Emerging roles for biomedical librarians: a survey of current practice, challenges, and changes
Emerging roles for biomedical librarians: a survey of current practice, challenges, and changes
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DOI：
10.3163/1536-5050.101.4.009
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发表时间：
2013-10-01
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2
通讯作者：
Cooper, I. Diane
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作者：
Crum, Janet A.;Cooper, I. Diane
目的：本研究的目的是（1）确定生物医学图书馆员的新兴角色，并确定这些角色是如何常见的各种图书馆设置，（2）确定障碍，采取新的角色，（3）确定图书馆员如何发展的能力，采取新的roles.Methods：一项调查进行了生物医学settings.Results：大多数生物医学图书馆员正在采取新的角色。调查受访者选择的最常见的角色包括分析和增强用户体验，支持社交媒体，支持系统评价，临床信息学家，帮助教师或工作人员解决作者问题，以及实施研究人员分析和协作工具。在学术环境中的受访者更有可能报告新的角色比医院图书馆员，但一些新的角色是常见的两种设置。受访者使用各种方法来腾出时间来担任新的角色，但主要的方法在主任和图书馆员之间以及学术和医院受访者之间各不相同。缺乏时间是图书馆员在尝试接受新角色时面临的最大障碍。新的角色与个人和/或团体外的library.Conclusion和影响：本次调查文件的广泛纳入新的角色，在美国的生物医学图书馆，以及采用这些角色的障碍和图书馆员的手段，使他们的时间。调查结果可用于为生物医学图书馆员的战略规划、继任规划、图书馆教育和职业发展提供信息。
Objective: This study is intended to (1) identify emerging roles for biomedical librarians and determine how common these roles are in a variety of library settings, (2) identify barriers to taking on new roles, and (3) determine how librarians are developing the capacity to take on new roles.Methods: A survey was conducted of librarians in biomedical settings.Results: Most biomedical librarians are taking on new roles. The most common roles selected by survey respondents include analysis and enhancement of user experiences, support for social media, support for systematic reviews, clinical informationist, help for faculty or staff with authorship issues, and implementation of researcher profiling and collaboration tools. Respondents in academic settings are more likely to report new roles than hospital librarians are, but some new roles are common in both settings. Respondents use a variety of methods to free up time for new roles, but predominant methods vary between directors and librarians and between academic and hospital respondents. Lack of time is the biggest barrier that librarians face when trying to adopt new roles. New roles are associated with increased collaboration with individuals and/or groups outside the library.Conclusion and Implications: This survey documents the widespread incorporation of new roles in biomedical libraries in the United States, as well as the barriers to adopting these roles and the means by which librarians are making time for them. The results of the survey can be used to inform strategic planning, succession planning, library education, and career development for biomedical librarians.