What to Do When Everyone Wants You to Collaborate: Managing the Demand for Library Support in Systematic Review Searching

The demand for systematic review support in academic health sciences libraries is increasing. To manage the demand, the John W. Scott Health Sciences Library at the University of Alberta has created an action plan consisting of eight strategies. The results of implementing these strategies have been varied. Some have shown immediate results, while others are long term strategies.

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A Curriculum for Introductory Systematic Review Searching for Researchers

Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association / Journal de l Association de bilbiothèques de la santé du Canada ◽

10.5596/c16-003 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 37 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Sandra Melody Campbell ◽

Janice Yu Chen Kung ◽

Liz Dennett

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Health Sciences ◽

University Of Alberta ◽

The University

Systematic review searching is becoming an increasing part of the day-to-day work of health librarians. The University of Alberta John W. Scott Health Sciences Library offers a monthly three-hour “Introduction to Systematic Review Searching” workshop to researchers at the University of Alberta. Over the four years that the program has been offered, participants have completed evaluations at the end of each session. Based on these evaluations, the content and the delivery of the workshop have been refined, and the value of the sessions to the participants has been affirmed.

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Tales from the Tundra: A Collection of Inuit Stories by I. Kaslik

The Deakin Review of Children s Literature ◽

10.20361/g2pp48 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Sandy Campbell

Keyword(s):

Publishing House ◽

School Libraries ◽

Health Sciences ◽

Publishing Company ◽

Two Dimensional ◽

University Of Alberta ◽

Traditional Technique ◽

Internal Dialogue ◽

The University

Kaslik, Ibi. Tales from the Tundra: A Collection of Inuit Stories. Illus. Anthony Brennan. Iqaluit: Inhabit Media, 2010. Print. Inhabit Media is an Inuit-owned, independent publishing company that “aims to promote and preserve the stories, knowledge, and talent of northern Canada.” This collection of five traditional Inuit stories from different regions in Nunavut is one of their most recent offerings. Three of the stories tell of how specific animals came into being. One tells how the raven and loon came to look the way they do and the fifth, The Owl and the Siksik, is a typical story of outwitting the enemy. Anthony Brennan’s illustrations have a two-dimensional fantasy quality to them that is more reminiscent of cartoons or Japanese anime than of traditional Inuit art. Many of the creatures are outlined in black and then filled with solid colour. While the backgrounds are usually ice-blue, and there are pastel colours in the images, many of the main parts of the drawings are black, giving the book an overall ominous look. While these stories are described in the forward as “contemporary retellings”, Kaslik’s voice is similar to that of an elder telling stories and her style is traditional. The language is simple and direct, occasionally incorporating Inuit words. Animals are anthropomorphized. They do the same sorts of things that humans do and have human emotions and foibles. For example, in “The Raven and The Loon”, the two birds sew clothes for each other. When Raven thinks that Loon is sewing too slowly, she reacts impatiently: “Please, sew faster!” impatient Raven pleaded.” Kaslik also uses internal dialogue, another traditional technique, to allow the reader to listen to the characters reasoning out their actions. For example, “Siksiks often go in and out of their dens,” thought the owl, believing himself to be very clever. “Today I will find a siksik den and wait there until I see one.” There are few children’s books of Inuit mythology available, and fewer that have the authenticity of being published by an Inuit publishing house. Overall, this volume is a small, but welcome addition to the field, through which many children will be able to learn about the mythology of the Inuit. For public and school libraries everywhere. Highly recommended: 4 out of 4 stars Reviewer: Sandy Campbell Sandy is a Health Sciences Librarian at the University of Alberta, who has written hundreds of book reviews across many disciplines. Sandy thinks that sharing books with children is one of the greatest gifts anyone can give.

