Bibliographic Management Practices & Scientific Literature Usage

Bibliographic ManagementScientific Literature Usage 15 November 2011

Why did we commission the research?2

A few methodology facts  Independent research firm  Qualitative / opinion-based  Diverse pool of participants3

A few more methodology facts Regulatory Affairs Job Function 10% Corporate Marketing Librarian Manager 37% 24% Lead or Principle Scientist or Researcher, 29%4

A few more methodology facts Decision‐Making Individual Level 5% Workgroup Level 43% Enterprise 52% Level

A few more methodology facts Years of Experience 80% 12% 8% Less than 10 10 to 19 20 or more

Findings: what research scientists want “People don’t know what other people have looked at. There should be some system where I know people in a special field have already “Everybody knows looked at an article, their responsibilities and maybe those to keep up with the articles pop up articles in the centrally.” library.”5

Findings: what librarians want “We’re purveyors of knowledge, breaking down silos.” “People expect us to be the drivers of bibliographic policy.” “25% might set up their own alerts, but I go and set up the other 75% because I don’t want them to miss anything.”6

Findings: what marketers want “It would be nice if there was one place they could all link. If there were some solution that took medical journals as a whole and when it became published you could pull articles from those so you didn’t have to physically go looking for them, but were delivered to you.”7

Findings: what reg.affairs pros want “Although users have been educated on appropriate article use, it’s difficult to police all their actions.”8

Important activities related to scientific literature acquisition and use Searching full-text 71% Supporting discovery 62% Retrieving full-text articles in 1-click 62% Exporting search results for future reference 57% Preparing citations for future use 48% Automatically generating bibliographies 48% Identifying previously purchased literature 48% Organizing citations 43% Identifying connections between articles 43% Identifying free literature 43% Highlighting and annotating for personal use 38% Managing current awareness or table of contents… 38%Sharing and collaborating on literature search results 35% Importing references from text files, online… 34% Enabling secure commenting & collaboration 33% Identifying materials that are regulatory-approved… 33% Viewing personal, workgroup and company trends… 33% Accessing usage statistics and reporting 33% Preparing and delivering SDIs (Selective… 30% Identifying materials that peers read, use, or… 29% Bookmarking 29%Maintaining links to web resources related to articles 29% Tagging 25% Uploading documents related to articles 25% Following the activity of colleagues or workgroups 24% 9

Importance differs by who you are Discover what colleagues are working on Simplify the ability to share what I am… Brand & Save time accessing full‐text literature Product Managers Simplify literature monitoring Regulatory Simplify copyright‐compliant article usage Affairs Simplify regulatory‐compliant article usage Corporate Improve your typical or routine activities… Librarians Simplify creation and distribution of SDIs… Scientists & Researchers Simplify bibliographic information… Eliminate the need to use multiple systems 0 2 4 6 8 10 1213

Additional Finding: Facilitated collaboration is routine within research teams, but is far less common across & outside of the organization14

Reprints Desk’s responseFree access at www.bibliogo.com15

Thank you. Contact information: Armand Brevig Reprints Desk abrevig@reprintsdesk.com +44 771824480516

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