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Systematic Reviews don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing

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Team Ireland had a very successful sojourn in sunny Seville last week for the EAHIL 2016 Conference. In total there were 6 of us there, so expect to hear some reports in HINT and other for a in the coming months.

As you can imagine, there were lots of really interesting presentations and poster – many soon to be uploaded onto the EAHIL conference website http://www.bvsspa.es/eahil2016/

I thought you might be interested in this blog post by Cambridge health librarian Isla Kuhn which came about in response to a presented paper on the quality of reporting of systematic reviews.

It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing

It is well worth a read and there are useful links to all the standards for reporting SRs and search strategies – always handy to have on standby.

I also suggest reading her other blog posts – there are lots covering presentations from the latest EAHIL, all well worth reading.

Also, you may also be interested in (yet another!) Database of Systematic Reviews  http://www.epistemonikos.org/

Epistemonikos is a collaborative, multilingual database of research evidence and knowledge translation products. Epistemonikos was developed and is maintained by systematically searching electronic databases and other sources for relevant systematic reviews and broad syntheses of reviews.

The aim of Epistemonikos is to provide rapid access to systematic reviews in health. You can read an interesting paper presented by Hilde Stromme comparing Epistemonikos to the Cochrane Library as soon as the papers are uploaded.

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View the presentations from HSLG2016

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After a fantastic conference in May, we thought we’d give you an extra chance for reflection by adding the presentations to the website. Check out your favourite presentations below.

Day 1, 12 May 2016

Keynote speech: Something Old, Something New: Health Librarian Capabilities for the Knowledge Economy and the Digital Age by Ann Wales

“Building value into a core skill.” by Anne Madden, St. Vincent’s University Hospital,

“Advancing our skillset: building the Rudai 23 e-learning course for information professionals” by Caroline Rowan, St Michael’s Hospital and Stephanie Ronan, Marine Institute

Making Our Skills Visible Through Research by Aoife Lawton, Health Service Executive

Advancing skills: from ‘lovely librarians’ to knowledge ninjas by Mary Dunne & Mairea Nelson, Health Research Board,

Learning from e-learning in other organisations by Joanne Callinan, Milford Care Centre,

Putting it into Practice: applying the skill set by Kate Kelly, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

Why and What to Measure? Understanding & Using Altmetrics to evaluate impact. by Jane Burns, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland & School of Information & Communication Studies, University College Dublin

Posters

The Skillset of a Health Science Library Assistant by Jesse Walters, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

Sharing our expertise: Lets HEAR about it! by Caroline Rowan, St. Michael’s Hospital, Dun Laoghaire

Development of Rotunda: Birth of a Nation 1916 Centenary Exhibition at the Rotunda by Anne M. O’Byrne, Rotunda Hospital

Day 2, 13 May 2016

Bibliometrics: Maximising & Assessing Research Impact by Fintan Bracken, University of Limerick

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Our first Twitterchat

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Our inaugural HSLG Twitterchat was held on 26 May. Kicking off at 8pm, the discussion followed on from the theme of our annual conference “Advancing Health Library Skill Sets”.

To get a sense of what the Twitterchat was like, check out our Storify of the event.  This is a curated rendering of the conversations. Not all tweets are included, but there should be more than enough for you to get a sense of what it was like.

We are open to suggestions for future themes, so if you have topics you feel we should discuss, please send your recommendations along to contacthslg@gmail.com

 

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Questions for tonight’s Twitterchat

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To help focus all our minds for tonight’s Twitterchat, here is the list of questions that we will be posing over the course of the event.

Q1 – What do you consider the key skills of a health librarian?
Q2 – The LAI recommends 25 hours of CPD per year. How many hours and what types of CPD do you complete each year?
Q3 – How does your organisation support your professional development?
Q4 – What skills would you like to acquire in the coming year?
Q5 – Do you publicise your qualifications at work and if so how?
Q6 – What kinds of e-learning have you completed recently? And did you find it more or less useful than in-person training?
So have a think about these questions over the course of the day and we’ll kick off with question 1 at 8:00 pm tonight.
Don’t forget the hashtag for tonight is #HSLGchat
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Inaugural HSLG Twitterchat

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HSLG will be holding its inaugural Twitterchat on Thursday 26 May at 8:00 pm. The theme for this Twitterchat will be “Advancing Health Library Skill Sets” and will build upon the HSLG Annual Conference.

