1Brighton and Sussex NHS Library and Knowledge Service, Brighton, UK.
2Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton, UK.
Corresponding author: Tom Roper, tom.roper@bsuh.nhs.uk
Abstract
Journal clubs for librarians are little discussed in the professional literature. Brighton and Sussex NHS Library and Knowledge Service has run a journal club for all service staff since 2011, meeting every six weeks.
Objectives
To determine if librarians’ journal clubs are an effective medium for continuing professional development, understanding and applying best practice to service improvement, and practicing evidence-based librarianship.
Methods
The results of a literature review will be presented. The presentation will analyse the articles presented at journal club meetings, by journal, presenter study design and theme, and assess the club’s impact on individuals and the service. The archives of the journal club from 2011 to 2015 will be analysed, and sources and themes identified. The impact of the journal club will be analysed by mixed methods, including case studies and a validated survey of presenters past and present.
Discussion
We will discuss the club’s impact on continuing professional development, revalidation, confidence in supporting clinicians’ journal clubs, and critical appraisal and presentation skills. In addition, the usefulness of the journal club as a means of service improvement will be assessed. Benefits for users of the library and knowledge service will also be analysed.
Conclusion
While journal clubs require commitment from presenters and participants, we believe them to be a valuable tool for the continuing professional development of librarians, and for the improvement of services to clinicians.
Keywords: Periodicals as Topic; Education, Continuing; Professional Development; Organizational Innovation; Accreditation; Journal Clubs
Introduction
The invention of the journal club is traditionally attributed to Sir William Osler, at McGill University, Canada in 1875 (1). Health librarians support journal clubs for clinicians, but while there is an extensive literature on running clinical journal clubs (2), there is rather less on the provision of journal clubs for library and knowledge service staff themselves. We hypothesised that there might be benefits in journal clubs for library and knowledge services staff, helping their continuing professional development (CPD), helping them understand and apply best practice to service improvement, and supporting the practice of evidence-based librarianship. We wanted to investigate whether a librarian’s journal club could also improve confidence in supporting clinicians’ journal clubs, and the development of critical appraisal and presentation skills.
Brighton and Sussex NHS Library and Knowledge Service (LKS) provides services to the local health economy in Brighton, Hove and parts of East and Mid-Sussex, serving acute, community and mental health trusts, as well as primary care and public health, and is a partner with Brighton and Sussex Medical School. The LKS has twenty five members of staff (full and part time) based at three sites in Brighton, Hove and Haywards Heath. A journal club for all LKS staff has run since 2011, meeting every six weeks. Meetings are linked to those of the Searching and Teaching Peer Group, which meets regularly to discuss issues of concern to literature searchers and those delivering the service’s teaching programme. The journal club is open to all members of the LKS team, irrespective of role or status.
Journal club lasts for one hour, two papers being presented, each by a member of the team, allocated by rota. Each presentation is allowed thirty minutes, including questions and discussion. Presenters are asked to select a paper of their own choice. Eighteen members of the team have presented in the period covered by this paper.
A literature review identified 13 articles on journal clubs for librarians, of diverse publication types ranging from brief communications to case studies. The literature review methods and results are presented in Appendix 1. Only two articles were based on mixed quantitative-qualitative methodology, using questionnaires to gather evidence in addition to qualitative methods. Pearce-Smith (3) concluded that a journal club is an effective method to support evidence-based librarianship, but used a small sample (five survey responses) and a short period of time (six meetings), so its findings may not be generalisable. Young and Vilelle (4) drew data from a larger sample of 14 library journal clubs, concluding that they contribute to social cohesion within a professional community and promote better understanding of other departments. They also found that journal clubs had little effect on professional practice.
Methods
Records of papers presented at the journal club, covering the period May 2011 to December 2015 were extracted to a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, recording date of presentation, journal, title of the paper presented, presenter, presenter’s role and study design where known. Each article was allocated free text tags to reflect the subject matter, and the journal was allocated to a broad empirically derived subject classification.
21 questionnaires (Appendix 2) were sent to current (16) and former (5) members of the team who had presented and/or attended journal club, using SurveyMonkey. 17 had both presented and attended, four had attended but not presented. Those who attended and had not presented were invited to answer the first four questions, while presenters were asked to answer all questions.
17 completed questionnaires were received, an 81% response rate. Of the respondents 4 were leavers and 13 were current members of staff. One non-responder said they did not complete the questionnaire as they had only attended journal club once.
Respondents were asked if they would be available for a follow-up face-to-face semi-structured interview, and three agreed. Interviews were conducted between 29 April and 5 May 2016. Interviewees were provided with an information sheet and signed a consent form (appendices 3 and 4). Interviews were recorded and transcribed; any details that could make the interviewee identifiable were redacted. Transcripts were then reviewed for themes.
