Health Sciences Newsletter
Summer 2012/13
From the Desk of Professor
Cleghorn
Research data management: getting started
Tracking your publications and citations:
services provided by UQ Library
Collection Development
Needlz:finding a needle in the
haystack
Spotlight - MyLibrary
Meet the librarians
Info Skills
From the Desk of Professor Cleghorn
Welcome to this the first newsletter of 2013. As usual the editors and staff have tried to deliver an informative and useful publication. It is hoped there is something for everyone whether you be old or new to the UQ Health Sciences Library. It seems as though everything we do these days revolves around data and evidence and being able to play these metric games is vital for our collective survival with this in mind the themes of this newsletter are particularly pertinent with information regarding data management and the use of metrics to assist in the application for new grants. Once again I commend the staff involved.
Until next time...
Geoff Cleghorn, Deputy Head (Clinical Schools), The School of Medicine
Research Data Management : getting started
Data management is a key skill researchers must frequently draw upon, in order to remain effective, efficient and to maintain the integrity of their data. This is further emphasised in the digital world, where data can be both vast and fragile.
Data management planning allows for structure to be applied to the management of the data. This process can minimise the risk of data loss, as well as allowing for best practice in data collection, storage and sharing.
The Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research states that researchers are responsible for the safety, security and integrity of the research data they collect. It specifies that researchers must ensure research data is kept in secure storage, and retained in a durable and retrievable format.
http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/guidelines/publications/r39
UQ Library has various data management tools, including the Checklist for a Data Management Plan, which enables researchers to make sure they are including all the relevant information in their Data Management plan, as well as highlighting any relevant policies and procedures that may apply to the security and retention of the data.
The Checklist covers a comprehensive list of topics surrounding research data:
- Project Description
- Context
- Data Capture and Formats
- Organising and Storing Data
- Long-Term Preservation
- Ethics and Intellectual Property
- Data Sharing and Re-use
Librarians in the Research Information Service are trained to support researchers with all aspects of data management. In addition to assisting with data management planning, they offer research data management support by providing metadata services for describing research data, to aid in the discovery and dissemination of research data.
http://www.library.uq.edu.au/contacts/librarians/
Library staff also monitor global trends surrounding the issues of data management, open data, data sharing, data citation and data repositories, which we communicate in our eScholarship blog.
http://www.library.uq.edu.au/blogs/sp
For practical advice on managing your data, or making data available for sharing, you can consult staff in our Research Information Service or visit our research support website:
http://www.library.uq.edu.au/research-support/research-data
Helen Morgan Manager, Research Data Collections | Scholarly Publishing and Digitisation Service
Tracking your publications and citations: services provided by UQ Library
The use of metrics in the area of research evaluation has become increasingly important in a global context, and within Australia this has been applied at the national level through the Federal Government's Excellence in Research for Australia initiative. As a consequence of the national research evaluation exercise, there is an increasing emphasis placed on tracking research outputs and understanding their academic impact.