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Acknowledging Librarians’ Contributions to Systematic Review Searching

Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association / Journal de l Association de bilbiothèques de la santé du Canada ◽

10.5596/c16-014 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 37 (2) ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Robin Desmeules ◽

Sandy Campbell ◽

Marlene Dorgan

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Systematic Reviews ◽

Health Sciences ◽

Research Projects ◽

Academic Health ◽

Research Teams ◽

Time Required ◽

Professional Value

Abstract IntroductionAcademic health librarians are increasingly involved as members of research teams that conduct systematic reviews. Sometimes librarians are co-authors on the resulting publications, sometimes they are acknowledged, and sometimes they receive no recognition. This study was designed to query librarian supervisors’ understanding of the extent to which Canadian academic health librarians are involved in systematic reviews and the manner in which their work is recognized. MethodsA survey asking 21 questions was sent to supervisors of librarians at all 17 academic health sciences libraries in Canada, querying the extent and nature of librarians’ involvement in systematic review research projects and the forms of acknowledgement that they receive. ResultsFourteen responses to the survey were received. Results show strong expectations that librarians are involved, and will be involved, in systematic review research projects. Results related to the number of reviews undertaken, the amount of time required, the forms of acknowledgement received, and the professional value of systematic review searching varied greatly. DiscussionThe lack of consensus among academic health librarians’ supervisors regarding most aspects of librarians’ involvement in systematic review projects, and the ways in which this work is and should be acknowledged, points to the need for research on this subject.

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At the Heart of It: Dene dzó t’áré by R. Taniton & M. Willett

The Deakin Review of Children s Literature ◽

10.20361/g2d01r ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 1 (4) ◽

Author(s):

Sandy Campbell

Keyword(s):

Public Libraries ◽

Picture Book ◽

Health Sciences ◽

Way Of Life ◽

Book Series ◽

University Of Alberta ◽

Bear Lake ◽

The People ◽

The University

Taniton, Raymond and Mindy Willett. At the Heart of It: Dene dzó t’áré. Markham, On: Fifth House, 2011. Print. Indigenous author Raymond Taniton is a member of The Sahtugot’ine, or the “people of Great Bear Lake”. In At the Heart of It, Taniton invites readers into his world. We meet his family, see the Sahtu Region where he lives, meet the elders in the community, learn how to make a traditional hand drum, learn some games and read some of the stories. The stories are particularly important. This book is the most recent in Fifth House’s “The Land is Our Story Book” series, all co-authored by writer Mindy Willett. Taniton concludes this volume by saying, “The land is our storybook. It is our school, our library, our church. It is where we learn our stories and where we discover who we are as true Dene people. The land is at the heart of it all”. And in this book Taniton and Willett do succeed in helping us to understand “the land”. This is a picture book, an educational book and a celebration of what it means to be Satugot’ine. Tessa Macintosh’s photographs are used throughout. The top of each page has a border image of the beaded toes of twenty-one moccasins. Often a large image will form the background of a page with text and other images superimposed. For example, for the story “The Lake is the Boss”, the background is an image which looks out through the mouth of a cave. The story is about a giant wolf that lived in the cave. The text, along with smaller images of the island that the wolf became when he turned to stone, is superimposed on the cave photograph. The images and text, taken together, form many lessons for young people. The stories provide metaphorical and philosophical lessons, but the book also provides practical lessons, such as the illustrated steps to making a drum. As a whole, the book celebrates Raymond Taniton’s family, the Sahtugot’ine people and their way of life. Highly recommended for elementary school and public libraries. Highly Recommended: 4 out of 4 starsReviewer: Sandy CampbellSandy is a Health Sciences Librarian at the University of Alberta, who has written hundreds of book reviews across many disciplines. Sandy thinks that sharing books with children is one of the greatest gifts anyone can give.

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It takes longer than you think: librarian time spent on systematic review tasks

Journal of the Medical Library Association JMLA ◽

10.5195/jmla.2018.323 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 106 (2) ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Krystal Bullers ◽

Allison M. Howard ◽

Ardis Hanson ◽

William D. Kearns ◽

John J. Orriola ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Search Strategy ◽

