Serving the Biomedical Research Community

Serving the Biomedical Research Community Future Roles, Challenges, and Opportunities Melissa Rethlefsen 5/4/05

Serving the Biomedical Research Community
Changing roles: consultations, web authoring, informationist, outreach
Scholarly communication: serials, open access, digital repositories
Increasing library visibility: faculty liaisons, virtual presence, library as place

In-Depth Reference
Point of need instruction
Consultations

Web Authoring
Toolkits
Quality-filtered resources
Pathfinders
Tutorials

The Informationist
What is an informationist ?
Specialized knowledge of field and information science
Skills include:
Information retrieval
Analysis
Synthesis

The Informationist
Clinical
Grand Rounds
Patient care teams
Bioinformationist
Public health

Outreach
Communities
Public librarians
Community organizations
Professionals without libraries
Rural health professionals
Public health

Outreach Opportunities
Training and capacity building
PubMed
MedlinePlus
Document delivery
Web resources

Scholarly Communication
Serials costs increase yearly
Cutting subscriptions
Purchasing electronic-only subscriptions
Subscribing to “big deal” to maintain costs

Higher costs increase publisher market share*
Libraries forced into access model
Publishers control historical record
*Office of Fair Trading. (2002). The market for scientific, technical, and medical journals: a statement by the OFT [OFT396] . London: Office of Fair Trading.

Interlibrary loan, document delivery
Fewer rare titles
Restrictions on electronic titles
Copyright law versus contract law

Collection development
“ Big deal” subscriptions increase use of included titles

Reshape scholarly communication
Digital repositories
Open access initiatives
Digital preservation

Influence faculty publication
Open access initiatives
Support open access financially
Encourage tenure committees to consider
Discourage impact factor decisions
Cancel “big deal” and high-priced subscriptions

Campus Visibility
Need to increase visibility of library
Communicate library’s value
Students
Using search engines
Plagiarism, poor quality information

Campus Visibility
Increase visibility to faculty
Faculty liaison
“ Blended librarian”

Campus Visibility
Increase visibility
Leadership positions outside library
Go to faculty
Satellite libraries
Information literacy
Leadership in curriculum development
Credit courses

Campus Visibility
Virtual presence
Instructional technology
Virtual reference
Web authoring

Campus Visibility
Library as place
Group study space
Multimedia equipment
Attractive, comfortable
Coffee shops
Information commons
Supports cooperative learning
Help with technology, finding information

University Libraries’ Mission
“ The mission of the University Libraries is to enhance access to and maintain the record of human thought, knowledge, and culture for current and future users . The University Libraries support and contribute to the University’s three-fold mission of research and discovery, teaching and learning, and outreach and public service through the development of collections, delivery of services, and creative applications of information technologies.”

Serving the Community
New roles, new services, new communities
Serving current and future communities by shaping scholarly communication
Increasing visibility to better serve physical and virtual library users

Roles, Challenges, Opportunities
“Can libraries survive in the largely electronic world?...If libraries and librarians will be needed, what functions will they perform, and who will perform them?” –F.W. Lancaster, 1978

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