From the perspective of an individual academic, there is an increasing awareness of the need to use relevant metrics to support claims of research excellence and to use metrics to help differentiate themselves from others in research grant applications and promotion rounds. It is important that researchers keep track of their publications and understand citation metrics in order to:
- Use relevant metrics to support claims of research excellence and help differentiate themselves from others in research grant applications and promotion rounds
- Assist grant application reviewers in identifying their work and evaluating its academic impact
- Provide access to their publications for the global academic community which may help increase the impact of their work
Further, with the increasing role of citation metrics in measuring research performance, researchers need to know:
- what a citation count is,
- how to create citation reports,
- how to benchmark their performance,
- what their h-index is,
- about journal and book rankings, and
- keeping track of their metrics using tools such as ResearcherID
Staff within the UQ Library Scholarly Publishing and Digitisation Service, as well as Librarians in the Research Information Service can provide advice to UQ researchers on how to use metrics information for their grant applications. Being able to demonstrate research quality in this way is also relevant for promotion and job applications. UQ Library staff will work with individual researchers to provide targeted, contextualised information, and detailed advice about what tools and methods are available for tracking research outputs and their impact. In particular, the Library can:
- Advise academics on what tools are available and how useful they are for tracking research outputs & their citations
- Help academics identify and find relevant metrics, e.g. h-index
- Provide context for metrics, including benchmarking and expected citation rates for different discipline areas where appropriate
- Advise on how to put the metrics into broader context
Tracking your publications and citations: a real life example
UQ Library Staff members visited a researcher to advise on what metrics information she could use to demonstrate her research quality and impact, as well as demonstrate how to get it from databases such as InCites and Web of Science for a grant application. After the visit, the researcher was able to use the advice and access the databases to put together a paragraph for her grant application as shown below:
My PhD was awarded in 2006. My track record includes 45 peer reviewed journal articles, 4 book chapters/sections, and 14 research reports. I am first author on approximately a third (31%) of the articles. Of the 36 (80%) articles available for Scopus research metrics, the maximum citations/paper=95 (8 with >20 citations), total citations=539 and h index=12. For the 31 (69%) articles with citation data for Web of Knowledge research metric analyses, the mean citations/paper=15.03, maximum/paper=90, total citations=466, and h index =11. Of the 32 (71%) papers listed in InCites, over one fifth (22%) are in the top decile for citations in that subject area.
The researcher also used other information discussed at our meeting as follows:
- The best journals in my field (health behaviour/physical activity/population health) have impact factors (IF) ranging from 2.5 to 4.
- A review of IF trends among 81 public health, environmental health, and epidemiological journals identified a median IF of 1.29 (BMC Public Health 2005, 5:24).
- An examination of the ISI Web of Science IFs for the journal group labelled "public health occupational health and environment" (n=98) showed a median IF of 1.7.
Dr Amberyn Thomas | Manager, Scholarly Publications
Collection Development at UQ Library
Wondering which resources have been acquired lately, or
where to find news on UQ's collections?
Let the Library website inform you:
- Small bites on the home page highlight key materials via image Spotlights and the News box http://www.library.uq.edu.au
- Under six subject headings, Collection Development News http://www.library.uq.edu.au/about-us/collection-development-news lists significant resources and packages purchased, and is updated twice a year. Check out Health Sciences
- What's New To UQ Library Collections http://library.uq.edu.au/screens/newttls.html, groups individual titles new to the Library from the previous month, arranged by Library of Congress classification headings. Look for health under R (Medicine)
- The Library has an e-preferred purchasing policy http://www.library.uq.edu.au/about-us/ebook-faqs#epref, this means that we acquire electronic versions of material, where possible. However, we are flexible: sometimes, other formats better suit particular needs.
- Curious about the Library's collection development policy? Check it out http://www.library.uq.edu.au/about-us/collection-development
- Ebooks are being embraced by many at UQ. The Library has purchased or subscribes to over 500,000 ebook titles. This includes key resources such as Australian Medicines Handbook, Harrisons Online, as well as large files of current year output from key STM publishers such as Springer and ScienceDirect. In 2011, there were 226,764 uses of the Springer ebooks, and 67,300 uses of the ScienceDirect ebooks
- The Library is in the middle of a three year Patron Driven Acquistions trial for ebooks: titles have been added to the Library catalogue, and they are only purchased when accessed. The transaction occurs seamlessly for the reader.
- Do you know that ebooks and e-textbooks are not the same (content, digital rights management, who can buy)? See more on each at: ebook FAQs http://www.library.uq.edu.au/about-us/ebook-faqs and e-textbook FAQs http://www.library.uq.edu.au/about-us/e-textbook-faqs
- The Library has recently re-written its subject collection assessments around the Excellence in Research Australia (ERA) Field of Research (FoR) codes. The 101 assessments are arranged by their 22 clusters http://www.library.uq.edu.au/about-us/subject-assessments-for-code, and describe UQ Library's ebook collections, and journals, databases for each
- Subject Guides have been written for students http://www.library.uq.edu.au/subject-guides : use Filter by Topic to find guides on nursing, health and medicine, mental health, and others.
