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ArticleJournal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA2021

Health sciences librarians' engagement in open science: a scoping review.

Dean Giustini, Kevin B Read, Ariel Deardorff, Lisa Federer, Melissa L Rethlefsen

Abstract readScoping Review
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Article in Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Rigor and reproducibility instruction in academic medical libraries.Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA · 2022
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  5. Health sciences librarians' engagement in open science: a scoping review.Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Dean Giustinidean.giustini@ubc.ca, University of British Columbia, Biomedical Branch Library, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6197-8788
Kevin B Readkevin.read@usask.ca, University of Saskatchewan, Health Sciences Library, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7511-9036
Ariel Deardorffariel.deardorff@ucsf.edu, University of California, San Francisco Library, San Francisco, CA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8930-6089
Lisa Federerlisa.federer@nih.gov, NLM Data Science and Open Science Librarian, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5732-5285
Melissa L Rethlefsenmlrethlefsen@gmail.com, University of New Mexico, Health Sciences Library & Informatics Center, Albuquerque, NM.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5322-9368

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo identify the engagement of health sciences librarians (HSLs) in open science (OS) through the delivery of library services, support, and programs for researchers.

methodsWe performed a scoping review guided by Arksey and O'Malley's framework and Joanna Briggs' Manual for Scoping Reviews. Our search methods consisted of searching five bibliographic databases (MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, LISTA, and Web of Science Core Collection), reference harvesting, and targeted website and journal searching. To determine study eligibility, we applied predetermined inclusion and exclusion criteria and reached consensus when there was disagreement. We extracted data in duplicate and performed qualitative analysis to map key themes.

resultsWe included fifty-four studies. Research methods included descriptive or narrative approaches (76%); surveys, questionnaires, and interviews (15%); or mixed methods (9%). We labeled studies with one or more of FOSTER's six OS themes: open access (54%), open data (43%), open science (24%), open education (6%), open source (6%), and citizen science (6%). Key drivers in OS were scientific integrity and transparency, openness as a guiding principle in research, and funder mandates making research publicly accessible.

conclusionsHSLs play key roles in advancing OS worldwide. Formal studies are needed to assess the impact of HSLs' engagement in OS. HSLs should promote adoption of OS within their research communities and develop strategic plans aligned with institutional partners. HSLs can promote OS by adopting more rigorous and transparent research practices of their own. Future research should examine HSLs' engagement in OS through social justice and equity perspectives.

Indexed as

LibrariansMedicineDatabases, BibliographicHumansMEDLINEResearch Designhealth sciences librarianshealth sciences librariesopen science

Identifiers

PMID34858084
PMCPMC8608193

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