Health Sciences ◽

Strategy Development ◽

Library Directors ◽

Academic Health ◽

Medical Library ◽

Task Time ◽

Time Required ◽

Time Frames

Introduction: The authors examined the time that medical librarians spent on specific tasks for systematic reviews (SRs): interview process, search strategy development, search strategy translation, documentation, deliverables, search methodology writing, and instruction. We also investigated relationships among the time spent on SR tasks, years of experience, and number of completed SRs to gain a better understanding of the time spent on SR tasks from time, staffing, and project management perspectives.Methods: A confidential survey and study description were sent to medical library directors who were members of the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries as well as librarians serving members of the Association of American Medical Colleges or American Osteopathic Association.Results: Of the 185 participants, 143 (77%) had worked on an SR within the last 5 years. The number of SRs conducted by participants during their careers ranged from 1 to 500, with a median of 5. The major component of time spent was on search strategy development and translation. Average aggregated time for standard tasks was 26.9 hours, with a median of 18.5 hours. Task time was unrelated to the number of SRs but was positively correlated with years of SR experience.Conclusion: The time required to conduct the librarian’s discrete tasks in an SR varies substantially, and there are no standard time frames. Librarians with more SR experience spent more time on instruction and interviews; time spent on all other tasks varied widely. Librarians also can expect to spend a significant amount of their time on search strategy development, translation, and writing.

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Mingan: my village

The Deakin Review of Children s Literature ◽

10.20361/g2930g ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 4 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Sandy Campbell

Keyword(s):

Writing Workshop ◽

Health Sciences ◽

Art Collections ◽

University Of Alberta ◽

North Shore ◽

The North ◽

The World ◽

The University ◽

The Village

Mingan: my village. Illus. Rogé. Trans. Solange Messier. Markham, ON: Fifth House Publishers, 2014. Print.This is one of the most unusual Canadian Indigenous children’s books to have been published recently. It is an art book composed of fifteen of illustrator Rogé's portraits of Innu children from the village of Mingan (“Ekuantshit” in the Innu-aimun language) on the North Shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The images are accompanied by fifteen poems written by the children. Each of the portraits covers an 8.5 X 14’ page and is an almost life-sized likeness painted from a photograph. The images are mainly sepia tones with some orange, blue and red highlights. These portraits will allow children elsewhere in the world to see what an Innu child looks like. The poems are the result of a poetry writing workshop led by Laurel Morali and Rita Mestokosho at Mingan. They are also published in the back of the book in Innu-aimun. The works are simple, unsophisticated and present a child’s view of the world. Nature and grandparents figure prominently in the works. For example: In the wind's light, the pain of the heart The blue river When I listen I have a memory of my grandfather He tells me he is well This comforts me I know he protects me That he watches me I cry when he is not beside me Sabrina Overall this is a striking work that could fit both in to art collections and children’s libraries as well as those collecting Canadian Indigenous materials. Highly recommended: 4 stars out of 4Reviewer: Sandy CampbellSandy is a Health Sciences Librarian at the University of Alberta, who has written hundreds of book reviews across many disciplines. Sandy thinks that sharing books with children is one of the greatest gifts anyone can give.

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Down by the River: A Family Fly Fishing Story by A. Weiner

The Deakin Review of Children s Literature ◽

10.20361/dr29412 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Sandy Campbell

Keyword(s):

Public Libraries ◽

Health Sciences ◽

Reading Level ◽

Fishing Trip ◽

University Of Alberta ◽

Fly Fishing ◽

Young Readers ◽

The University ◽

Riverine Landscapes

Weiner, Andrew. Down by the River: A Family Fly Fishing Story. Harry N. Abrams, 2018. This is a beautifully illustrated book that tells a simple story about a boy, Art, who goes on a fly-fishing trip with his mother and grandfather. The story recalls a time when Art’s grandfather taught his mother to fish. April Chu has used a subdued palette for her two-page riverine landscapes, with lots of green and rich autumn colours in the environment. The book has a calm and peaceful feel about it that mirrors the contemplative nature of fly-fishing. The text is simple and descriptive of a day spent on the river. The reading level is too difficult for the intended Kindergarten to Grade 2 audience, so an adult will need to read the book aloud, especially those sentences that could confuse young readers with difficult concepts or complicated jargon: “The line arced forward and the fly landed softly a few feet above the rock. It drifted with the current past the rock. There was a splash and the line went tight.” The last three pages contain information about fly fishing, the clothing worn by fly fishers and where to get more information about the sport. The end pages are decorated with images of intricate flys with such fun and mysterious names as: “Ian’s Crunch Caddis,” “Black Fur Ant,” and “Purple Parachute Adams.” This book is a good introduction to fly fishing for younger children that also tells a charming story. Highly recommended for school and public libraries. Highly Recommended: 4 stars out of 4 Reviewer: Sandy Campbell Sandy is a Health Sciences Librarian at the University of Alberta, who has written hundreds of book reviews across many disciplines. Sandy thinks that sharing books with children is one of the greatest gifts anyone can give.