We are always interested in your point of view. If you'd like to send feedback to the Library, or order material to be included in the collection, please contact your librarian via the Librarians page http://www.library.uq.edu.au/contacts/librarians
Majella Pugh | Associate Director, Collections and Information Resources Service
Needlz: finding a needle in the haystack
Needlz is the new search application, developed by Leximancer, using the ScienceDirect platform to make finding the right research article much easier.
Needlz not only searches for specific search terms, but variants in spelling as well as synonyms and is designed to identify 'Concepts' within the text - not just keywords but focused clusters of related, defining terms as conceptualised by the author. The Concepts are presented in an interactive display that clearly visualises and analyses the relationships and co-occurrence. Leximancer's CEO, Mac Exon-Taylor believes that Needlz will save researchers time and effort when searching for the right information from various sources. He attributes this time saving capability to "the power of Leximancer's proprietary technology to quickly and accurately analyse text, which helps users locate the critical themes of any kind of document much faster than reading every abstract of every title that comes up in a standard search".
When the search is conducted, the top 50 articles are pulled into Needlz and ranked according to their coverage of the search topic. Needlz will also allow researchers to view the article abstract and associated details, as well as actual text excerpts containing the concepts used in the search terms. Users are also able to select specific articles and Needlz will return a list of similar articles with an accompanying concept map based.
Presently Needlz is available to UQ staff and students via ScienceDirect database. For more information
http://www.library.uq.edu.au/uql/librarynews/2012/07/13/needlz-finding-needle-haystack
To see Needlz in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5hxxsG8r6k&feature=youtu.be
Scott Macintyre | Librarian, Herston Health Sciences Library
Spotlight
Did you know that My Library is the UQ Library website designed just for you!
- Library Contacts - request a consultation with a librarian, request a training class or request a purchase
- My activities - a summary of your current loans, holds, fines, document delivery
- Home library - opening hours and real-time computer availability at your favourite branch
- My Favourite links - put links to your favourite databases, ejournals and websites here.
Check it out and you'll see that there's so much more!
http://www.library.uq.edu.au/
Meet the Librarians - UQDI & UQCCR
Nicky Foxlee is the Librarian who replaces Julie Hansen for the staff and students at the University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research (UQCCR) at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital Campus at Herston. The UQCCR focuses on patient-oriented research in the areas of Cancer, Brain and Mental Health, Infection and Immunity, and Mothers, Babies and Lifelong Health.
Jill McTaggart is the Librarian for the staff and students at University of Queensland Diamantina Institute (UQDI) at the Princess Alexandra Hospital campus at Woolloongabba. UQDI concentrates on innovative, ground-breaking research in cancer and autoimmune diseases focusing on translating laboratory findings to the management of disease.
The UQ Library is a valuable resource available to assist the staff and students from these sites in their research process. Jill and Nicky provide a service customised for both individuals and groups, aimed at making the research experience easier and saving time for researchers.
Librarians frequently provide reference support through EndNote troubleshooting and advice on advanced database searches for the literature review process. Managing publication citations via ResearcherID, consultation on metrics, and data management guidance are rapidly evolving areas where librarians can assist researchers.
We also provide a collection development service aimed at making it easier for researchers to gain access to the full text online material including the latest research material and protocols. Additions to the collection include a subscription to the Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE ) in 2012 and access to the pharmaceutical databases Catalyst and Australian Medicines Handbook, and the database Faculty of 1000 from 2013. Researchers will also have access to the journal Genome Medicine and to clinical summaries via MedLink Neurology from 2013.