Results
70 journal articles were presented at 37 meetings of the journal club in the period April 2011 to December 2015. Six further presentations were of institutional reports (2), conference presentations (2) and blog posts (2), and were excluded from further analysis.
Papers were presented from 41 unique journal titles. The five journals most frequently chosen are shown in table 1.
Table 1: five journals most frequently chosen
| Journal title | Number of papers presented, 2011-2015 |
| Health Information and Libraries Journal | 12 |
| Journal of Hospital Librarianship | 7 |
| Journal of the Medical Library Association | 7 |
| Medical Reference Services Quarterly | 4 |
| Library Management | 3 |
48 of 70 papers (68.5%) were from journals categorised as in the library and information science field. Of the remainder 19 (27%) were from clinical journals and two (3%) from management journals.
Currency of papers presented was high. 40 papers were presented in their year of publication, 21 the year after publication, five two years after publication, one three years after publication, one four years after publication, one five years after publication and one 29 years after publication.
Figure 1: currency of articles presented
Subject tags were ranked by frequency of occurrence.
The top five tags are shown in Table 2:
Table 2
| Tag | Frequency |
| Searching | 15 |
| Information literacy | 11 |
| Systematic reviews | 4 |
| Patient information | 4 |
| Social media | 3 |
Responses to the questionnaire showed that 70% of attenders and presenters at the journal club have attended other journal clubs, chiefly within clinical teams.
We asked if there were perceived barriers to attending journal club. Diary clashes with other commitments were identified as the biggest barrier (n=10) while seven felt there were no barriers to them attending (respondents were able to identify more than one barrier).
When choosing a paper to present, 86% (13/15) agreed or strongly agreed that personal CPD interest influenced their choice. The same number (80%) agreed or strongly agreed that the relevance of the subject matter to current LKS work influenced their decision. All respondents (100%) agreed or strongly agreed that they selected a paper because the topic was one they wanted the LKS team to discuss.
We asked respondents about the currency and availability of papers and its influence on choices. 80% chose papers with currency in mind, but availability was less important. Only four people said that the availability of a paper on open access influenced their selection.
We hypothesised that people would choose papers either because they wanted to learn more about a topic, or because they already had some knowledge of the topic. 47% (7) said they chose papers on which they already had some knowledge, while 27% (4) chose papers on topics about which they knew little.
We wanted to find out if journal club had any impact on continuing professional development for attenders and presenters. 94% (15/16) of attenders agreed or strongly agreed that it has increased their reading of library and information science research. 100% of presenters agreed or strongly agreed that the club has increased their reading of the research literature.
The majority of presenters and attenders agreed or strongly agreed that it has helped them develop critical appraisal skills (67% of presenters and 70% of attenders), with the same number agreeing or strongly agreeing that it has helped them be more critical when reading research studies. We also asked about impact on presentation skills. 53% of attenders agreed or strongly agreed that the journal club had helped improve their presentation skills. However, 29% (5) were neutral and 18% (3) did not believe it had helped. Those that had presented felt similarly about impact on presentation skills with 53% agreeing or strongly agreeing that that it helps, but nearly as many remaining neutral or disagreeing (7).
We asked questions about the impact of the journal club on applying best practice and supporting evidence-based librarianship. When asking if the journal club helped influence decision-making within the LKS, 41% (7/17) of attenders agreed or strongly agreed that it did. 35% were neutral (6) and 23% (4) thought it did not have any influence. Results for presenters were similar with 40% (6) agreeing or strongly agreeing that it does help, but with 6 people being neutral and 3 people disagreeing.
We asked attenders and presenters if they thought that the journal club had made any difference to their individual practice. Responses from presenters were nearly evenly matched with 53% (8) presenters agreeing or strongly agreeing that they thought they had applied results of the papers to their practice (6 people were able to identify 7 seven papers), although 46% either were neutral or disagreed.
We wanted to find out if any presentations had had any direct impact on LKS wide practice. Whilst (53%) agreed or strongly agreed that they thought journal club does help apply results to LKS practice, when we asked if any particular presentations have any direct impact on LKS practice only 4 presenters said yes and could identify only 6 papers out of the total 76 presented. The majority said no; none of the papers had had any known impact or that they didn’t know (73%). A total of 12 out of 76 individual papers were identified as having known impact on LKS wide and individual practice.
When we asked if there are any ways the club could be improved, 7 out of 17 chose to submit suggestions, which included: “Perhaps a better system for capturing ideas/best practice that the group comes up with as a result of papers presented”.“Would be good to revisit papers a few months on if team decided on any follow-up actions – to see influence in practice”.
Analysis
A thematic analysis of the interview transcripts showed that interviewees valued the stimulus journal club provided to keep up with the professional literature, to learn from peers and to share knowledge. Two of three interviewees expressed reservations about the methodological quality of the professional literature and the predictability of findings, ‘I don’t think there’s anything out there that we’ve found…that would blow my mind’ said one. Another found it reassuring to find other library services working in similar ways.
