hsl: synergistic partnerships
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MLA 2008 Annual Meeting presented paper for sessionTRANSCRIPT
Health Sciences Libraries: Synergistic PartnershipsJean SongBioinformationist, Health Sciences LibrariesNational Center for Integrative Biomedical InformaticsUniversity of [email protected]
May 18, 2008
HSL Partnerships
Human Genetics Liaison Bioinformationist School of Information Internship Bioinformatics Interest Group (BIG) Public Health Subcontract Clinical and Translational Science Award
consortium
Human Genetics Liaison
Person-to-unit collaboration Human Genetics Department of the School of Medicine Established relationship Professional appointment with the department Tap into external expertise
Major projects NCBI in-house training (e.g. Field Guide,
PubChem, BLAST) Jackson Laboratory Mouse Genome
Informatics in-house training Mouse club Grant-writing series
HSLHSL
Human GeneticsLibrarian
School ofMedicine
Organization collaborationHealth Sciences LibrariesNational Center for Integrative
Biomedical Informatics Pilot Purpose: test the viability of a
bioinformationist to increase research support in bioinformatics
The Bioinformationist
A National Center for Biomedical Computing (NCBC)
National Center for Integrative Biomedical Informatics
University of Michigan’s Center for Computational Medicine and Biology (CCMB)
Problem-based tool development applied to Driving Biological Problems
The Bioinformationist
Recruitment Initial work Continued funding for position Major projects
Intellectual property management NIH Public Access Policy compliance Education Core participation
Heuristic evaluations Needs assessment
Usability testing participation
HSLHSL
Bioinform-ationist NCIBI
Internship
Organization collaboration HSL, NCIBI, School of Information Faculty, researcher, student
Multiple mentors Major projects
Gene name curation Citation analysis Impact factor assessment Tools analysis
HSLHSL
Internship School of Information
Bioinformatics Interest Group
Divisional collaboration within the University Library system Science Engineering Health Sciences Libraries
Challenges of supporting bioinformatics research Multi-disciplinary nature of the field of bioinformatics Historical compartmentalization of library services Geographic separation of libraries and campuses
Cannot be achieved by a single person Mission: provide innovative resources to support
bioinformatics research on campus
BIG Structure
Members Diverse: Engineering, Biology, Chemistry,
NLM Associate Fellow Subject and professional expertise: BS, MS, PhD
Meetings Monthly, alternating campuses Include informational session
Major Projects NIH Public Access Policy compliance and
institutional repository pilot NCBI User Services training alternatives development Needs assessment for bioinformatics portal development
BIG
HSLHSL
Engineering Science
Public Health Subcontract
Unit collaboration with local governments HSL Genesee and Monroe counties’ health departments
Creating a Roadmap: Local Public Health 2.0 Needs assessment Web 2.0 technologies Technology integrated projects as examples for other
health departments
Local Public Health 2.0
Goal: best practices for Web 2.0 technologies to improve communication
Objectives Needs assessment
Focus groups Surveys
Training Integrate technologies into workflow
Create technology integrated projects Evaluation survey
Website development Wiki based sharing tool Usability testing
Collaboration Partnerships Institutional Involvement
Human Genetics Librarian
FacultyLibrarianResearchers
HSLExternal Informatics Institutions School of Medicine
Bioinformationist DevelopersFaculty Librarian
HSLNCIBI
Internship DevelopersFacultyLibrariansStudent
HSLNCIBISchool of Information
BIG LibrariansNLM Associate FellowStudent
Engineering Library HSLScience LibrarySchool of Information
Public Health Depts
LibrariansPublic Hlth Professionals
HSLPublic Hlth depts
HSL Strengths
HSL Collaborations
PublicHealthDepts
Internship BIG
Bioinfor-mationist
Human GeneticsLibrarian
HSL
NCIBI
School ofMedicine
AAEL
ScienceLibrary
School ofInformation
Clinical and Translational Science Award Consortium Institutional collaboration
HSL CTSA consortium
CTSA Goals Develop new methods to clinical and translational research Improve training and mentoring Design clinical research informatics tools Assemble interdisciplinary teams Forge new partnerships with private and public health care
organizations HSL involvement
Community outreach Education Informatics
References
http://www.lib.umich.edu/hsl/ http://www.ncibi.org/ http://nnlm.gov/gmr/ http://www.ctsaweb.org/
Acknowledgements
Health Sciences Libraries National Center for Integrative Biomedical
InformaticsNIH Grant # U54-DA021519
National Networks of Libraries of Medicine, Greater Midwest Region, Public Health subcontract NO1-LM-6-3503, CFDA 93.879 between the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois and the University of Michigan