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Lesson for the Wolf by R. & S. Qitsualik-Tinsley

The Deakin Review of Children s Literature ◽

10.20361/g2xw34 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 5 (4) ◽

Author(s):

Sandy Campbell

Keyword(s):

Elementary School ◽

School Libraries ◽

Health Sciences ◽

The Arctic ◽

University Of Alberta ◽

Starting Point ◽

Face Length ◽

Good Starting Point ◽

The University

Qitsualik-Tinsley, Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley. Lesson for the Wolf. Illus. Alan Cook. Iqaluit, NU: Inhabit Media, 2015. Print.The writing duo of Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley are back with a story about being comfortable in your own skin, literally. The wolf in this story is not happy to be a wolf, so with the help of “the magic of the land”, he acquires owl’s feathers, the wolverine’s tail and the caribou’s antlers. But he cannot fly like the owl or eat lichen like the caribou and he is too different from the wolves, so he becomes sad, lonely and starves. Eventually he learns the beauty of being himself and the magic of the land restores him. The story is a lovely Arctic fable on the lesson of being true to one’s self. Alan Cook’s paintings capture the wildness of the Arctic, with sweeping brush-strokes and suggestions of distant landscapes. The animals are all cartoon-like creatures, sometimes verging on caricature. Both the wolves and the caribou are drawn with over-accentuated face length and extreme thinness of the abdomen. Children who are struggling to be satisfied with and confident in their identities may be able to identify with the wolf. This book would be a good starting point for discussion. Highly recommended for elementary school libraries and public libraries.Highly recommended: 4 stars out of 4Reviewer: Sandy CampbellSandy is a Health Sciences Librarian at the University of Alberta, who has written hundreds of book reviews across many disciplines. Sandy thinks that sharing books with children is one of the greatest gifts anyone can give.

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The Great Sheep Shenanigans by P. Bently

The Deakin Review of Children s Literature ◽

10.20361/g2s02j ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 2 (4) ◽

Author(s):

Sandy Campbell

Keyword(s):

School Libraries ◽

Health Sciences ◽

Harry Potter ◽

Two Dimensional ◽

Intended Audience ◽

Small Children ◽

University Of Alberta ◽

Peter The Great ◽

The University

Bently, Peter. The Great Sheep Shenanigans. Illus. M. Matsuoka. London: Andersen Press, 2011. Print. In this tale, it is really the wolf, Lou Pine (hear the French loup and Lupin, the werewolf from Harry Potter), who gets up to shenanigans, rather than the sheep. The text is a clever and funny rhyme that tells the story of the wolf trying to catch a lamb to eat. Along the way, we hear sheep-related cultural and literary references from, “the wolf in sheep’s clothing,” to Red Riding Hood. “I’m just in the mood for a Gran-flavoured snack,” the wolf tells us. The wolf makes many attempts to catch a lamb, but is always thwarted, if not by his own silliness, then by the water-gun toting Ma Watson, by bees, by Red Riding Hood’s Granny, and finally, by Rambo the Ram, who butts him into “a big pile of poo!” While the intended audience is pre-school, the author sprinkles in some big words, such as “derrière”, “kersplat”, “skedaddling” and “vindaloo”, that children will enjoy and repeat, but adults will need to explain and pronounce on the first reading. The text is often printed over the illustrations, sometimes in extra-large font to emphasize a point. Sometimes it is part of the illustration. When “Lou found a thicket of blossoming trees,” the words from the phrase “Down came the blossom” float down the page with the blossoms. The illustrations are as much fun as the text. The sheep are most often depicted as balls of white with heads, ears and four small pegs for legs. Lou Pine is a two-dimensional creature, while Rambo the Ram blows steam out his nose and wears boxing gloves. The sheep occasionally have glasses, bow-ties or hair-bows. Because the rhyme is jaunty and the illustrations are fun and inventive, this will be a book that small children will want to have read to them over and over. Highly recommended for public and elementary school libraries. Recommendation: 4 stars out of 4Reviewer: Sandy CampbellSandy is a Health Sciences Librarian at the University of Alberta, who has written hundreds of book reviews across many disciplines. Sandy thinks that sharing books with children is one of the greatest gifts anyone can give.

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