Asked about the impact of journal club, interviewees cited papers presented on search techniques that had informed practice when performing evidence searches, papers on web site design that had contributed to a refurbishment of the LKS site, and papers on social media that had informed day-to-day practice and the development of a social media strategy for the service.
Interviewees liked the structure of journal clubs and that the rota required everyone to present. Some felt that journal club helped develop presentation and critical appraisal skills, though one questioned whether critical appraisal skills could be developed, because of the low quality of the librarianship literature.
Interviewees liked the high level of engagement in journal club discussions, ‘passionate’ was one word used, and unusual papers, described as ‘left-field’, ‘wacky’, off-the wall, were considered to stimulate good discussions. ‘It doesn’t actually have to be perfect. It has to be interesting and start an interesting conversation’ said one. Relevance to the context in which the interviewee worked was also important, ‘So that’s why it stuck in my mind, because I could really apply it to my kind of speciality’.
All suggested that a more rigorous approach to recording actions and outcomes of discussions would be helpful ‘[it would] make them feel like they are actually saying something and someone’s listening’. One suggested that a pre-selected pool of articles for presentations would be helpful.
Discussion
The main difference between our approach and the majority of papers found by our literature review is that the latter lack a clear evaluative methodology. The two reported studies which used a questionnaire differ from our approach in that Young and Villele studied multiple journal clubs, while Pearce-Smith surveyed a small number of participants (n=5) over a short period of time. Neither used post-questionnaire interviews to gather additional evidence to support the conclusions of the study.
On the basis of our results, we conclude that a journal club can help LKS staff read more library and information science literature. Some believed that it helps develop critical appraisal skills, though the important caveats about methodological quality of our professional literature should not be ignored. The journal club does help staff adopt a more critical stance when reading research papers, but it is unclear whether the club helps influence decision-making, even though all presenters selected papers because they wanted the LKS to discuss a topic.
The majority of staff use the club to learn and develop their own individual practice but were less convinced that it influenced service-wide practice. This was backed up by the relatively few papers cited as having any impact – personally or LKS wide. Six out of 70 papers were cited as having a known service improvement impact. There was no conclusive indication that a journal club helps improve presentation skills.
The chief limitation of this study is that data in the survey and interviews are self-reported and therefore open to recall and social desirability biases.
Contributors: IB conducted the literature search and analysed results, JF devised and administered the questionnaire and analysed the results, TR extracted and analysed data from the journal club records and carried out, transcribed and analysed the follow-up interviews
References
- Linzer M. The journal club and medical education: over one hundred years of unrecorded history. Postgraduate Med J. 1987;63(740):475-8.
- Bowles P, Marenah K, Ricketts D, Rogers B. How to prepare for and present at a journal club. Brit J Hosp Med. 2013;74 Suppl 10:C150-2.
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- Young P, Vilelle L. The Prevalence and Practices of Academic Library Journal Clubs. J Acad Libr. 2011;37(2):130-6.
Appendix 1 Literature review methods and results
Search strategy (conducted 25 April 2016)
Library and Information Science Abstracts (LISA) (1969 – current)
ProQuest Library Science (1970 – current)
(academic* OR medical* OR library*) AND “journal club” 144 hits, 13 selected
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts, Teacher Reference Center
tx(academic* OR medical* OR library*) AND “journal club” 62 hits, 9 selected
Ovid MEDLINE(R) In-Process & Other Non-Indexed Citations, Ovid MEDLINE(R) Daily and Ovid MEDLINE(R) 1946 to Present
((academic* OR medical* OR librar*) ADJ4 “journal club”).ti,ab; 56 results. 2 selected
EMBASE
((academic* OR medical* OR librar*) ADJ4 “journal club”).ti,ab; 64 results. 1 selected
ERIC
((academic OR medical OR librar*) AND “journal club*”) 19 results 1 selected
Additionally:
e-LIS http://eprints.rclis.org/
Google Scholar “library journal club”: cited by and related checked at the 3 most cited articles – 1 additional for inclusion found
Inclusion criteria: librarians’ or library journal club studies exclusively; not book or discussion or reading or study or cpd group or club or list, or journal club mentioned only as a part of librarians’ professional education.
