Virtual resident showcase: leveraging an institutional repository during COVID-19 social distancing

Heather J. Martin; Amanda Schwartz

doi:10.5195/jmla.2020.1052

Virtual resident showcase: leveraging an institutional repository during COVID-19 social distancing

Journal of the Medical Library Association JMLA ◽

10.5195/jmla.2020.1052 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 108 (4) ◽

Author(s):

Heather J. Martin ◽

Amanda Schwartz

Keyword(s):

Health Centers ◽

Scholarly Activity ◽

Academic Health Centers ◽

Library Services ◽

Institutional Repository ◽

Academic Health ◽

Institutional Repositories ◽

Annual Basis ◽

Medical Library ◽

Virtual Projects

While institutional repositories are common in medical schools and academic health centers, they have been used by only a small number of health systems to track and promote their research and scholarly activity. This article describes how Providence System Library Services leveraged their existing institutional repository platform to substitute a virtual showcase for an annual in-person event.Virtual Projects are published on an annual basis in the Journal of the Medical Library Association (JMLA) following an annual call for virtual projects in MLAConnect and announcements to encourage submissions from all types of libraries. An advisory committee of recognized technology experts selects project entries based on their currency, innovation, and contribution to health sciences librarianship.

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The institutional repository landscape in medical schools and academic health centers: a 2018 snapshot view and analysis

Journal of the Medical Library Association JMLA ◽

10.5195/jmla.2019.653 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 107 (4) ◽

Author(s):

Daniel G. Kipnis ◽

Lisa A. Palmer ◽

Ramune K. Kubilius

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Content Analysis ◽

Grey Literature ◽

Medical Schools ◽

Reading Program ◽

Health Centers ◽

Academic Health Centers ◽

Institutional Repository ◽

Academic Health ◽

Medical Library ◽

Study Results

Objective: This study uses survey research methods to gain a deeper understanding of the institutional repository (IR) landscape in medical schools and academic health centers.Methods: Members of the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL) were surveyed about their IRs. The authors used a mixed-methods approach of a survey and qualitative content analysis to identify common themes.Results: Survey results indicate that a large majority of responding medical schools and academic health centers have or are implementing an IR (35 out of 50, 70%). Of these, 60% (21 institutions) participate in an institution-wide IR rather than administer their own repositories. Much of the archived content is grey literature that has not already been published, but the percentage of original content varies greatly among institutions. The majority (57.1%) of respondent institutions are not considering an open access policy or mandate. Most institutions (71.4%) reported that repository staff are depositing materials on behalf of users. dSPACE and bepress Digital Commons are the most popular repository platforms in this community. The planned enhancements that were most frequently reported were implementing a discovery layer and ORCID integration. The majority of respondents (54.3%) do not plan to migrate to a different platform in the foreseeable future. Analysis of respondent comments identified the following themes: integration, redundancy, and reporting; alternatives and exploration; uniqueness; participation; and funding and operations.Conclusions: The study results capture a view of the IR landscape in medical schools and academic health centers and help readers understand what services their peers have in place as well as their plans for future developments. This article has been approved for the Medical Library Association’s Independent Reading Program.

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Multisite collaboration using REDCap to capture library data

Journal of the Medical Library Association JMLA ◽

10.5195/jmla.2019.768 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 107 (4) ◽

Author(s):

Carrie Grinstead ◽

Amanda Schwartz

Keyword(s):

Advisory Committee ◽

Health Sciences ◽

Library Services ◽

Full Time ◽

Annual Basis ◽

Medical Library ◽

Virtual Projects

In January 2018, library services at Providence St. Joseph Health merged to form a single, unified system, incorporating nine libraries and sixteen full-time staff. As a small, nonclinical team of librarians, we needed to make sure our work and value were visible to clinicians, administrators, and other nonlibrary stakeholders. Using REDCap, we developed a form to seamlessly collect statistics about our services.Virtual Projects are published on an annual basis in the Journal of the Medical Library Association (JMLA) following an annual call for virtual projects in MLAConnect and announcements to encourage submissions from all types of libraries. An advisory committee of recognized technology experts selects project entries based on their currency, innovation, and contribution to health sciences librarianship.

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