Collaboration between health sciences librarians and faculty as reflected by articles published in the Journal of the Medical Library Association

Journal of the Medical Library Association

Sally Stieglitz¹  Jennifer A. DeVito²  Katherine G. Akers³  Robert Tolliver⁴  Molly Higgins⁵  Clara Y. Tran⁶ 

[1]Digital Learning and Instruction Librarian, Swirbul Library, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY

[2]Director of Access and User Services, Frank Melville Jr. Memorial Library, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY

[3]Editor-in-Chief, Journal of the Medical Library Association, and Biomedical Research and Data Specialist, Shiffman Medical Library, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

[4]Head, Science and Engineering, Frank Melville Jr. Memorial Library, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY

[5]Reference and Digital Services Librarian, Library of Congress, Washington, DC

[6]Science Librarian, Frank Melville Jr. Memorial Library, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY

关键词: Collaboration;    Authorship;    Publishing;   

DOI  :  10.5195/jmla.2018.559

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

A recent study by Higgins and colleagues reports that the Journal of the Medical Library Association (JMLA) had the highest percentage of articles with both librarian and faculty coauthors out of 13 peer-reviewed journals in science, technology, engineering, and medicine librarianship and education between 2005 and 2014. A deeper and updated analysis of JMLA research articles and case studies published between 2008 and 2017 revealed that 29% of articles had both librarian and faculty coauthors. The main topics of librarian-faculty collaboration, as described in these articles, were related to patient and consumer health information and clinical information-seeking and decision-making by health care providers. Most faculty coauthors came from the disciplines of biomedical or health informatics and biostatistics and library and information science. The publication of these articles in the JMLA provides evidence of health sciences librarians’ and information specialists’ ability to collaborate with faculty members to advance the knowledgebase and practice of librarianship and the health sciences.

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