We’re very excited by this new initiative by the HSLG community and we look forward to chatting with everyone on Thursday. The hashtag for this Twitterchat will be #HSLGchat.

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HSLG 2016: meet the presenters #11

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Anne M O Byrne: Development of “Rotunda Birth of a Nation” ; 1916 Centenary Exhibition at the Rotunda.

Anne is Head Librarian in the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin. A graduate of the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, she holds a BSc Econ in Information and Information Studies and an MSc Econ in Health Information Management. As a professional Librarian she is committed to the equal provision of information services to all categories of users and has a particular professional interest in developing outreach programmes and remote services to facilitate end-user training. She sees the role of librarians as being in partnership with lecturers, teachers and students in advancing learning and knowledge. Her role as custodian of historical memorabilia has progressed during her term as Librarian in the Rotunda Hospital, and in her development of the Bartholomew Mosse Tercentenary Exhibition to mark Mosse’s life as founder of the first “Lying-in Hospital”.

Abstract

To coincide with the 1916 Centenary celebrations in Dublin, the Rotunda Hospital hosted an Exhibition entitled “ Rotunda Birth of a Nation” . This Exhibition acknowledged the role of five extraordinary 1916 medical women who supported the women and babies of Dublin at time of turmoil .
A group was formed in September 2015, comprised of a multi-disciplinary team headed by the Rotunda’s Head Librarian, Anne M O Byrne and assisted by Sinead McCoole, as Curatorial Advisor to the Group.
Over the period (October 2015 to February 2016), Committee worked with its various partners to develop high quality graphic displays to represent the role of each of these
women in the Rotunda. They became three medical doctors : Bridget Lyons Thornton, Kathleen Lynn, Dorothy Stopford Price and through collaboration with Abbeyleix Heritage Trust the life of Mary O Shea, nurse/Midwife. The final nurse was Albinia Brodrick whose connections became apparent through the joint research of the Historian and Librarian, a unique collaboration.
In addition to the physical Exhibition a serious of lunchtime talks were hosted during the
Exhibition. The Exhibition was well attended with a total footfall of 3053 visitors through the doors of the Rotunda. Work has already commenced on the future role of this Exhibition and its inclusion on the Rotunda Online Exhibition site at www.rotunda.ie

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HSLG 2016: meet the presenters #10

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Kate Kelly: Putting it into Practice: applying the skill set

Kate is Director of Library Services at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI).RCSI is currently building a new academic education centre incorporating a new library and has been recruiting for new positions over the last year. Kate has spent most of her library career in health sciences working in the USA and Ireland. She has an MSc in Health Services Research and is a fellow of the Library Association of Ireland (FLAI) and distinguished member of the US Academy of Health Information Professionals (AHIP).

Abstract

In support of its strategy “Growth and Excellence” RCSI is building a new medical education centre incorporating a new health sciences library. Planning for this building challenged library staff at all levels to consider and reconsider what it is we do, how we do it, and why we do it. What if anything differentiates a health sciences library and health sciences librarians from other libraries? Using RCSI Library as a case study this presentation will share some of the learnings from our benchmarking exercises as prelude to a restructuring and the thinking behind resulting new positions.

 

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HSLG 2016: meet the presenters #9

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Fintan Bracken: Bibliometrics: Maximising & Assessing Research Impact

Fintan is the Research Services and Bibliometrics Librarian in the University of Limerick. In this role, Fintan is responsible for providing services to researchers in many aspects of the research process including bibliometrics, open access, publication strategy and maximising research impact. Prior to joining UL in October 2013, Fintan worked with IReL, the Irish Research eLibrary. He has also previously worked in the Marine Institute’s research library. Fintan completed a PhD in zoology in 2004 and has published research on various topics including bird biodiversity and usability studies. LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/fintanbracken.