Papers retrieved:
- Barsky E. A Library journal club as a tool for current awareness and open communication: University of British Columbia case study. Partnership. Can J Lib Info Pract Res [Internet]. 2009;4(2). Available from: https://journal.lib.uoguelph.ca/index.php/perj/article/view/1000/1557
- Dixie A. Jones et al, The journal club as an educational modality for librarians: the Louisiana State University Medical Center in Shreveport experiences LLA Bull 55 (Spring 1993): 192-196
- Doney L, Stanton W. Facilitating evidence-based librarianship: a UK experience. Health Info Libr J. 2003 Jun;20(s1):76-8. Available from: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1365-2532.20.s1.13.x/full
- Fitzgibbons M. Journal clubs: Free and effective professional development for librarians. Access (Online). 2015 Nov;29(4):30-3. Available from: http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=591917728374970;res=ielhss
- Grant MJ. Journal clubs for continued professional development. Health Info Libr J 2003 Jun 1;20(Suppl.1):72-3. Available from: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1365-2532.20.s1.11.x/full
- Hickman T, Allen L. A librarians’ journal club: a forum for sharing ideas and experiences. Coll Res Lib News. 2005 Oct;66(9):642-4. Available from: http://crln.acrl.org/content/66/9/642.full.pdf
- Klein RS, Slowinski R. Chicago medical library journal club. Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1976;64(3):320. Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC199222/
- Kraemer EW. Keeping up with the journals: a library journal club at Oakland University. J of Acad Libr. 2007;33(1):136-7. Available at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0099133306001650
- Mason J. Encouraging the use of evidence: A journal club for health librarians. J Can Health Libr Assoc. 2014 Aug;35(2):112. Available at: https://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/jchla/article/view/22906/17075
- Pearce-Smith N. A journal club is an effective tool for assisting librarians in the practice of evidence-based librarianship: a case study. . Health Info Libr J. 2006;23(1):32-40. Available at: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1471-1842.2006.00638.x/abstract
- Seago BL, Turman LU, Horne AS, Croom P, Cary C. Journal club with a mission. Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1994 Jan;82(1):73-4. Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC225865/
- Tomlin AC. From dowdy to dandy: spiffing up the journal club. One-Person Library. 1996 Apr;12(12):1-3.
- Young P, Vilelle L. The Prevalence and Practices of Academic Library Journal Clubs. J Acad Libr. 2011 Mar;37(2):130-6. Available at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0099133311000188
Appendix 2
Journal club survey
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust Library and Knowledge Service (LKS) is evaluating the LKS journal club that has run on a roughly every other month basis since July 2011. As you have attended and/or presented at the LKS journal club, we are asking you to complete the following questionnaire. We have attached a list of journal club presentations to help you reflect on your experience as an attendee and/or a presenter (appendix 1).
Results will be presented at the European Association for Health Information and Libraries (EAHIL) conference in June 2016 by Tom Roper, Igor Brbre and Jil Fairclough with the later possibility of publication. Results will be made available to any participant on request. Results will be anonymised and used solely for the purposes stated.
1. Have you ever attended any other journal clubs (clinical or library) other than the LKS journal club?
YES ☐
NO ☐
If you have attended the LKS journal club and not presented, please complete questions 1-4 only. If you have presented and attended the journal club please complete all questions. Please fill in your name and job title at the end of the questionnaire.
2. As an attendee of the LKS Journal Club please rate the following statements according to the scale: Attending the journal club has helped me to:
Read more about library and information science-related research papers
Strongly agree ☐ Agree ☐ Neutral ☐ Disagree ☐ Strongly disagree ☐
Develop my critical appraisal skills
Strongly agree ☐ Agree ☐ Neutral ☐ Disagree ☐ Strongly disagree ☐
Be more critical when reading research studies
Strongly agree ☐ Agree ☐ Neutral ☐ Disagree ☐ Strongly disagree ☐
Influence the decision-making of colleagues within the LKS
Strongly agree ☐ Agree ☐ Neutral ☐ Disagree ☐ Strongly disagree ☐
Apply the results of the papers to my practice at LKS
Strongly agree ☐ Agree ☐ Neutral ☐ Disagree ☐ Strongly disagree ☐
Apply the results of the papers to LKS wide practice
