Assessing the National Library of Medicine’s Informationist Awards

Deardorff, Ariel and Florance, Valerie and VanBiervliet, Alan (2016) Assessing the National Library of Medicine’s Informationist Awards. Journal of eScience Librarianship, 5 (1). e1095. ISSN 21613974

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Abstract

Objective: To understand the experience of the informationist recipients of NLM-funded Administrative Supplements for Informationist Services and gather evidence for their impact on NIH-funded biomedical research

Methods: A mixed methods approach consisting of a survey of principal investigators and a focus group of informationists.

Results: Informationists appeared to have a positive impact on their team’s research, especially in the areas of data storage, data management planning, data organization, and literature searching. In addition, many informationists felt that their involvement increased their research skills and made them true research partners. Assessing their own impact was a challenge for the award recipients, and questions remain about the best evaluation methods. The overall experience of the informationists and researchers was mixed but largely positive.

Conclusion: The NLM-funded informationist supplement award appears to be a successful mechanism for immersing informationists into research teams and improving data management in the supported projects.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Souths Book > Multidisciplinary
Depositing User: Unnamed user with email support@southsbook.com
Date Deposited: 03 Feb 2023 10:47
Last Modified: 24 Aug 2024 13:47
URI: http://research.europeanlibrarypress.com/id/eprint/130

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