new roles for librarians: the blended professional
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Lamar Soutter Library Director Elaine Martin reviews the training initiatives, e-science developments, and questions that are being asked as librarians move from bounded to blended professional roles.TRANSCRIPT
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New Roles for Librarians: The Blended Professional
Elaine Martin, MLS, DADirector of Library Services, Lamar Soutter Library
Director of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, New England Region
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Objectives1. Explore roles in e-Science (eResearch)
2. Describe the research informationist
3. Explore library-readiness
4. Describe a new paradigm: the blended professional
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NN/LM,NER Strategy to Support Emerging Roles
e-Science COI(180+ librarians)
e-Science Librarianship
Funders• NN/LM NER• IMLS• BLC• NAHSL
• SBC sponsors
Advisory Group
Prof. Development Education • Professional Development Day
• e-Science symposium• Science Boot Camp• Simmons GSLIS
• Course: How You Teach RDM
Tools/Resources• e-Science portal
• content for RDM class• e-Science Thesaurus• NECDMC curriculum
Dissemination• Journal of eScience Librarianship• e-Science Community Blog
• Twitter feeds
Research Agenda
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New England Data Management Curriculum
Teaching
• Workshops• Embedded in the curriculum• Embedded in the research lab• Library school• Graduate school courses for credit• Staff training
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New England Data Management Curriculum
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New England Data Management Curriculum
http://library.umassmed.edu/necdmc
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New England Data Management Curriculum
Cases
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Join the Collaboration!
• View the 10/31 DMP webinar • Use the NECDMC curriculum • Participate in evaluation and feedback loop• Potentially add to the database of cases• Share your experiences on our Community Page
http://library.umassmed.edu/necdmc/
New England Data Management Curriculum
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New England Data Management Curriculum
Content Development
• Escience Portal• Escience Community Blog• Journal of Escience Librarianship• YouTube Channel• Webinars• Curriculum
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e-Science Web Portal Projectesciencelibrary.umassmed.edu
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New England Data Management Curriculum
Collaboration with Researchers
• Building the science knowledge-base for librarians
• Conference planning• Skill development (data interviews)• Learning what researchers want and need
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Science Boot Camp
Science Boot Camp: June 2013 at UMass Amherst
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SCIENCE BOOT camp
For librarians .
Save the Date: June 11-13, 2014
Join us at theUniversity of Connecticut
Storrs, CT
Further details forthcoming. Registration opens in Spring 2014.
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New England Data Management Curriculum
Professional Development
• Annual symposium• Professional development days• Science bootcamp• Poster session• Research opportunities• Dissemination of research findings
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Save the Date!
When: April 9, 2014Theme: “Librarians working with Data”Where: Faculty Conference Room, University of Massachusetts Medical School Registration is open! For further details see the Symposium website at http://escholarship.umassmed.edu/escience_symposium/2014/
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Emerging e-Science roles
• Building research data services• Teaching RDM courses• Data management planning and consulting• Liaison between researchers and library• Maintaining IR and data repositories• Content development• Journal publishing
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New England Data Management Curriculum
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Birth of Research Informationist• 2010 NLM offered Administrative Supplement
highlighting role of the librarian on the biomedical research team
• Eight awards • 2013 second round of funding
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What Does the Informationist Do?
• Expert searching and filtering the literature
• Bibliographic management and training on use of tools
• Knowledge management (across multiple sites)
• Data management
• Co-authoring publications
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What Does the Informationist Do?
• Website development
• Consultation services
• Teaching RDM
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Competencies Identified
• Information science
• Domain specific knowledge
• Understanding of the grant funding process
• Understanding of clinical and/or basic science research
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Competencies Identified
• Project Management
• Database Management
• Database Design
• Statistics
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Library-Readiness
• Assessing researchers’ data needs• Conduct institutional self-assessment• Build relationship with Office of Research
(grants funding, etc.)• Design strategic agenda and approach• Plan for sustainability
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Librarian-Readiness• Willing to work outside traditional boundaries• Willing to take risks• Comfort with ambiguity• Entrepreneurship• Open to learning new skills, subject-disciplines• Work well with colleagues, non-librarians, and
can communicate between multiple groups
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How to Get Started
Tips and Tricks
1. Build on existing faculty relationships2. Find opportunities to work with students on
research projects (group, poster symposia, etc.)3. Use liaison contacts4. Conduct assessment5. Link to dissertations (personal librarian program,
IR, etc.)
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New Health Sciences/Science Librarian• Bounded professional moving to Blended
professional
• Defining a new professional identity
• Needs additional model development and further study
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The Blended Professional
• Embraces entrepreneurship and change
• Risk taking
• Independent research
• Pride in unique contributions of of librarianship to the team
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Questions Raised by the Model• Do you need a library to be a librarian?• To whom does the blended professional report
administratively?• To what extent will the library and/or other
department fund the position? Will the funding model influence the blended professional’s home?
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Role of the RMLs
• Conduct assessments of community needs• Bring librarians together• Provide educational and programming support• Provide tools, space, platforms for sharing
resources and experience• Disseminating findings
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For More Information…
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New England Data Management Curriculum
Questions and Further Discussion
Contact: Elaine Martin, DA [email protected] NER Escience Coordinators: Andrew Creamer [email protected] Donna Kafel [email protected]