Making the case for librarian expertise to support evidence synthesis for the sustainable development goals.

Autor: Ghezzi-Kopel K; Albert R. Mann Library, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA., Ault J; Information and Customer Servies Branch, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, Maryland, USA., Chimwaza G; ITOCA (Information Training and Outreach Centre for Africa), Centurion, South Africa., Diekmann F; Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences Library, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA., Eldermire E; Flower-Sprecher Veterinary Library, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA., Gathoni N; Library, Aga Khan University, Nairobi, Kenya., Kelly J; Magrath Library, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA., Kinengyere AA; Albert Cook Library, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda., Kocher M; Magrath Library, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA., Lwoga ET; College of Business Education, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania., Page J; Hodesson Veterinary Medicine Library, The Ohio State University Libraries, Columbus, Ohio, USA., Young S; University Libraries, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA., Porciello J; Department of Global Development, Cornell University, New York, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Research synthesis methods [Res Synth Methods] 2022 Jan; Vol. 13 (1), pp. 77-87. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Oct 21.
DOI: 10.1002/jrsm.1528
Abstrakt: Evidence syntheses that engage librarians as co-authors produce higher-quality results than those that do not. Trained as teachers, researchers, and information managers, librarians possess expert knowledge on research methodologies and information retrieval approaches that are critical for evidence synthesis. Researchers are under increasing pressure to produce evidence syntheses to inform practice and policymaking. Many fields outside of health science and medicine, however, do not have established guidelines, processes, or methodologies. This article describes how librarians led the creation of an interdisciplinary toolkit for researchers new to evidence synthesis. The implementation of the tools, including a protocol, supported eight evidence syntheses focused on effective agricultural interventions published in a special collection in Nature Research in October 2020. This article is a step-by-step overview of the tools and process. We advocate that librarian collaboration in evidence synthesis must become the norm, not the exception. Evidence synthesis project leads without access to a qualified librarian may use this toolkit as a point of entry for production of transparent, reproducible reviews.
(© 2021 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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