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Placing the Academic Library at the center of the veterinary

PhD students’ formation

Life Sciences LibraryUniversity of Liège, Belgium

European Conference of Medical and Health Libraries - June 2008, Helsinki, Finland

Christine Brouwir - Sandrine Vandenput

EAHIL BSV

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Veterinary schools in French-speaking Belgium

NORTH SEA

Bruxelles

Liège University

ULg

Dutch-speaking

French-speaking

6 years

FUNDP

UCLULB

DVM (2007) n = 320

M1M2 M3

B1 B2B3

3 yearsmasters

(ULg only)

3 yearsbachelors

(all schools)

Louvain-la -neuve

Namur

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The place of the Library in the vet cursus and in the practitioners’ life

Bachelors Masters Professional level

Time

+ Library action

Basics in IT literacy

▪ IT literacy advanced courses▪ Scientific writing

Targeted and advanced courses

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At the professional level

How does the Life Sciences Library help them ?

Practitioners

Researchers

ComplementaryMaster

PhD students

+ Library action

Continuing education(conferences,…)

• Bibliographic management(EndNote)

• Support in publishing(AMV)

Trainingsin scientific writing IT literacy advanced

courses

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In practice for the PhD students

1. Specific targeted courses and training sessions

(a) Advanced skills in information literacy

(b) How to write and publish a scientific paper

(c) Bibliographic management

2. Support in scientific writing

(a) Opportunities to publish a review article

(b) Open access publication of PhD thesis

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a) Advanced skills in information literacy

10 h theorical + 5 h workshop by a librarian

+ Library

With a scientific vet librarian, DVM

Exclusively centered on the students’ own scientific interests and needs

1. Courses and trainings

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b) How to write and publish a scientific paper

Discussion based on the different aspects of scientific writing

▪ Structure of the article

▪ Citations

▪ Ethics

+ Library

With a librarian,PhD in veterinary medicine

1. Courses and trainings

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EndNote trainings since 2007

Workshop with maximum 12 PhD students

▪ EndNoteweb (free for institutional members) - 5 h

▪ EndNote desktop version: advanced trainings - 3 x 2 h

+ Library

Technical support

Continuing assistance:

▪ technical helpdesk

▪ customized help

c) Bibliographic management

1. Courses and trainings

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2. Support in publishing

Local requirements for the PhD students:

→ 3 publications minimum in peer-reviewed journals

2 research articles

+ 1 «state of the Art» article

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a) Opportunities to publish in a ‘State of the Art’ review

Les Annales de Médecine Vétérinaire (AMV)

→ Advantages for the young researchers:

▪ First publication

▪ In a peer-reviewed journal

▪ Extended dissemination of their first scientific publication

▪ Formal procedures simplified

▪ In mother tongue (French)

+ LibraryEasy access to the editor-in-chief (scientific librarian of the university)

Familiar context for publication 

2. Support in publishing

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b) Online publication of the PhD thesis

Electronic deposit of theses in Bictel: http://bictel.ulg.ac.be/

Advantages for the young researchers:

▪ Valorization of the PhD research

▪ Increased visibility and notoriety

+ Library

Technical assistance

2. Support in publishing

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In the future…

▪ Developing objective evaluations of the different trainings

▪ Improving the librarians’ teaching skills and expertise

▪ Reinforcing the Library’s position and the variety of its roles in the Vet Faculty

▪ Strengthening the Cooperation between Library and Faculty

In october 2008, a scientific will be hired by the VMF to develop pedagogic tools in collaboration with the Library

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FACULTY AND LIBRARY PARTNERSHIP

For a goodFOR A GOOD…TEAM WORK !

Thank you for yourattentive listening