Hypothesis : the newsletter of the Research Section of MLA最新文献

{"title":"Book Club Kit Program: An Evaluation","authors":"Amy Weig-Pickering, Jonathan Eldredge","doi":"10.18060/27338","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18060/27338","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Book clubs consist of groups of people reading and discussing the same books. Some book clubs are organized by public librarians. A far smaller number of health sciences librarians are involved with coordinating book clubs. Objectives: This case report employed a survey and phone interviews to determine why a book club kits program organized by health sciences librarians did not generate more enthusiasm. Lessons Learned: The investigators found that direct phone interviews rather than a survey elicited the needed information. Many public libraries, particularly those in rural areas, are directed by people not even possessing a Master’s degree in library or information science. Strategies for promoting use of the book club kits to these public librarians required different approaches. Conclusions: Through a deeper understanding of rural public librarians' circumstances and needs, the investigators gained new insights on how health sciences librarians might possibly reach public librarians more effectively.","PeriodicalId":90517,"journal":{"name":"Hypothesis : the newsletter of the Research Section of MLA","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135734864","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":"Staying Relevant in the Era of Budget Cuts and Artificial Intelligence","authors":"Margaret Hoogland","doi":"10.18060/26665","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18060/26665","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":90517,"journal":{"name":"Hypothesis : the newsletter of the Research Section of MLA","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135733957","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":"2023 Medical Library Association and Special Library Association Hybrid Meeting Research Awards","authors":"Lindsay E. Blake","doi":"10.18060/27453","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18060/27453","url":null,"abstract":"Congratulations to the award-winning research papers and posters from MLA/SLA ’23 Hybrid Meeting held in Detroit, Michigan! The MLA Research Caucus is pleased to announce the winners for best research papers and posters presented at the MLA/SLA 2023 Hybrid Meeting.","PeriodicalId":90517,"journal":{"name":"Hypothesis : the newsletter of the Research Section of MLA","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135734486","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":"A Graphic Medicine Reading Experience for Undergraduate Nursing Students","authors":"Michelle Nielsen Ott","doi":"10.18060/27443","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18060/27443","url":null,"abstract":"Health humanities, a growing field combing humanities and health sciences, aids healthcare students and providers in self-reflection, empathy, personal well-being, communication skills, and observational skills. Developing these skills is important for students as they form their professional identity. Graphic medicine (comic narratives that involve health topics) is one way to integrate health humanities into the classroom. I investigated how reading a graphic medicine novel enhances undergraduate nursing students' empathy and self-reflection skills. LGBTQIA+-focused efforts on campus informed my selection of the graphic medicine book First Year Out: A Transition Story by Sabrina Symington. With no LGBTQIA+-focused nursing course available, the community health practicum course provided a suitable setting and supportive instructors for this study.","PeriodicalId":90517,"journal":{"name":"Hypothesis : the newsletter of the Research Section of MLA","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135734869","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":"Gaining Ground: OER at 3 Health Sciences Institutions","authors":"Jessica Kirschner, Jenn Monnin, Christine Andresen","doi":"10.18060/27410","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18060/27410","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Open Educational Resources (OER) are rising in popularity at higher education institutions to help combat high textbook costs. To date, little research has been published discussing the impact of OER in the health sciences context. This comparative case study seeks to fill this gap. Experience: The article shares OER programs and advocacy efforts at three institutions, including a brief history of OER work, barriers and failures, current successes, and future directions at each institution. Discussion: All three institutions are making efforts in OER outreach and advocacy, informed and impacted by their institutional community. Two institutions have an OER grant with increasing submissions from health sciences faculty. OER work is completed by one librarian at two of the institutions, while the third completes the work through a committee of stakeholders from across the institution. All cases include OER advocacy and outreach through library workshops and working to establish faculty partnerships. Barriers at all three institutions include a lack of time and funds to dedicate to finding or developing OER. Unique barriers include a desire to work with for-profit companies, concerns over disadvantaging students on their qualifying exams, and the sustainability of institutional efforts in OER. Takeaways: Libraries are uniquely situated to support faculty and staff as they incorporate OER into their practices. While health sciences faculty are typically slower to adopt OER, once they do take this step, they become strong advocates for open practices, the librarian, and the library.","PeriodicalId":90517,"journal":{"name":"Hypothesis : the newsletter of the Research Section of MLA","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135734141","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":"Methods for Evaluating Database Coverage","authors":"Stacy Brody, Rachel Brill, Robyn Butcher","doi":"10.18060/27364","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18060/27364","url":null,"abstract":"Purposes: In this article, we describe two methods to evaluate database content coverage, illustrating their use with the example of evaluating databases for coverage of medical education literature. Method names: Though several methods for evaluating database content coverage have been described, the two used herein, referred to as the reference list search method and the journal method, use traditional librarian skills and tools and can be used across a variety of topic areas. Description: In this paper, we describe two approaches to evaluating database coverage. For each method, we use the example of evaluating databases for their coverage of medical education literature. In the reference list search method, we search for references from comprehensive reviews or bibliographies to determine their presence in databases. In the journal method, we describe the indexing status and coverage of key publications in databases. Strengths: These methods use established librarian skills and tools and can be applied to a wide variety of topics. Limitations: The results of each method depend on the quality and comprehensiveness of the original source material: comprehensive reviews and bibliographies for the reference list search