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Revolutionizing Science Librarianship in the Digital Age

Explore key roles of science librarians in the 21st century, from scholarly communications to digital object management, education, and collaboration opportunities. Delve into user needs analysis, collection development, and search tool selection for effective services. Understand the integration of datasets, information retrieval, and interaction with research communities. Enhance education on science-specific information literacy, interdisciplinary research, and educational theory. Discover visualization tools, informatics, data mining, and knowledge management. Embrace the evolving landscape of science libraries.

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Revolutionizing Science Librarianship in the Digital Age

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  1. Science Librarians in the 21st Century Michael Leach Harvard University leach@physics.harvard.edu

  2. Science Librarian =Research Librarian • User Needs Analysis • Ongoing • Feeds: • Collection development • Search tool selection • Interface and tool design • Evaluation of all services • Prioritization of services ACRL-STS, 27 June 2005

  3. Science Librarian =Research Librarian • Scholarly Communications • Insert yourself into the debate • One on one with faculty & students • With committees (primarily faculty & society) • In programs, forums, otherpublic “spaces” • E.g. DASER Summits • Know your community • How they currently communicate • Types of barriers (political, economic, social, etc) • Who are the “dissidents” & what is the “half-life” of the “conservatives” ACRL-STS, 27 June 2005

  4. Science Librarian =Research Librarian • Look for Collaboration Opportunities • Be that librarian in the Elsevier posters! • “Get in” as the research goes on • Go to the labs, research discussions/talks, colloquia • Have your information tools on hand • Take classes so you can “be prepared” • Read the research groups’ prior work • Be an investigator/collaborator yourself • E.g. Grid technology design ACRL-STS, 27 June 2005

  5. Science Librarian =Digital Objects Librarian • The expansion beyond monographs & serials • Some digital objects: • Datasets • Learning Objects • Web sites, especially content • Multimedia ACRL-STS, 27 June 2005

  6. Science Librarian =Digital Objects Librarian • Will we miss the boat on datasets? • NAS March 2005 preliminary report • Need for consolidation of dataset repositories • Need for integration of datasets • Need for ongoing support & preservation • Need for formulation of standards • Need for better information retrieval • There is money here as well! ACRL-STS, 27 June 2005

  7. Science Librarian =Digital Objects Librarian • Aggregation of digital objects • Repositories • Institutional, subject, format, etc. • Indexing/information retrieval of content • Google Scholar • Citesearcher • “Metalib” federated searching • Support for layered/distributed applications • E.g. virtual journals ACRL-STS, 27 June 2005

  8. Science Librarian =Education Librarian • Science-specific information literacy • Formulate good search habits early in users • Identify “expediencies” = methods & practices for accessing & using information better • Where? • In their environment: lab, office, classroom, society, meeting, etc. • Present at research society meetings • Chance for you to educate yourself as well ACRL-STS, 27 June 2005

  9. Science Librarian =Education Librarian • Inter/cross-disciplinary research • Learn elements of two or more disciplines • Educate one community about the other • Develop presentations & tools that will “translate” one research “language” into another • Note similarities & differences • Simple example: form of citations in papers • Use your scholarly communications tools ACRL-STS, 27 June 2005

  10. Science Librarian =Education Librarian • Know the elements of education theory • Adult learners vs students • Types of learning (e.g. text-based, visual, examples based, logic based, etc.) • Develop your own teaching skills • Presentation • Speaking • Listening ACRL-STS, 27 June 2005

  11. A few other things,Just because I can’t resist! • Visualization tools • E.g. discover emerging fields • E.g. predict awards & key papers • Informatics & Data Mining • Librarian as research scholar (again) • Knowledge Management • Capturing best practices & novel approaches • Competitive Intelligence ACRL-STS, 27 June 2005

  12. Thank you! leach@physics.harvard.edu ACRL-STS, 27 June 2005

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