEM Libraries: A Scoping Review

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nedelina Tchangalova ◽  
Jodi Coalter ◽  
Amy Trost ◽  
Amber Pierdinock
Keyword(s):  
Scoping Review ◽  
Support Services ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Medium Size ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Research Support ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
Research Organizations ◽  
Daunting Task ◽  
And Mathematics

As science and technology libraries continue to evolve, specialized research support services are developed and offered at academic institutions or research organizations. Making sense of this changing landscape and determining the best programs for an institution can be a daunting task, especially for early-career librarians. This article aims to provide an overview of various small to medium size non-traditional or specialized research support services in academic and special libraries serving Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines. A systematic search of five databases was conducted for articles that described the development and implementation of research support services. Non-traditional or specialized research support services identified in this scoping review fall in the following areas: bibliometrics/altmetrics, data management services, geographic information systems, patents, and systematic reviews. The paper provides a detailed foundation for novice and experienced STEM librarians to offer innovative library services or enhance existing research support services.

scholarly journals Research Support in Health Sciences Libraries: A Scoping Review

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 56-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Visintini ◽  
Mish Boutet ◽  
Melissa Helwig ◽  
Alison Manley
Keyword(s):  
Scoping Review ◽  
Support Services ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Research Support ◽  
Service Support ◽  
Medical Library ◽  
Service Areas ◽  
New Research ◽  
Abstract Screening

Background:As part of a health sciences library’s internal assessment of its research support services, an environmental scan and literature review were conducted to identify research services offered elsewhere in Canada. Through this process, it became clear that a more formal review of the academic literature would help libraries make informed decisions about their services. To address this gap, we conducted a scoping review of research services provided in health sciences libraries contexts.Methods:Searches were conducted in Medline, Embase, ERIC, CINAHL, LISTA, LISS, Scopus, Web of Science, Google Scholar and Google for articles which described the development, implementation, or evaluation of one or more research support initiatives in a health sciences library context. We identified additional articles by searching reference lists of included studies and soliciting medical library listservs.Results:Our database searches retrieved 7134 records, 4026 after duplicates were removed. Title/abstract screening excluded 3751, with 333 records retained for full-text screening. Seventy-five records were included, reporting on 74 different initiatives. Included studies were published between 1990 and 2017, the majority from North American and academic library contexts. Major service areas reported were the creation of new research support positions, and support services for systematic review support, grants, data management, open access and repositories.Conclusion:This scoping review is the first review to our knowledge to map research support services in the health sciences library context. It identified main areas of research service support provided by health sciences libraries that can be used for benchmarking or information gathering purposes.

scholarly journals Support of Scientific Research as Libraries’ Field of Activity

2021 ◽  
Vol 69 (6) ◽  
pp. 567-579
Author(s):  
Olga L. Lavrik ◽  
Tatyana A. Kalyuzhnaya
Keyword(s):  
Support Services ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Research Support ◽  
Research Libraries ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
General Scientific ◽  
Foreign Universities

Support of scientific research as a field of activity is one of the leading topics discussed in the professional library, especially foreign, periodicals. In 2020, there was conducted the analysis of research support services provided by research libraries of domestic and foreign universities. Based on the experience of the 2017’ study, the authors divided all research support services into two groups for the analysis of 2020: information and library services and general scientific services. Information and library services include all those that the library traditionally provides to its readers and users, taking into account the development of modern information technologies. General scientific services are essentially a certain continuation of the work with information that researchers have already received in the course of their work. For the analysis of research universities, the authors selected Russian universities that were included in the Shanghai ranking of world universities for 2020 (there are nine of them), followed by the same number of foreign universities. Comparison of the results of the 2017’ and 2020’ studies showed that university libraries have found stable, relevant directions and forms of communication with scientists. They can be grouped as follows: preparation and maintenance of special resources that are a priori useful to researchers for obtaining information necessary for conducting, promoting and organizing scientific research; assistance in preparing publications; assistance in using tools for scientific communication; assistance in working with research data; assistance in working with scientometric data; comprehensive support for scientific research. The article indicates that the core of this area of library and information activity has been formed over the past four years. The only significant difference in the activities of research libraries of foreign and domestic universities is that the latter do not offer data management services. The authors draw attention to the appearance in library activities of such type of services as “help”/assistance on the websites of libraries of domestic and foreign universities. The authors propose to consider it in the “help — consulting — support” paradigm, which reflects the competence level of the librarian.

