Translating Expertise
The Librarian's Role in Translational Research- Editors:
- Publisher:
- 2016
Summary
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 “best practices” 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.
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Bibliographic data
- Copyright year
- 2016
- ISBN-Print
- 978-1-4422-6267-6
- ISBN-Online
- 978-1-4422-6268-3
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 270
- Product type
- Edited Book
Table of contents
- Contents No access
- Preface No access
- Chapter 1. Libraries Supporting the Translational Science Spectrum: An Introduction No access Pages 1 - 12
- Chapter 2. Bioinformatics Projects with the Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute: Building Success Step by Step No access Pages 13 - 26
- Chapter 3. Librarian Involvement in tranSMART: A Translational Biomedical Research Platform No access Pages 27 - 42
- Chapter 4. Librarian Integration in a Working Group of the REDCap International Consortium No access Pages 43 - 54
- Chapter 5. Tailoring Library Support for a Community Research Fellows Program No access Pages 55 - 64
- Chapter 6. Partners in Research: Connecting with the Community No access Pages 65 - 74
- Chapter 7. Developing an Educational Role in a Clinical and Translational Science Institute No access Pages 75 - 96
- Chapter 8. Expanding Research Networks No access Pages 97 - 110
- Chapter 9. Librarians’ Roles in Translating Research Expertise through VIVO No access Pages 111 - 126
- Chapter 10. Connecting Researchers: Designing a Networking App for Clinical Research Personnel No access Pages 127 - 140
- Chapter 11. Librarians Partner with Translational Scientists: Life after My Research Assistant (MyRA) No access Pages 141 - 156
- Chapter 12. The Role of the Library in Public Access Policy Compliance No access Pages 157 - 174
- Chapter 13. Taking Flight to Disseminate Translational Research: A Partnership between the UMass Center for Clinical and Translational Science and the Library’s Institutional Repository No access Pages 175 - 186
- Chapter 14. Capitalizing on Serendipity: Parlaying a Citation Report into a Publishing and Evaluation Support Program No access Pages 187 - 208
- Chapter 15. Research Impact Assessment No access Pages 209 - 232
- Chapter 16. Web Design, Evaluation, and Bibliometrics—Oh, My! From Local CTSA Work to National Involvement No access Pages 233 - 246
- Chapter 17. Assessing Impact through Publications: Metrics That Tell a Story No access Pages 247 - 260
- Index No access Pages 261 - 262
- About the Contributors No access Pages 263 - 270
