Gutzman Karen Elizabeth, Bales Michael E, Belter Christopher W, Chambers Thane, Chan Liza, Holmes Kristi L, Lu Ya-Ling, Palmer Lisa A, Reznik-Zellen Rebecca C, Sarli Cathy C, Suiter Amy M, Wheeler Terrie R
J Med Libr Assoc. 2018 Jan;106(1):1-14. doi: 10.5195/jmla.2018.205. Epub 2018 Jan 2.
The paper provides a review of current practices related to evaluation support services reported by seven biomedical and research libraries.
A group of seven libraries from the United States and Canada described their experiences with establishing evaluation support services at their libraries. A questionnaire was distributed among the libraries to elicit information as to program development, service and staffing models, campus partnerships, training, products such as tools and reports, and resources used for evaluation support services. The libraries also reported interesting projects, lessons learned, and future plans.
The seven libraries profiled in this paper report a variety of service models in providing evaluation support services to meet the needs of campus stakeholders. The service models range from research center cores, partnerships with research groups, and library programs with staff dedicated to evaluation support services. A variety of products and services were described such as an automated tool to develop rank-based metrics, consultation on appropriate metrics to use for evaluation, customized publication and citation reports, resource guides, classes and training, and others. Implementing these services has allowed the libraries to expand their roles on campus and to contribute more directly to the research missions of their institutions.
Libraries can leverage a variety of evaluation support services as an opportunity to successfully meet an array of challenges confronting the biomedical research community, including robust efforts to report and demonstrate tangible and meaningful outcomes of biomedical research and clinical care. These services represent a transformative direction that can be emulated by other biomedical and research libraries.
本文回顾了七家生物医学与研究图书馆所报告的当前与评估支持服务相关的实践情况。
来自美国和加拿大的七家图书馆组成的小组描述了他们在各自图书馆建立评估支持服务的经历。向这些图书馆分发了一份调查问卷，以获取有关项目开发、服务和人员配置模式、校园合作伙伴关系、培训、工具和报告等产品以及用于评估支持服务的资源的信息。这些图书馆还报告了有趣的项目、经验教训和未来计划。
本文介绍的七家图书馆在提供评估支持服务以满足校园利益相关者需求方面报告了多种服务模式。服务模式包括研究中心核心、与研究小组的合作以及设有专门从事评估支持服务人员的图书馆项目。描述了各种产品和服务，例如用于开发基于排名的指标的自动化工具、关于用于评估的适当指标的咨询、定制的出版和引用报告、资源指南、课程和培训等。实施这些服务使图书馆能够扩大其在校园中的作用，并更直接地为其机构的研究使命做出贡献。
图书馆可以利用各种评估支持服务，作为成功应对生物医学研究界面临的一系列挑战的契机，包括大力报告和展示生物医学研究与临床护理的切实且有意义的成果。这些服务代表了一个变革性的方向，其他生物医学与研究图书馆可以效仿。