scholarly journals Libraries and Research Support in small and teaching-led universities: contextual problems around nascent services in dynamic times

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Sanders ◽  
Carly Lightfoot
Keyword(s):  
Support Services ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Research Support ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities

Research Support services are becoming increasingly invested in by universities, particularly within their library services. However, the wider context in which institutions operate is yielding significant challenges, including fiscal volatility and an increasingly embedded marketisation.This paper considers some of the challenges and opportunities that face libraries in small and historically teaching-led institutions that are trying to develop their research support operations within this context.

scholarly journals Supervising Students in Scientific Writing for Peer Review & Possible Publication

2020 ◽  
Vol 82 (3) ◽  
pp. 158-161
Author(s):  
Diyora Abdukhakimova ◽  
Yingqiu Xie
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Impact Factor Journal ◽  
Course Assessment ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
Biology Learning ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Number Of Citations ◽  
Journal Impact

Innovation in assessment of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) courses in subjects such as biology and biochemistry is a widely discussed topic. We report the use of a novel, research-integrated course assessment designed to increase students' self-motivation and improve their learning outcomes. We encouraged submissions to peer-reviewed journals, supported by stepwise supervision on writing by the instructor, which led to possible publication of some student-written articles. We compared the results from two classes in 2015 and 2016, assessing the quality of the published articles on the basis of journal impact factor, journal Scopus score, and number of citations of each article, using supervised assignments to fulfill this goal. Assessment of research-integrated biology learning via potential publishing may motivate students to actively learn a biochemistry topic and encourage early-career professional development.

Domestic Property Violence: A Distinct and Damaging Form of Parent Abuse

2015 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 617-636 ◽  
Author(s):  
Latesha Murphy-Edwards ◽  
Kate van Heugten
Keyword(s):  
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Medium Size ◽  
Mixed Method Research ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Parent Abuse ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
Qualitative Phase ◽  
Interpretative Framework ◽  
Property Violence

This article reports on the qualitative phase of mixed method research conducted in a medium-size city in New Zealand, which examined 14 parents’ experiences of child- and youth-perpetrated domestic property violence (DPV). The research used semi-structured interviews and interpretative phenomenological analysis, enabling parents’ perceptions of the causes and impacts of this form of family violence to be explored in depth. Three superordinate themes were identified in the analysis: damage done, the various impacts of DPV; staying safe and sane; and making sense of DPV, parents’ perspectives. An ecological meaning-making theory emerged from the data and provided an overarching interpretative framework for considering the themes both separately and together. The findings showed that DPV is a distinct form of parent abuse and one that can have serious impacts of a financial, emotional, and relational nature. The theoretical and practical implications of the findings are discussed along with ideas for further research into this problem.

scholarly journals Challenges and facilitators for early career researchers completing systematic or scoping reviews in the health sciences: A Scoping Review Protocol

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Patricia Ayala ◽  
Lindsey Sikora ◽  
Shona Kirtley ◽  
Patrick R. Labelle ◽  
Erica Lenton
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Reviews ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Research Integrity ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Biomedical Literature ◽  
Scoping Reviews ◽  
Review Protocol ◽  
Review Cycle

An increasing number of systematic reviews (SysRev) are being published in health sciences and medicine; however, many are poorly conducted or reported.Strategies are needed to help reduce this avoidable waste in research . Systematic reviews can help decision makers interpret the deluge of published biomedical literature. However, a SysRev or scoping review may be of limited use if the methods used to conduct them are flawed, or if reporting is incomplete.At each stage during the systematic or scoping review cycle, different challenges can arise, especially for a novice researcher. All knowledge syntheses, once past the stage of question formulation, begin with the literature search. Librarians are in a strategic position to uncover issues regarding a researcher’slevel of preparedness in conducting these types of studies. From this vantage point, librarians can have a significant impact by teaching researchers about practices to properly report findings, as well as by raising awareness about which methodology might be more appropriate for their research question. Research waste is a growing concern, and librariansare part of the answer in the role they play as advocates for research integrity and transparency. This scoping review would be the first to cover this topic in a comprehensive, structured and methodologically rigorous way. Results would be of interest to librarians, researchers, educators and the wider research community in health sciences and medicine.

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