Strongly agree ☐ Agree ☐ Neutral ☐ Disagree ☐ Strongly disagree ☐
Improve my presentation skills
Strongly agree ☐ Agree ☐ Neutral ☐ Disagree ☐ Strongly disagree ☐
None of the above
Strongly agree ☐ Agree ☐ Neutral ☐ Disagree ☐ Strongly disagree ☐
3. The LKS journal club is open to all library staff. In your opinion, which of these barriers have prevented you from attending the journal club (tick all that apply):
Lack of time ☐
Date/time of club clashing with other commitments ☐
Staff shortages ☐
No interest ☐
Not relevant to practice ☐
Not advertised well enough ☐
Other ☐
No barriers ☐
4. As an attendee of the journal club, are there any ways in which you think it could be improved to be of more benefit to you – please describe in your own words:
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5. As a presenter at the LKS Journal Club, please rate the following statements according to the scale: this influences my decision as to which paper to select:
Personal CPD interest
Strongly agree ☐ Agree ☐ Neutral ☐ Disagree ☐ Strongly disagree ☐
Relevancy of topic due to current work being done in LKS
Strongly agree ☐ Agree ☐ Neutral ☐ Disagree ☐ Strongly disagree ☐
Topic was one you wanted LKS to discuss
Strongly agree ☐ Agree ☐ Neutral ☐ Disagree ☐ Strongly disagree ☐
Time restrictions – first one you came across
Strongly agree ☐ Agree ☐ Neutral ☐ Disagree ☐ Strongly disagree ☐
Because it was open access and easy to access
Strongly agree ☐ Agree ☐ Neutral ☐ Disagree ☐ Strongly disagree ☐
The paper was current
Strongly agree ☐ Agree ☐ Neutral ☐ Disagree ☐ Strongly disagree ☐
The study addressed an area you knew little about
Strongly agree ☐ Agree ☐ Neutral ☐ Disagree ☐ Strongly disagree ☐
6. As a presenter at the LKS Journal Club presenting at the journal club has helped me to:
Read more about library and information science-related research papers
Strongly agree ☐ Agree ☐ Neutral ☐ Disagree ☐ Strongly disagree ☐
Develop my critical appraisal skills
Strongly agree ☐ Agree ☐ Neutral ☐ Disagree ☐ Strongly disagree ☐
Be more critical when reading research studies
Strongly agree ☐ Agree ☐ Neutral ☐ Disagree ☐ Strongly disagree ☐
Influence the decision-making of colleagues within the LKS
Strongly agree ☐ Agree ☐ Neutral ☐ Disagree ☐ Strongly disagree ☐
Apply the results of the papers to my practice
Strongly agree ☐ Agree ☐ Neutral ☐ Disagree ☐ Strongly disagree ☐
Apply the results of the papers to LKS wide practice
Strongly agree ☐ Agree ☐ Neutral ☐ Disagree ☐ Strongly disagree ☐
Improved my presentation skills
Strongly agree ☐ Agree ☐ Neutral ☐ Disagree ☐ Strongly disagree ☐
None of the above
Strongly agree ☐ Agree ☐ Neutral ☐ Disagree ☐ Strongly disagree ☐
A full list of presenters and the papers they presented is in appendix 1. Please answer the following questions reflecting on the papers you have presented.
7. Do you think that any of your presentation(s) has had any direct impact on LKS practice to date?
YES ☐
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8. Do you think any of your paper(s) has had any impact on your own personal day to day practice? For example, made you change your own practice in some way, maybe a method of teaching.
YES ☐
NO ☐
Don’t Know ☐
If Yes, please tell us which paper and what was the impact.
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Thank you for completing our questionnaire. Please provide your name and current job title (if applicable).
Your name:
Your current job title:
We are interested in following up this survey with some selected semi-structured interviews. If you are able to participate in one of these interviews to be held between April-May and lasting between 30-60 minutes indicate below:
YES ☐
NO ☐
Please return completed questionnaire to Jil Fairclough – j.fairclough@bsms.ac.uk or via mail at The Library, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, The Audrey Emerton Building, Eastern Road, Brighton BN2 5BE by Friday 8th April 2016.
Appendix 1
Library and Knowledge Service Journal Club
| Presenters | ||
| 11 May 2011 |
Ben Skinner The use of wikis as alternatives to learning content management systems Laughton P. The Electronic Library 2010;29(2):225-235 |
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| 7 July 2011, 9.30am |
Amy Dunn The unteachable in pursuit of the unreadable? Booth A. Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 2006;1(2). |
Sarah Butler Commissioning: using evidence is not an open and shut case. Gkeredakis E. HSJ 26 May 2011:23-25. |
| 9 September 2011, 9.30am |
Sharon Springham “Serendipitous” browsing versus library space. Massis B E. New Library World 2011: 178-182. |
