Basics
Monitor and assess locally available information resources for ongoing relevance to local research programs and emerging practice and research areas.
Guidance and consultation with literature searches.
- Knowledge of basic clinical medicine databases, e.g., PubMed, CINAHL.
- Guidance in using advanced search techniques and features/tools.
- Knowledge of use of search filters and alerts in those databases.
- Awareness of predatory and unreliable information sources.
- Understanding of basic Evidence Based Practice terms and concepts.
Support for writing and publishing
- Familiarity with resources to support those writing research papers.
- Provides writing and presentation tools for internal and external documents.
- Familiarity with current Copyright regulations and guidelines as they relate to
publishing, author rights, re-use, and interlibrary loans.
Advanced (in addition to the above)
Guidance and consultation with literature searches and systematic reviews
- Expertise in use of advanced clinical medicine databases, e.g., Cochrane databases, ECRI, gray literature sources, and pre-print servers.
- Support and guidance for creating systematic reviews.
- Knowledge of tools (e.g., Covidence) to support systematic reviews.
- Familiarity with PROSPERO and core sources for systematic reviews (e.g., Cochrane, Briggs)
- Understanding different review types and methodologies.
Support for writing and publishing
- Familiarity with Open Access publishing and resources that support it (DOAJ, SHERPA/ROMEO, etc.)
- Ability to teach use of supported bibliographic management tools (EndNote, Mendeley, Zotero, etc.)
- Ability to manipulate outputs: reference lists, in-manuscript citations, etc.
- Familiarity with resources (JANE, JCR, etc.) for identifying appropriate journals for manuscript submission
- Ability to identify manuscript submission and formatting requirements.
- Support compliance with NIH Public Access Policy.
- Understanding bibliometrics and citation analysis, familiarity with common metrics (h-index, impact factor, etc.).
Support for research data management
- Construction of research data management plans.
- Organizing research protocols, data, and other objects and artifacts.
- Data curation advice for archiving and repository selection
- Creation of data citations to meet publication and/or funder requirements.
Understanding of research protocols and study types, including rules and regulations around human subjects research
- Familiarity with IRB (Institutional Review Board) and IACUC (Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee) processes
- Certification in human subjects research (CITI Training)
MLA Library Caucus Guidance for Healthcare Administrators
Guidance for Healthcare Administrators - Hospital Library Caucus - LibGuides at Medical Library Association - Advocacy Task Force