method and publication lists for the journal method.","PeriodicalId":90517,"journal":{"name":"Hypothesis : the newsletter of the Research Section of MLA","volume":"154 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135734485","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":"Preparing for the New NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy","authors":"Sara Samuel","doi":"10.18060/27432","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18060/27432","url":null,"abstract":"The Taubman Health Sciences Library (THSL) at the University of Michigan established the Research Data Core Team (Data Team) to raise awareness and educate people about the new Data Management & Sharing Policy released by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This was accomplished with an initial outreach phase, followed by an engagement phase.Outreach was launched by updating a LibGuide with information about the new policy, creating a slide for digital screens, and producing a short video. For the engagement phase, a presentation was created to review the policy’s main points, emphasizing that a Data Management and Sharing (DMS) Plan needed to be included in grant applications.Throughout the Fall 2022 and Winter 2023 semesters, the Data Team facilitated eight presentations, two workshops, and two office hours. Increased LibGuide views peaked at 1,873 in January. The Data Team anticipates continuing outreach and engagement after seeing how the NIH responds to the first DMS Plans.","PeriodicalId":90517,"journal":{"name":"Hypothesis : the newsletter of the Research Section of MLA","volume":"88 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135734351","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":"Evaluating the Accuracy of scite, a Smart Citation Index","authors":"Caitlin Bakker, Nicole Theis-Mahon, Sarah Jane Brown","doi":"10.18060/26528","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18060/26528","url":null,"abstract":"Objectives: Citations do not always equate endorsement, therefore it is important to understand the context of a citation. Researchers may heavily rely on a paper they cite, they may refute it entirely, or they may mention it only in passing, so an accurate classification of a citation is valuable for researchers and users. While AI solutions have emerged to provide a more nuanced meaning, the accuracy of these tools has yet to be determined. This project seeks to assess the accuracy of scite in assessing the meaning of citations in a sample of publications. Methods: Using a previously established sample of systematic reviews that cited retracted publications, we conducted known item searching in scite, a tool that uses machine learning to categorize the meaning of citations. scite's interpretation of the citation's meaning was recorded, as was our assessment of the citation’s meaning. Citations were classified as mentioning, supporting or contrasting. Recall, precision, and f-measure were calculated to describe the accuracy of scite's assessment in comparison to human assessment. Results: From the original sample of 324 citations, 98 citations were classified in scite. Of these, scite found that 2 were supporting and 96 were mentioning, while we determined that 42 were supporting, 39 were mentioning, and 17 were contrasting. Supporting citations had high precision and low recall, while mentioning citations had high recall and low precision. F-measures ranged between 0.0 and 0.58, representing low classification accuracy. Conclusions: In our sample, the overall accuracy of scite's assessments was low. scite was less able to classify supporting and contrasting citations, and instead labeled them as mentioning. Although there is potential and enthusiasm for AI to make engagement with literature easier and more immediate, the results generated from AI differed significantly from the human interpretation.","PeriodicalId":90517,"journal":{"name":"Hypothesis : the newsletter of the Research Section of MLA","volume":"360 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134989794","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":"Defining and Identifying Members of a Research Study Population: CTSA-Affiliated Faculty Members.","authors":"Jonathan D Eldredge, Edward F Weagel, Philip J Kroth","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":90517,"journal":{"name":"Hypothesis : the newsletter of the Research Section of MLA","volume":"26 1","pages":"5-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4109328/pdf/nihms599463.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"32538989","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":"Associations of hypomelanotic skin disorders with autism: Do they reflect the effects of genetic mutations and epigenetic factors on vitamin-D metabolism in individuals at risk for autism?","authors":"Muideen O Bakare,&nbsp;Kerim M Munir,&nbsp;Dennis K Kinney","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Vitamin D is crucial for full functioning in many genes, and vitamin-D deficiency interferes with many processes, including brain development and DNA repair. Several lines of evidence suggest that prenatal and early postnatal vitamin-D deficiency increases risk for autism, probably through multiple effects that include impaired brain development and increased de novo mutations. High rates of autism in several genetically based hypomelanotic skin disorders present a puzzle, because ultraviolet-B (UVB) radiation acting on skin is the major natural source of vitamin D, and lighter skin, which increases UVB penetration, helps protect against vitamin-D deficiency, especially at higher latitudes. Understanding autism's association with hypomelanosis may elucidate autism's etiology. We consider two hypotheses that may help explain autism's association with hypomelanotic disorders. Hypothesis 1) Because genetic and epigenetic variants that produce hypomelanotic conditions may help protect against vitamin-D deficiency, especially at higher latitudes, these variants may tend to decrease mortality - and increase the fertility - of individuals who also carry genetic or epigenetic factors that increase vulnerability to autism. Hypothesis 2) Children with hypomelanotic conditions will be more likely to develop autism, because children's photosensitivity and parental concerns about sunburn and skin cancer lead them to excessively reduce children's sun exposure and resultant vitamin-D levels. One approach to testing these hypotheses would involve comparing the genomes, epigenetic markers, skin pigmentation, and serum and brain levels of the active form of vitamin D in autistic individuals, with and without co-morbid hypomelanoses, as well as in their relatives and controls. Because availability of UVB radiation varies widely around the world, epidemiological and genetic studies of the co-morbidity in different regions would provide complementary means of testing the hypotheses. If test results support either hypothesis, they will add important evidence for an etiologic role of vitamin-D deficiency in autism, as well as supporting investigation of whether vitamin-D enhancement may aid treatment and prevention of autism.</p>","PeriodicalId":90517,"journal":{"name":"Hypothesis : the newsletter of the Research Section of MLA","volume":"9 1","pages":"e2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4109325/pdf/nihms301737.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"32538990","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}