Nicky Foxlee| Manager, Herston Health Sciences Library
Jill McTaggart | Librarian, PAH and PACE Health Sciences Libraries
Info Skills
Check out the range of workshops delivered across the Health Sciences Libraries. Find a workshop to suit your needs including:
- Getting started - searching basics
- Starting a Systematic Review: Tips and Tricks
- EndNote, EndNote Express
- Finding Health Information using PubMed
Check out the smorgasbord of workshops at:
Editor: Jenny Hall
Webwriter: Gary Smith
Spring 2012
From the Desk of Professor Cleghorn
New University Librarian
Fortunio Liceti's De monstorum natura, caussis et differentiis
(1616)
Evidence based practice and the nursing journal club: the Nurse
Researcher's View
Evidence based practice and the nursing journal club: The
Librarian's View
Ehealth
Meet the librarians
Staff News
Upcoming Library Workshops
From the Desk of Professor Cleghorn
I am writing this piece while waiting for a train in Munich on my way to Tuebingen to meet with our increasingly valuable and active partners at the Eberhard Karls Universitat at Tuebingen. EKUT Medical School was founded in 1477, which puts UQ's history into some perspective and can count 10 Nobel Laureates as a part of their history. Continuing this historical European theme, it is therefore somewhat fitting that we find one of the articles in this edition of the library news describing the work of Fortunio who in 1616 published De Monstruorum Natura which marked the beginning of studies into malformations of the embryo.
Geoff Cleghorn, Deputy Head (Clinical Schools), The School of Medicine
New University Librarian
The Library welcomes the new University Librarian Robert Gerrity who has now commenced his appointment.
Robert was the Associate University Librarian for Library Systems and Information Technology for the Boston College Libraries, a member of the Association of Research Libraries. He was responsible for all technology-based systems and services for the Libraries. Robert joined Boston College in 1999, and oversaw the selection and implementation of a variety of technologies to improve management of and access to the Libraries' burgeoning electronic and digital collections. Most recently, he led the Libraries' development partnership with Ex Libris on Alma, a cloud-based, next-generation integrated library system.
Robert is the editor of Information Technology & Libraries, the official publication of the Library and Information Technology Association (LITA) division of the American Library Association. He presents regularly at library conferences, on technology and scholarly-communication topics. In his spare time, Robert is an avid runner and cyclist.
Fortunio Liceti's De monstorum natura, caussis et differentiis (On the nature, causes and differences of monsters) (1616)
Fryer Library holds among its rare books a copy of the second 1634 edition of Fortunio Liceti's De monstorum natura, caussis et differentiis (On the nature, causes and differences of monsters). Fortunio Liceti (1577-1657) was an Italian scientist, who studied at the University of Bologna, graduating with doctorates in philosophy and medicine. He then took a chair at the University of Pisa, where he was noted for his expertise on Aristotle and his unusual proposals and investigations into topics in astronomy, phosphorescence, gems, and mysticism. The crater Licetus on the moon is named after him. He is best known, however, for his 1616 book, commonly called De monstorum natura, which is one of the earliest studies of deformities and marks the beginning of scientific studies into malformations of the embryo. Fortunio Liceti's approach differed from the common European viewpoint at the time, as he regarded 'monsters' not as signs of divine punishment but rather as fantastical rarities. His text, with its many illustrations, is the first known attempt to accurately describe and depict these medical conditions and to examine and understand their causes. Although at times it veers toward the fanciful, showing in one illustration a man with the head of an elephant, it was referred to by doctors until well into the nineteenth century, since the conditions it depicts were rare enough to be very difficult to study before the growth of twentieth-century mass media.
Fryer's copy of De monstorum natura contains the bookplate of one James Scott, M.D., stamped with his family coat of arms and motto: "Doe weell and let them say." It also contains the stamp of the University of Queensland Medical School library, where it was held before being transferred to Fryer. On the blank page facing the titlepage the following note is handwritten: "Vide volume 5246 of the Sloane collection of manuscripts in the British Museum by James Paris Du Plessis. Also "All the Year Round" Dec. 28 1861 "A Prodigy Hunter"." This refers the reader to another illustrated account of deformities compiled in the early eighteenth century by James Paris Du Plessis and sold by him to Sir Hans Sloane, a wealthy physician and book collector, who left his collection of books and manuscripts to the British Museum, where this manuscript can still be found. An account of it appears in the December 1861 issue of All the Year Round, a literary periodical edited at that time by Charles Dickens, and it is tempting to think that the piece, with its unusual choice of subject matter and its lively and engaging style, is the work of the great novelist himself, whose works are noted for his deep human sympathy and his understanding of all extremes of the human condition.
