Presentation given as part of webinar for the Pacific Northwest Region (PNR) of the National Networks of Libraries of Medicine (NNLM).

1. More ways than one:
Establishing research data services
at an academic medical library
Erin D. Foster
Ruth Lilly Medical Library
Indiana University School of Medicine
19 July 2017

2. I’m Erin.
I work at the Indiana University School of
Medicine (IUSM) as a Data Services Librarian.
Today is my 179th day on the job.
Hello!
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3. (roughly) 7,357
students, residents, faculty, and staff
1
medical library
9
regional campuses
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4. Identifying
opportunities
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The ‘getting started’ piece

5. Low hanging fruit
Can you leverage existing
expertise within the library or
at your institution?
Types of opportunities
Long term projects
What do you need to know
more about and how do you
get that information?
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6. What that’s looked like for me
Hosted a local class for
‘Love Your Data’ 2017
week
Data visualization series
taught by Social
Sciences & Digital
Publishing Librarian
Conducting a needs
assessment and
environmental scan of
IUSM faculty, students,
and staff
Developing a data catalog
for clinical research data
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7. The reality of
challenges
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Don’t be alarmed

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In no particular order and not
comprehensive
1. How do you decide where to start?
2. How to determine you’re actually filling a
need?
3. How to decide where to integrate services?

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Slightly overwhelming at times…

10. Fantastic
partnerships
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And where to find them
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Heather Coates
Jamie Wittenberg
Beth Whipple

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“Erin & Heather - I don’t know if
you have had a chance to
meet/speak with...our REDCap
Application Administrator (...) [we]
are looking at ways to provide
formal/structured
training/education of REDCap, not
just to the researchers and their
staff, but also to expand into the
academic arenas of the university.”
“Heather and Erin - Great to
connect...and find out more about
your work and share about mine as
well. I am very interested in potential
collaborations for training/education,
etc. given we may be targeting some
of the same groups (...) let’s keep the
discussion going about ways we can
best reach the research community
and beyond...”
“Great to meet with you as well -
we look forward to collaborating! A
couple action items that we can
move forward with – 1) developing
a matrix/comparison of data
capture tools available to
IUSM/IUPUI groups, 2) developing
a tutorial to help researchers run
reports for clinical trial data using
REDCap, and 3) setting up a [space]
where [people] can come to us
(and other relevant partners) with
data problems.”

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Ultimately, I hope to
cultivate and develop
a team that provides
data services.

14. Any questions ?
You can find me at: erdfost@iu.edu
Thanks!
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