Kevin Read, Alanna Campbell, Vanessa Kitchin, Heather MacDonald, Sandra McKeown
{"title":"Embracing the value of research data: Introducing the JCHLA/JABSC Data Sharing Policy.","authors":"Kevin Read, Alanna Campbell, Vanessa Kitchin, Heather MacDonald, Sandra McKeown","doi":"10.29173/jchla29536","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29173/jchla29536","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Health sciences researchers are being asked to share their data more frequently due to funder policies, journal requirements, or interest from their peers. Health sciences librarians (HSLs) have simultaneously begun to provide support to researchers in this space through training, participating in RDM efforts on research grants, and developing comprehensive data services programs. If supporting researchers' data sharing efforts is a worthwhile investment for HSLs, it is crucial that we practice data sharing in our own research endeavours. Sharing data is a positive step in the right direction, as it can increase the transparency, reliability, and reusability of HSL-related research outputs. Furthermore, being able to identify and connect with researchers in relation to the challenges associated with data sharing can help HSLs empathize with their communities and gain new perspectives on improving support in this area. To that end, the Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association / Journal de l'Association des bibliothèques de la santé du Canada (JCHLA/JABSC) has developed a Data Sharing Policy to improve the transparency and reusability of research data underlying the results of its publications. This paper will describe the approach taken to inform and develop this policy.</p>","PeriodicalId":42716,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association","volume":"42 1","pages":"6-13"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2021-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9327608/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40697005","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/jchla29557","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29173/jchla29557","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42716,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association","volume":"42 1","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2021-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9327610/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40684199","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":"Privacy of electronic health records: a review of the literature.","authors":"Katherine Gariépy-Saper, Nicholas Decarie","doi":"10.29173/jchla29496","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29173/jchla29496","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Privacy in the context of electronic health records (EHR) is an incredibly complex and multi-faceted topic within the LIS field. We conducted a narrative literature review and selected twenty-five articles published over the past fifteen years, which explore this topic from the perspectives of patients, doctors, medical librarians, informatics experts, records managers, and archivists. We identified themes that appeared consistently across the literature, as well as issues that differed across healthcare systems with varying levels of IT infrastructure. Significant changes have also taken place over time, especially with the development of technologies meant to protect privacy and make the widespread use of EHR possible. However, despite technological advances, many of the same problems of privacy ethics remain. Diverging opinions exist in the literature regarding how, and if, EHR systems should be established in light of these unresolved issues.</p>","PeriodicalId":42716,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association","volume":"42 1","pages":"74-84"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2021-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9327609/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40697003","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":"Beyond traditional library spaces: the practicalities of closing hospital libraries and opening a virtual library.","authors":"Carol A Cooke","doi":"10.29173/jchla29434","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29173/jchla29434","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The closure of hospital libraries is a noteworthy trend taking place across North America. A Canadian university and its affiliated health authority chose to close eight hospital libraries and merge them into one virtual library service based on changing use of library services, technology and budgetary concerns. This case study describes the processes and considerations both for closing library spaces and transitioning to a new virtual library service.</p><p><strong>Description: </strong>Project management processes efficiently guided the project to completion. These processes included stakeholder consultation, project proposal, timeline, work breakdown structure and project risk analysis. These along with context specific concerns such as closing physical spaces, communication, staffing and licencing issues impacted the successful completion of the project. The hospital libraries were closed and transitioned to a virtual library service within a six-month period. The new virtual library service launched in January 2018 offering document delivery, literature searching, online training and access to electronic resources licensed for health authority staff.</p><p><strong>Outcomes: </strong>Lessons learned during the transition to a virtual library service are shared to provide support for others considering, planning or actively undergoing a similar transition.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>No librarian wants to close one library let alone several. Budgetary factors pressure health sciences libraries to adapt to new fiscal realities. In the health sciences, online availability and patrons desire for access at the bedside result in the need for libraries to respond to patron driven needs. A virtual library service is one response to the alignment of these factors.</p>","PeriodicalId":42716,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association","volume":"42 1","pages":"66-73"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2021-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9327603/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40697004","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":"JCHLA/JABSC editorial policies and practices to address systemic racism and improve equity, diversity, and inclusion.","authors":"Sandra McKeown, Alanna Campbell, Amanda Caputo, Rachel Couban, Colleen Pawliuk","doi":"10.29173/jchla29554","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29173/jchla29554","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42716,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association","volume":"42 1","pages":"3-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2021-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9327604/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40684198","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":"CHLA Standards for Library and Information Services in Canadian Health & Social Services Institutions 2020.","authors":"Francesca Frati, Lori Anne Oja, Julia Kleinberg","doi":"10.29173/jchla29526","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29173/jchla29526","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The