The title-page of the 1634 second edition of Fortunio Liceti's De monstorum natura.
An illustration of a young girl born without arms.
Man with the head of an elephant, one of the more fanciful illustrations from De monstorum natura.
Laurie McNeice, Manager, Fryer Library
Evidence based practice and the nursing journal club: the Nurse Researcher's View
Nurses from different areas at the RBWH have been
successfully conducting Journal Clubs in their specialty areas once every 6
weeks. This approach to evidence based practice training brings together a
group of nurses who are passionate about safe practice and who may not
otherwise have the opportunity to develop skills in understanding evidence
based practice.
The journal club provides the opportunity for nurses to:
⢠Consider evidence-based best practice and current trends in patient care
and management
⢠Improve skills and knowledge in critical appraisal of published
research
⢠Develop and improve presentation skills.
⢠Improve knowledge and skills in information literacy
The clubs meet to discuss relevant journal articles; however the presentations
are usually stored electronically and provide access for all staff even if
unable to attend the session.
The success of the journal clubs conducted by nurses at the RBWH is the result of a number of factors including that the aim of each journal club is to improve knowledge and skills in evidence based practice and that this occurs on a regular basis.
Meeting times suit the majority of staff and there are incentives such as
professional development points to increase attendance. Clinical staff liaise
with the librarian in order to learn database searching skills to access
appropriate literature relating to their research question. Established
critical appraisal processes are employed by the nurse researcher to ensure a
good and meaningful understanding of the article by the presenter. The chosen
article is then circulated prior to the meeting by the unit coordinator of the
journal club. The journal club is led by the nurse researcher who is
knowledgeable in research and literature searching skills and is responsible
for facilitating the discussion and summarising the findings.
In some cases further research is conducted following involvement in the
journal club.
Carol Reid, Nurse Researcher, Centre for Clinical Nursing, RBWH
Evidence based practice and the nursing journal club: The Librarian's View
Librarians at Herston Health Sciences Library actively attend clinical
journal clubs. Jackie Devenish has the privilege of attending four journal
clubs and partnering with teams from Mental Health, Surgical Day Care Unit,
Quality and Safety & Hospital Drug and Alcohol.
Jackie feels that the journal club is more than critically appraising an
article. It is also a chance for the team to gather and reflect on a current
issue and an opportunity for the librarian to better understand how to support
the department.
Prior to attending the journal club the librarian meets with the next
presenter and assists them in locating the paper to be discussed. This way the
presenter gets to find out more about the library resources, brush up on
database searching and learn about new library products and services. Preparing
for the next journal club gives clinical staff a chance to answer clinical
questions with the best available evidence and accrue professional development
points too. Some of the articles presented are the catalyst for further
clinical discussions, projects and research. Whatever the next step is - the
library is well placed to partner with clinical staff.
Jackie asked staff who had presented at or participated in a journal club to
finish this sentence.
Journal clubs areâ¦..
Journal clubs are..."an avenue to challenge our notions of clinical practice through robust discussion of the literature".
Journal clubs are⦠"a fantastic way to promote an evidence based service and provide an opportunity for continuous professional development. As a result of our monthly journal club meetings, a quality improvement project is currently in the development stage to use the recommendations from two articles in particular to have patients participate in the development of an aftercare information tool in order to improve their transfer of care from hospital to home."
Jackie Devenish, Librarian, Herston Health Sciences Library
eHealth
A topical issue, of importance for all professionals working in healthcare,
is the recent introduction of the patient controlled electronic health records
(PCEHRs) in Australia.
Recent acquisitions to the library collections in the area of e-health include
the following titles:
Wickramasinghe, N. (2012). Critical issues for the development of sustainable
e-health solutions. New York, NY :, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.
