Michele R. Tennant Assistant Director, Health Science Center Libraries

1. Meeting the unique information needs of clinical and translational researchers: assessment, preparation, and intervention

2. Michele R. Tennant Assistant Director, Health Science Center Libraries Bioinformatics Librarian, UF Genetics Institute Jennifer A. Lyon Clinical Research Librarian, Health Science Center Libraries Rolando Garcia-Milian Basic Biomedical Sciences Librarian, Health Science Center Libraries Hannah F. Norton Liaison and Reference Librarian, Health Science Center Libraries Cecilia E. Botero Associate Dean of the George A. Smathers Libraries and Director of the Health Science Center Libraries

3. UF’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute Grant awarded in 2009 Over 800 investigators from all 16 of UF’s colleges Medicine, journalism, law, arts and sciences, etc. Provost provided “Clinical Research Librarian” position to work with CTSI

4. Clinical Research Librarian Works closely with RKRS Participated in CTSI strategic planning Instruction in CTSI programs: Summer “Introduction to Clinical and Translational Research” class for faculty (additional librarians work with small groups) CTSI MD/PhD students CTSI administration staff Go-to person for CTSI information needs

5. 2011 Online Assessment - CTSA Librarians Purpose – learn more about information services offered at libraries affiliated with institutions awarded CTSAs Sent only to library directors and librarians at such libraries – facilitated assessment Limitation – left out non-US and non-CTSA libraries in which clinical and translational researchers are served

6. 2011 Online Assessment – What we Learned Traditional librarian roles such as expert searching and instruction are important services for translational research Although library support for bioinformatics, data curation and collaboration were seen as important, actual support lagged behind New roles related to community engagement and research impact were identified

7. NNLM/SEA Funded Study Use online assessment, interviews and focused discussion to understand the information needs of UF CTSI researchers General information needs Information needs related to data* Information needs related to bioinformatics Use online assessment to identify services provided by other libraries (update 2011 assessment)*

8. NNLM/SEA Funded Study Train UF HSCL librarians in areas identified through assessment Systematic reviews* Assessing research impact* Assisting with CTSA renewal process* Use new knowledge to create effective and innovative services for the UF CTSI community

9. Internal Data Needs Assessment 20 question IRB-02 exempted online assessment Questions developed in collaboration with: Director of UF’s High Performance Computing Center Digital Library Center E-mailed to over 800 UF CTSI investigators Open for one month 59 respondents; 7.1% response rate

10. What we Learned Multiple types of data collected: Medical (69%), numerical (62%), tabulated (48%), molecular (42%), text (38%) Stored in multiple ways: Unit network (79%), personal computer (39%), external hard drive, DVD, CD (35%), institutional storage (31%) 96% of researchers are willing to share with immediate collaborators, but only 35% are willing to share with others in their field 68% plan to share their data through journal publication, while 22% make them available on request. 10% won’t share data

11. What we Learned How long should data be stored? Raw: 6-10 years Working: 1-5 years Processed: 6-10 years BUT: 22% (raw data), 8% (working data), and 18% (processed data) should be saved FOREVER While the greatest needs reported by researchers involved computing expertise and storage capacity, 44% indicated that training on data management, and 51% data management systems for data organization – roles that can be filled by librarians and libraries

12. External Librarian Assessment Updated 2011 online assessment of CTSA librarians Used what we learned in 2011: Assessing research impact Facilitating researcher collaboration Community outreach/consumer health Expanded focus to include non-CTSA institutions Sent to multiple email lists: MEDLIB-L, MolBio-SIG, Informationist SIG, CTSA-Lib, ACRL, SLA-DBIO, CANMEDLIB, the UK’s LIS-MEDICAL

13. External Librarian Assessment Primarily covered seven areas of service provision: Searching (literature, systematic reviews, impact*) NIH Public Access Policy/Open Access Institutional Repositories (or their equivalents) Community Engagement/Consumer Health* Data Management, Curation Bioinformatics Support Facilitating Research Collaboration; Profiling Tools

14. What we Learned 120 responses US, UK, Canada, Japan, Germany, Serbia, Iran, India 50.9% of respondents work in libraries affiliated with a CTSA institution (n=114) 88.9% work with CTS researchers (n=108) 8.6% were involved in the development of the institution’s CTSA application (n=58) 22.8% have been involved in the renewal (n=57) (20% not yet applied for renewal) 30.3% are officially affiliated with the CTSI (n=53)

15. Searching Services (n=85)

16. IR (n=80); Open Access/Public Access (n=84)

17. Community/Consumer Health Services (n=84)

18. Bioinformatics (n=84); Data Services (n=81)

19. Facilitating Collaboration and Networking (n=75)

20. Training for Librarians MLA-approved CE courses “Introduction to Systematic Reviews” and “Advanced Systematic Reviews” Course developers and instructors Jan Glover and Karen Odato taught 11 HSCL librarians over 2 days Next steps: Determine feasibility of developing and marketing systematic review service given current staffing Explore funding sources for tools such as EMBASE and EndNote – or feasibility of service without tools Explore likely impact of such a service

21. Training for Librarians Training in assessing and enhancing research impact and contributing to the CTSA renewal process Five HSCL librarians traveled to the Becker Medical Library at Wash U for training by Kristi Holmes and Cathy Sarli Next steps: Develop sample packet of materials and present to CTSI leadership Explore funding sources for tools such as Scopus and Essential Science Indicators Integrate into CTSI evaluation team

22. What’s Next Complete general information and bioinformatics online needs assessments Perform interviews and focused discussions with researchers regarding general, data and bioinformatics information needs Take what we have learned and identify at least nine actionable needs Develop innovative and relevant services for UF’s CTSA community

23. This project has been funded in part with Federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, under Contract # HHS-N-276-2011-00004-C Thank you!