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{"title":"Survey of bioinformatics courses and concentrations in ALA-accredited master's programs.","authors":"Leah Graham,&nbsp;Melissa Moleirinho","doi":"10.29173/jchla29617","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29173/jchla29617","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The interdisciplinary field of bioinformatics is considered an information-based discipline by many. Yet, it is unclear how Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) degrees prepare librarians to apply their expertise in this unique, often non-textual information environment. The goal of this study is to identify the availability of MLIS-based bioinformatics educational opportunities to provide an update to the current bioinformatics landscape in North American MLIS programs or iSchools.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a survey of available bioinformatics courses and program concentrations within 69 ALA-accredited master's programs. Using course catalogues and program descriptions on department websites, we identified the existence of courses and concentrations specific or related to the field of bioinformatics. We also surveyed the availability of associated certificate programs or degree alternatives.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Only two library and information science (LIS)-based bioinformatics courses are currently offered to MLIS students in ALA-accredited programs. There are no bioinformatics concentrations offered in the programs surveyed, however two graduate certificates could be applied towards an ALA-accredited master's degree. Students interested in related fields can pursue degree alternatives, including eight dual degree options.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>The scarcity of LIS-based bioinformatics courses and program concentrations may suggest that LIS has not adopted bioinformatics into their field nor curricula. As a result, students interested in pursuing careers in bioinformatics and related disciplines must actively seek out opportunities for education and professional development. Bioinformatics degree options within MLIS or iSchools points towards an increased dialogue and acceptance of the connection between bioinformatics and information science, but the lack of ALA -accreditation limits possibilities for emerging librarians.</p>","PeriodicalId":42716,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association","volume":"43 2","pages":"58-67"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2022-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9359087/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40697483","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Editor's Message.","authors":"Alanna Campbell","doi":"10.29173/jchla29636","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29173/jchla29636","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42716,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association","volume":"43 2","pages":"44"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2022-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9359089/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40697482","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Editor's Message.","authors":"Alanna Campbell","doi":"10.29173/jchla29613","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29173/jchla29613","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42716,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association","volume":"43 1","pages":"1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9359692/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40685543","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Developing a code of practice for literature searching in health sciences: a project description.","authors":"Brooke Ballantyne Scott,&nbsp;Susan Baer,&nbsp;Ashley Farrell,&nbsp;Pat Lee,&nbsp;Jackie MacDonald,&nbsp;Danielle Rabb,&nbsp;Marcus Vaska","doi":"10.29173/jchla29409","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29173/jchla29409","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Libraries have provided mediated search services for more than forty years without a practice standard to guide the execution of searches, training of searchers, or evaluation of search performance. A pan-Canadian group of librarians completed a study of the literature on mediated search practices from 2014-2017 as a first step in addressing this deficit.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We used a three-phase, six-part content analysis process to examine and analyze published guidance on literature searching. Card sorting, Delphi methods, and an online questionnaire were then used to validate our findings and build a code of practice.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Our code of practice for mediated searching lists eighty-five search tasks arranged in performance order, within five progressive levels of search complexity. A glossary of 150 search terms supports the code of practice.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>The research literature on mediated search methods is sparse and fragmented, lacking currency and a shared vocabulary. A code of practice for mediated searching will provide clarity in terminology, approach, and methods. This code of practice will provide a unified and convenient reference for training a new hire, upholding standards of search service delivery, or educating the next wave of health library professionals.</p>","PeriodicalId":42716,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association","volume":"43 1","pages":"12-27"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9359689/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40685542","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Mobile app use by medical students and residents in the clinical setting: an exploratory study.","authors":"Karine Fournier","doi":"10.29173/jchla29562","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29173/jchla29562","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Mobile devices and mobile applications facilitate access to clinical evidence at the point-of-care. Medical libraries play an important role in medical trainees' education, by subscribing to quality resources and by providing help and guidance on what apps to use. This study's goal was to explore medical trainees' mobile applications use in the clinical setting to help inform collection development's decisions and to provide insight on educational outreach. Perceived barriers and benefits of medical app use by clinical trainees was also explored.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A brief online survey (English and French) was sent to all University of Ottawa clerkship medical students and residents. The questionnaire consisted of multiple choices, Likert-scale, and open-ended questions.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>208 English and 9 French responses were received. UpToDate was the most frequently used app, followed by MedCalc, Spectrum (CHEO) and Medscape. Respondents used medical apps mostly before and after meeting with patients and rarely while interacting with patients. Main benefits identified of medical app use were helping with decision-making, quick access to trustworthy clinical information, help with diagnosis and treatment options (e.g. medication dosage, drug interaction). Main barriers identified were costs, appearing unprofessional, lack of Canadian content and spotty hospital WiFi.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Libraries' involvement in providing access to trustworthy clinical resources to medical trainees is important to help shape trainees' development as medical professionals. Outreach to learners in the clinical setting is crucial to educate on what apps are available to them through the library collection.