Richesson, R. L. and J. E. Andrews (2012). Clinical research informatics.
London ; New York :, Springer.
eHealth Conference Málaga, S., P. Kostkova, et al. (2012). Electronic
healthcare 4th International Conference, eHealth 2011, Málaga, Spain, November
21-23, 2011, Revised selected papers. Berlin ; New York :, Springer.
Moumtzoglou, A. and A. Kastania (2011). E-health systems quality and
reliability : models and standards. Hershey PA :, Medical Information Science
Reference.
Ruth Browne, Librarian, Mater McAuley Library
Meet the New Paramedic Sciences Program and their Librarian
Earlier this year, the UQ Ipswich campus welcomed the first intake of
students into the new Bachelor of Paramedic Science program, provided by the
School of Medicine. The first intake saw nearly 70 students commence the
program in February. The three year program includes practical placements with
the Queensland Ambulance Service in each year of the degree so the students
gain practical experience in the profession. A "mock" ambulance will be based
onsite at the Ipswich campus, giving students the opportunity to experience
working in this environment along with other simulation spaces. Students study
a wide variety of subjects, ranging from anatomy, physiology and pathology to
communication, legal and ethical principles in the health care and public
health. They also cover ambulance policies and procedures and pre-hospital
care.
The UQ Ipswich Library has been excited to be involved with the new program,
from its development to the welcoming of the first intake of students. The
development of the collection, including print and electronic resources began
in 2011 and continues in consultation with the program's academic staff. The
Library was involved with teaching information literacy skills to students
throughout semester one, commencing with an orientation session, including a
library tour during O Week through to participation in an embedded program run
in conjunction with Student Services which focused on academic, life and
library skills sessions. These sessions were a part of the QUEST program and
were conducted during the first six weeks of the semester. The Library also
facilitated a session on the research tools available to assist in the
preparation of the student's PUBH1102 essay.
The UQ Ipswich Library is looking forward to continuing their association with
the paramedic sciences program in the years to come and watching as this first
intake of students graduate in 2014.
Miranda Newell, Librarian, Research Information Service,Ipswich
Staff News
Joint Princess Alexandra Hospital/UQ Library and PACE Health Sciences
Library
The Joint Princess Alexandra Hospital/UQ Library is located on the ground floor
of the hospital beside the garden atrium, building number 1, Princess Alexandra
Hospital campus. The Library provides resources and services to support the
teaching, learning and research needs of UQ staff and students and hospital
staff located at the Princess Alexandra Hospital.
In 2011, the Princess Alexandra Hospital commenced a project to develop a
tele-medicine space. To accommodate the tele-medicine space, the Joint Princess
Alexandra Hospital/UQ Library reduced its size by one third. Refurbishment of
the Joint Princess Alexandra Hospital/UQ Library was completed in late January.
Though smaller in size, the Library provides a warm and welcoming ambience
conducive to research, study and reflection.
The Library is open 10am to 4pm, Monday to Friday and now provides a 24x7 study
space for hospital staff.
The PACE Health Sciences Library is located on level 6 of the Pharmacy Centre of Excellence (PACE) Precinct on the Princess Alexandra Hospital Campus, building no.870 PACE Precinct. The PACE Health Sciences Library is open 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday. During semester the study space is available from 7:30am to 9am, Monday to Friday.
Liz Jordan, Manager for both libraries retired on 29th June. Ms Wai Wai Lui commences as Manager from 23rd July until the end of December. Wai Wai has worked for UQ Library for many years and brings her experience and enthusiasm to the position.
Upcoming Library Workshops
Check out the range of workshops delivered across the Health Sciences
Libraries. Find a workshop to suit your needs including:
⢠Getting started - searching basics
⢠Using collaborative tools
⢠Endnote, Endnote Web
⢠Research Data Management
⢠Finding Health Information using PubMed, CINAHL
Check out the smorgasbord of workshops at:
https://www.library.uq.edu.au/training/
Editor: Jenny Hall
Webwriter: Linda Cross
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