following standards, with supporting evidence, are intended to serve as a guide to structuring minimum library services within health and social services institutions across all Canadian provinces and territories. The Standards are not intended to be aspirational. The aim of the Task Force was to ensure that the Standards update would not be so removed from the current realities and landscape that they became unattainable to many libraries. For this reason, some Standards outline requirements that are essential to the minimum function of the library, and other Standards provide recommendations only. The intended use of the Standards is to set a baseline for the provision of essential library services and resources and aid in advocating for adequate resources. It is important to note, however, that the Task Force does not intend for the Standards to prevent libraries from reaching a more advanced level of service, and we hope that in their current form they will not be a hindrance to excellence or innovation. Once published, the version of the Standards made freely available on the Canada Health Libraries Association website [1] shall henceforth and always be considered the most recent and active version of the Standards and is the version that should be used to inform practice. The Standards Standing Committee will institute a regular review and updating schedule, ensuring the currency of the Standards.</p>","PeriodicalId":42716,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association","volume":"42 1","pages":"14-44"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2021-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9327607/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40684197","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":"Challenges with organization, discoverability and access in Canadian open health data repositories.","authors":"Gail M Thornton, Ali Shiri","doi":"10.29173/jchla29457","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29173/jchla29457","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Open health data provides healthcare professionals, biomedical researchers and the general public with access to health data which has the potential to improve healthcare delivery and policy. The challenge is to create and implement appropriate metadata, or structured data about the data, to ensure that data are easy to discover, access and re-use. The goal of this study is to identify, evaluate and compare Canadian open health data repositories for their searching, browsing and navigation functionalities, the richness of their metadata description practices, and their metadata-based filtering mechanisms.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Metadata-based search and browsing was evaluated in addition to the number and nature of metadata elements. Six Canadian open health data repositories across national, provincial and institutional levels were evaluated. Data collected using verbatim text recording was evaluated using an analytical framework based on the 2019 Dataverse North Metadata Best Practices guide and 2019 Data Citation Implementation Project roadmap.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>All repositories required filtering to access \"open health data.\" All repositories included 'subject' facets for filtering, and 'title' and 'description' on the Results List. Use case evaluations suggest improvements including advanced search, health-specific search terms, records for all repositories, and links to related publications.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Consistent use of 'title' and 'description' suggests that an interoperable interface is possible. Inconsistencies in records indicate the need for explicit, easy to find mechanisms to access metadata in repositories. The analytical framework represents first draft guidelines for metadata creation and implementation to improve organization, discoverability, and access to Canadian open health data.</p>","PeriodicalId":42716,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association","volume":"42 1","pages":"45-65"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2021-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9327602/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40684196","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":"Assembling the pieces of a systematic review: a guide for librarians","authors":"S. Visintini","doi":"10.29173/JCHLA29351","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29173/JCHLA29351","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42716,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association","volume":"39 1","pages":"18-19"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2018-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.29173/JCHLA29351","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41317321","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"As Canadian Health Librarians We Must Now move Ahead on the Truth and Reconciliation (TRC) Calls to Action","authors":"D. Giustini","doi":"10.29173/JCHLA/JABSC.V38I3.29346","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29173/JCHLA/JABSC.V38I3.29346","url":null,"abstract":"For many years, the most-pressing information issues associated with the delivery of Aboriginal, Inuit and Metis health care in Canada have occupied CHLA/ABSC at our conferences and in our research. However, a turning point was certainly the publication of JCHLA/JABSC’s Aboriginal health information issue in 2014 [1]. In the last three years, we have worked to understand Aboriginal health information by developing publicly-visible collection tools [2], subject guides [3-5], and Aboriginal search filters [6]. Behind the scenes, health librarians have also worked with clinicians to address the challenge of improving Aboriginal health across the country.","PeriodicalId":42716,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association","volume":"38 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.29173/JCHLA/JABSC.V38I3.29346","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42940022","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fake Publishing, Alternative Facts and Truthiness: Observations from a Conversation Café Held at CHLA/ABSC 2017","authors":"S. Campbell, J. Kung, Maria C. Tan","doi":"10.5596/C17-015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5596/C17-015","url":null,"abstract":"Issues of fake information are buffeting all libraries. In health libraries, where the quality of evidence is critical to the care of individuals, understanding the extent and nature of fake information and how to manage it is paramount. However, the area is volatile, the challenges change frequently, and librarian practices for managing fake information are in constant flux as everyone attempts to keep up. This session was designed to give health librarians an opportunity to spend an intensive hour discussing issues related to fake information, to learn about new developments in the field, and to network with colleagues.","PeriodicalId":42716,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association","volume":"38 1","pages":"60-62"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2017-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.5596/C17-015","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47761762","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}