Abstract

In the last decade, the use of bibliometrics has become more mainstream in universities and research institutions throughout the world. Bibliometrics refers to the quantitative measures used to assess research output, in other words, publication and citation analysis. This workshop will provide:

  • An overview of bibliometrics and how they can be used;
  • An explanation of the main metrics used;
  • Details on how to find citations to articles and how to calculate the h-index of a researcher using the three main citation tools, Web of Science, Scopus and Google Scholar;
  • Information on other methods and tools to assess the research impact of individuals and groups;
  • An explanation of the main journal metrics and instructions on how to find each.

This workshop will also highlight five key methods for optimising the impact of research including publishing in high impact journals (e.g. using ScimagoJR.com), ensuring a researcher’s outputs are easily identifiable (e.g. using ORCID and Google Scholar Profiles), increasing the visibility of publications (e.g. using Open Access), and promoting research (e.g. using social media).

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HSLG 2016: meet the presenters #8

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Caroline Rowan & Stephanie Ronan: Advancing our skillset: building the Rudai23 e-learning course for information professionalsrudai23

Caroline is the health librarian in St. Michael’s Hospital. She has several  undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications including a Master of Arts and a Master of Library & Information Studies.  An enthusiastic advocate for libraries, she is a Communications Officer for the Health Sciences Library Group, a co-editor of HINT: Health Information News & Thinking and a collaborator on HEAR: Health Evidence Awareness Report and on the Rudai 23 professional development course. Twitter – @librarianintown, LinkedIn – ie.linkedin.com/in/rowancaroline

Stephanie is an information professional, providing the library services to the Marine Institute in Galway. As a solo librarian, she manages all aspects of the library including the institutional repository and is quickly becoming a marine information expert. She is secretary for the WRSLAI, collaborator on Rudai23 and a founding member of the Repository Network Ireland. Twitter @StephanieRonan, LinkedIn https://ie.linkedin.com/in/sronan

Abstract

Rudaí 23 is a free online course based on the original 23 Things format by Helene Blowers. It was developed by a collaboration comprising several members of the Western Regional Section of the Library Association of Ireland and additional contributors from the library and education sectors. The primary aims comprised the provision of instruction in relation to web tools, advocacy and on legal, technical and professional topics. The course is the first online course to be certified by the Library Association of Ireland.

This presentation examines the skills needed to establish, develop, moderate and manage an online course with a team of eleven voluntary instructors. To initiate the course, team members became competent in design tools, policy writing, recruitment and social media marketing. The course was managed and run on-line thus the team worked without verbal and visual cues, honing communication and team-working skills. Rudaí 23 consisted of 23 modules; in producing these modules the team advanced their researching, writing, editing and design skills, as well as adhering to copyright laws. Finally the presentation examines the skills advanced through acquiring project feedback and the organisation of a certificate presentation ceremony.

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HSLG 2016: meet the presenters #7

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Ann Wales: Something Old, Something New: Health Librarian Capabilities for the Knowledge Economy and the Digital Age

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Since 2005, Ann has held the national role of Programme Director for Knowledge Management in NHS Education for Scotland, leading national strategic development of knowledge management across health and social care. This has included delivery of the national online Knowledge Network as a national gateway to evidence, information and learning resources for health and social care. Ann also worked with partners to design and operationalise a national service  for translating knowledge into action in health and social care, with a strong focus on developing knowledge broker roles to facilitate that process  The constant driving force behind Ann’s work is her commitment to translating knowledge into decisions and actions to improve health and care.

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Drawing upon international research and upon the experience of the Knowledge into Action Strategy for Health and Social Services in Scotland, this presentation will explore the knowledge, skills, behaviours and mindsets required to realise the potential of the health librarian role in the 21st Century. It will highlight the need for librarians to respond to transformation of health and social care delivery; the “digital first” approach to public services, the growth of the knowledge economy, and the financial challenges underlying all these drivers for change.  An overarching theme is the need to develop beyond the traditional librarian role in organising information to become knowledge brokers that facilitate the translation of knowledge into practice. Participants will be invited to debate the real-life challenges of evolving professional identity and skills in this changing context.