Jil Fairclough Health Sciences Librarians’ Research on Medical Students’ Use of Information for Their Studies at The Medical School, University of Queensland, Australia. E. Lasserre, Nicola Foxlee, Lisa Kruesi & Julie Walters. Medical Reference Services Quarterly 30 (2), 2011 p 141-157. |
| 14 November 2011, 2.30pm |
Melinda Davies Developing and using a rubric for evaluating evidence-based medicine point-of-care tools Suzanne Shurtz, MLIS, AHIP; Margaret J. Foster, MS, MPH, J Med Libr Assoc 99(3) July 2011 |
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| 17 January 2012, 2.30pm |
Ben Skinner Innovation health and wealth: accelerating adoption and diffusion in the NHS. Department of Health 2011. |
Liz Rowan A pilot study to evaluate learning style-tailored information prescriptions for hypertensive emergency department patients. Koonce TY. JMLA 2011;99(4):280-289. |
| 20 February 2012, 9.30am |
Sarah Butler Profiling information behaviour of nursing students: part 1: quantitative findings Peter Stokes; Christine Urquhart Journal of documentation, 2011 67(6) 908-932 |
Amy Dunn Evaluating Health Information Web Sites for Credibility Monheit DF. Journal of Hospital Librarianship 2011;11:39-44 |
| 3 April 2012, 9.30am |
Jil Fairclough An availability study of electronic articles in an academic health sciences library. Crum JA. J Med Libr Assoc 2011;99(4). |
Amanda Lackey The new science of building great teams: the chemistry of high-performing groups is no longer a mystery Pentland A. Harvard Business Review 2012:60-70 |
| 16 May 2012, 9.30am |
Melinda Davies The Foreign Physician or Nurse and the Medical Librarians. Sally G Wayman, Medical Reference Services Quarterly, 1983; 2(3):37-4 The state of medical education and practice in the UK – GMC, 2011 |
Elaine Watson Sensitivity and precision of adverse effect search filters in MEDLINE and EMBASE: a case study of fractures with thiazolidinediones. Golder S. HILJ 2011;29:28-38. |
| 28 June 2012, 9.30am |
Sharon Springham A national survey of UK health libraries investigating the cost of interlibrary loan services and assessing the accessibility to key orthopaedic journals. Tahim.A, Stokes.O and Vedi.V. Health Information and Libraries Journal 2012;29 (2):110-119 |
Ben Skinner Nurse’s use of online health information in medical wards Gilmour JA, et al. J Adv Nurs 2011; 68(6):1349-1358 |
| 15 August 2012, 9.30am |
Sarah Butler The impact of information skills training on independent literature searching activity and requests for mediated literature searches John Addison, Steven William Glover & Christine Thornton. Health Information & Libraries Journal 2010;27 (3) |
Mel Arnold Examining the application of Web 2.0 in medical-related organisations Samuel Kai Wah Chu, Matsuko Woo, Ronnel B. King, Stephen Choi, Miffy Cheng, Peggy Koo Health Information & Libraries Journal 2012 Mar;29(1):47-60 |
| 20 September 2012, 1.30 (Thursday) |
Liz Rowan Medical literature searches: a comparison of PubMed and Google Scholar Eva Nourbakhsh; Rebecca Nugent; Helen Wang; Cihan Cevik & Kenneth Nugent Health Information and Libraries Journal, 2012 29(3) 214-222 |
Elaine Watson Areas for improvement in medical library advocacy: in our own words Donna L. Beales Journal of Hospital Librarianship 12:208-217, 2012 |
| 6 November 2012, 1.30 (Tuesday) |
Jil Fairclough Cooper AL, Elnicki DM. Resource utilisation patterns of third-year medical students. The Clinical Teacher 2011 8: 43-47. |
Amanda Lackey Stephanie J. Schulte, Susan Bejciy-Spring & Jill Niese (2012): Evidence in Action Rounds: collaborating with nursing to improve care, Journal of Hospital Librarianship 12:3, 199-207 |
| 7 December 2012, 9.30 (Friday) |
Sarah Butler Wakeham, M et al. Library subject guides: a case study of evidence-informed library development. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science. 2012: 44: 199 |
Sharon Springham Mukherjee.A and Bawden.D. Dissertations into practice : Health Information Seeking in the Information Society Health Information and Libraries Journal 2012;29 (3):242-246 |
| 24 January 2013, 1.30 (Thursday) |
Ben Skinner Revalidation for doctors |
Sarah Butler Preston, Hugh & O’Dell, Fred Exploring factors in non-use of hospital library resources Library management 2013 34:1 |
| 5 March 2013, 1.30 (Tuesday) |
Amy Dunn Teaching critical appraisal skills in healthcare settings Horsley, T et al. 2011 Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 11 |
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| 17 April 2013, 9.30 (Wednesday) |
Amanda Lackey Continuing education in library management: challenges and opportunities Miriam Louise Matteson, Elizabeth K Schlueter, Morgan E Hidy Library Management, Vol. 34 Iss: 3 (Date online 22/1/2013) |