</p>","PeriodicalId":42716,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association","volume":"43 1","pages":"3-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9359684/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40685545","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Canadian academics' use of predatory journals.","authors":"Maureen Babb","doi":"10.29173/jchla29579","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29173/jchla29579","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction Predatory journals have been acknowledged as an increasing concern in the scholarly literature over the last decade, but research on the subject has been sparse. Research that has focused on predatory journals in the Canadian context has been even rarer, and limited to work focused on a single university. This study explores publishing trends in predatory journals by authors affiliated with Canadian universities. Methods Articles published by authors at 30 Canadian universities, including all universities in the U15, were pulled from select predatory journals. Key data including author affiliation, article type, discipline, and grant information were extracted from the articles. Results All universities in the study were found to have publications in predatory journals. The health sciences accounted for 72% of the publications, and the sciences for 20%. Research articles accounted for 50% of the articles. Opinion, editorial, or commentary pieces accounted for 24% and 19% were review articles. Grant funding was indicated in 34% of the articles, with NSERC and CIHR being top funders. The research-intensive U15 universities were found to publish more in predatory journals than their non-U15 compatriots, even when the universities were of similar size. Discussion Canadian scholars were found to publish in predatory journals, particularly those scholars from the health sciences and research-intensive U15 universities. Grant funding was common, and often came from high profile funders like NSERC and CIHR. This study suggests that policy and education initiatives may be warranted in Canadian contexts, especially in the health sciences and at research-intensive universities.","PeriodicalId":42716,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association","volume":"42 3","pages":"140-153"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9327599/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40685057","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Editor's Message.","authors":"Alanna Campbell","doi":"10.29173/jchla29603","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29173/jchla29603","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42716,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association","volume":"42 3","pages":"138-139"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9327596/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40685058","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Are Canadian medicine librarians directly supporting medical student health and wellness? A nation-wide survey.","authors":"Jackie Phinney,&nbsp;Lucy Kiester","doi":"10.29173/jchla29565","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29173/jchla29565","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Students in Undergraduate Medical Education (UGME/UME) programs face a variety of stressors that can affect well-being. To address this, the Committee on Accreditation of Canadian Medical Schools (CACMS) mandates that medical schools offer support and programming that promotes student well-being. Academic librarians are accustomed to providing outreach that meets their faculties' needs. Therefore, the goal of this study was to explore if Canadian undergraduate medical education librarians are supporting medical student wellness at their medical schools, and how.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A bilingual, electronic survey containing multiple choice and open-ended questions was distributed across two Canadian health sciences library listservs during the summer of 2020. Librarians supporting UGME/UME programs now or within the last three years were invited to participate.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>22 Responses were received, and 17 complete datasets were included in the final results. The majority of respondents have encountered a medical student in distress (n=10) and have adjusted their teaching style or materials to help reduce stress in medical students (n=9). Other initiatives such as resource purchasing, wellness-themed displays, planning wellness-themed events and spaces, and partnerships on campus in support of medical student wellness were less common.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>The data in this study provides evidence that Canadian undergraduate medical education librarians are mindful of medical student well-being, and are taking steps to provide relevant support to this learner group. Librarians could adopt similar initiatives at their libraries to show support for learner wellness, and enhance their programs' accreditation efforts in this area.</p>","PeriodicalId":42716,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association","volume":"42 3","pages":"164-173"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9327600/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40685060","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Editor's Message.","authors":"Sandra McKeown","doi":"10.29173/jchla29581","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29173/jchla29581","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42716,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association","volume":"42 2","pages":"98-99"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2021-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9327593/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40617065","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Flipping it online: re-imagining teaching search skills for knowledge syntheses.","authors":"Kaitlin Fuller,&nbsp;Mikaela Gray,&nbsp;Glyneva Bradley-Ridout,&nbsp;Erica Nekolaichuk","doi":"10.29173/jchla29492","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29173/jchla29492","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>This program description outlines our approach to re-developing our three-part series for graduate students on comprehensive searching for knowledge syntheses from in-person to online delivery using a flipped classroom model. The re-development coincided with our library's response to COVID-19.</p><p><strong>Description: </strong>This series followed a flipped classroom model where participants completed asynchronous modules built on Articulate Rise 360 before attending a synchronous session. Each week of content covered unique learning objectives. Pre- and post-class self-assessments were used to examine students' understanding of the materials.</p><p><strong>Outcomes: </strong>152 unique participants registered for the series across two offerings in summer 2020. We observed high engagement with pre-work modules and active participation during synchronous sessions.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>We found the flipped classroom approach to work well for our users in an online environment. Moving forward, we intend to continue with our re-developed online workshop series with minor modifications, in addition to in-person instruction.</p>","PeriodicalId":42716,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association","volume":"42 2","pages":"100-109"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2021-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9327592/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40617066","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}