Liz Rowan Clinical and academic use of electronic and print books: the Health Sciences Library System e-book study at the University of Pittsburgh Folb, B.L. et al. J Med. Libr. Assoc. 99(3) July 2011. |
| 4 June 2013, 9.30 (Tuesday) |
Jil Fairclough Wallace S, Clark M, White J. ‘It’s on my iPhone’: attitudes to the use of mobile computing devices in medical education, a mixed methods study. BMJ Open 2012;2: 1-7. |
Tom Roper The value of library and information services in patient care: results of a multisite study Marshall JG, Sollenberger J, Easterby-Gannett S, Morgan LK, Klem ML, Cavanaugh SK, Oliver KB, Thompson CA, Romanosky N, Hunter S. J Med Libr Assoc. 2013 Jan;101(1):38-46. |
| 12 July 2013, 9.30 (Friday) |
Elaine Watson Effectiveness of a worksite lifestyle intervention on vitality, work engagement, productivity, and sick leave: results of a randomized controlled trial. Scand J Work Environ Health 39(1):66-74, 2013 |
Amy Dunn Boredom among psychiatric in-patients: does it matter? Steele, R et al. 2013 Advances in Psychiatric Treatment 19(4) 259-267 (Athens password required) |
| 28 August 2013, 1.30 pm (Wednesday) |
Tom Roper Shariff SZ, Bejaimal SAD, Sontrop JM, Iansavichus AV, Haynes RB, Weir MA, Garg AX Retrieving Clinical Evidence: A Comparison of PubMed and Google Scholar for Quick Clinical Searches J Med Internet Res 2013;15(8):e164 URL: http://www.jmir.org/2013/8/e164/ |
Sarah Butler Mestre, Lori S. Learning Objects as Tools for Teaching Information Literacy Online: A Survey of Librarian Usage College & Research Libraries May 2011 72:3 236-252 http://crl.acrl.org/content/72/3/236.abstract |
| 4 October 2013, 9.30am (Friday) |
Kevin Burgoyne A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Medical Leech Therapy for Osteoarthritis of the Knee Clinical Journal of Pain 2013 Feb 26 (E-Pub ahead of print) |
Sharon Springham Ilic.D. and Rowe.N. What is the evidence that poster presentations are effective in promoting knowledge transfer? A state of the art review. Health Information and Libraries Journal 2013;30(1):4-12 |
| 12 November 2013, 10.00am (Tuesday) |
Jil Fairclough BMC Med Educ. 2013 Sep 4;13(1):119. [Epub ahead of print] Current practices in library/informatics instruction in academic libraries serving medical schools in the western United States: a three-phase action research study. Eldredge JD, Heskett KM, Henner T, Tan JP. |
Cheryl Francis Jennifer L. Bonnet & Benjamin McAlexander. First Impressions and the Reference Encounter: The Influence of Affect and Clothing on Librarian Approachability. The Journal of Academic Librarianship. Volume 39, Issue 4, July 2013, Pages 335–346. |
| 11 December 2013, 9.00am (Wednesday) |
Amanda Lackey Butson, L C, Pauly, R R. A Librarian’s role in enhancing patients’ knowledge and self-advocacy. Journal of Hospital Librarianship, 13: 362-372, 2013 |
Helen Barrett Cherry J, Calvert P. Library service as theatre: using dramaturgy to investigate attitudes to the retail and professional models of service. Aslib Proceedings. 2012 64:2 201-214. |
| 23 January 2014, 1.30pm (Thursday) |
Liz Rowan Can we prioritise which databases to search? A case study using a systematic review of frozen shoulder management. Health Info Libr J. 2013 Mar;30(1):49-58 |
Melanie Arnold Reference services for the deaf and hard of hearing Michael Saar and Helen Arthur-Okur. Reference Services Review, 2013, Vol. 41 No 3: 434-452 |
| 4 March 2014, 10.00am (Tuesday) |
Elaine Watson Anthony McKeown, Jessica Bates, (2013) “Emotional intelligent leadership: Findings from a study of public library branch managers in Northern Ireland”, Library Management, Vol. 34 Iss: 6/7, pp.462 – 485 http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?articleid=17095666 |
Sarah Butler Young, T., Rohwer, A, Wolmink, J and Clarke, M. (2014) What Are the Effects of Teaching Evidence-Based Health Care (EBHC)? Overview of Systematic Reviews. PlosOne, Vol. 9 Iss: 1, e86706 http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0086706 |
| 11 April 2014, 9.30am (Friday) |
Jil Fairclough Blakiston R. Developing a content strategy for an academic library website. Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship. 25:3. 175-191. |
Mel Arnold The impact of library instruction: do first-year medical students use library resources specifically highlighted during instructional sessions? J Med Libr Assoc. Jul 2013; 101(3): 213–217 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3738082/pdf/mlab-101-03-213.pdf |
| 28 May 2014, 1.30pm (Wednesday) |
Kevin Burgoyne Feasibility of Retrofitting a University Library with Active Workstations to Reduce Sedentary Behavior American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2014;46(5):525–528 |
Amy Dunn Fourie, I and Fourie, H. Getting it done on time Library Hi Tech 2013 31(2) 391-400 |
| 7 July 201410.00am (Monday) |
Sarah Butler Clarke, S and Thomas, Z Learning and teaching in action. Health Info Libr J. 2011 28:326-330 |
Tom Roper Lasserre K. Expert searching in health librarianship: a literature review to identify international issues and Australian concerns. Health Info Libr J. 2012 Mar;29(1):3-15 |
| 20 August 2014, 1.00pm (Wednesday) |
Amanda Lackey Cruse, P and Protzko, S Librarian contributions to clinical practice guidelines Medical Reference Services Quarterly, 2014 Jul; 33 (3): 327-334 |
Liz Rowan Erin M. Watson Leisure reading collections in academic health sciences and science libraries: results of visits to seven libraries Health Information & Libraries Journal, 2014, 31 (1); 20-31 |
| 1 October 2014, 2.00pm (Wednesday) |
Kevin Burgoyne Searching for disability in electronic databases of published literature Walsh, Emily S. et al. Disability and Health Journal , Volume 7 , Issue 1 , 114 – 118 |
Tom Roper Rethlefsen ML, Murad MH, Livingston EH. Engaging medical librarians to improve the quality of review articles. JAMA. 2014 Sep 10; 312(10):999-1000. doi: 10.1001/jama.2014.9263. |
| 26 November 2014, 2.00pm (Wednesday) |
Sharon Springham The British Nursing Index and CINAHL: a comparison of journal title coverage and the implications for information professionals. Briscoe S and Cooper C. Health Information and Libraries Journal 2014;31(3):195-203 |
Tom Roper Byrd GD, Winkelstein P. A comparative analysis of moral principles and behavioral norms in eight ethical codes relevant to health sciences librarianship, medical informatics, and the health professions. J Med Libr Assoc. 2014 Oct;102(4):247-56. |
| 14 January 2015, 2.00pm (Wednesday) Cancelled | Mel Arnold | |
| 25 February 2015, 2.00pm (Wednesday) |
Elaine Watson Methley AM, Campbell S, Chew-Graham C, McNally R, Cheraghi-Sohi S. PICO, PICOS and SPIDER: a comparison study of specificity and sensitivity in three search tools for qualitative systematic reviews. BMC Health Serv Res. 2014 Nov 21;14(1):579. |
Helen Barrett Ashley Farrell and Jeff Mason Evaluating the Impact of Literature Searching Services on Patient Care Through the Use of a Quick-Assessment Tool. JCHLA / JABSC 35: 116-123, 2014 |
| 15 April 2015, 2.00pm (Wednesday) |
Amanda Lackey Carol Friesen, Mê-Linh Lê, Carol Cooke & Melissa Raynard (2015) Analysis of a Librarian-Mediated Literature Search Service, Medical Reference Services Quarterly, 34:1, 29-46 |
Jil Fairclough Ghojazadeh M et al. Medical students’ attitudes on and experiences with evidence-based medicine: a qualitative study. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 20 (2014) 779-785. |
| 3 June 2015, 2.00pm (Wednesday) |
Amy Dunn Building Library Community Through Social Media. Young, S.W.H. and Rossmann, D. Information Technology and Libraries March 2015 pp20-37 http://search.proquest.com/docview/1673955637/fulltextPDF/44ECD55C90ED4EC8PQ/98?accountid=26452 |
Kevin Burgoyne Wikipedia: A Key Tool for Global Public Health Promotion Journal of medical internet research 13/1 2011 Jan-Mar Cochrane and Wikipedia: the collaborative potential for a quantum leap in the dissemination and uptake of trusted evidence Cochrane Library (Editorial) 22/10/2013 Wikipedia vs Peer-Reviewed Medical Literature for Information About the 10 Most Costly Medical Conditions The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, May 2014, Vol. 114 Is Wikipedia’s medical content really 90% wrong? Cochrane Official Blog, 2014-06-23 |
| 15 July 2015, 2.00pm (Wednesday) |
Tom Roper Rethlefsen ML, Farrell AM, Osterhaus Trzasko LC, Brigham TJ. Librarian co-authors correlated with higher quality reported search strategies in general internal medicine systematic reviews. J Clin Epidemiol. 2015 Jun;68(6):617-26. |
Igor Stvilia B, Gibradze L. What do academic libraries tweet about, and what makes a library tweet useful?, Library & Information Science Research, 2014, 36 (3–4): 136-141. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lisr.2014.07.001 Emery K, Schifeling T. Libraries Using Twitter Better: Insights on Engagement from Food Trucks http://www.ala.org/acrl/sites/ala.org.acrl/files/content/conferences/confsandpreconfs/2015/Emery_Schifeling.pdf http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2015/04/shows-events/acrl-2015-a-breath-of-fresh-air/ |
| 2 September 2015, 2.00pm (Wednesday) |
Mel Arnold Koffel JB (2015) Use of recommended search strategies in systematic reviews and the impact of librarian involvement: a cross-sectional survey of recent authors PLoS ONE 10(5) |
Jil Fairclough Project and Data Management systematic reviews & Introduction to Systematic reviews and the Role of the Librarian- from 2 workshops by Margaret Foster, Systematic Reviews and Research Coordinator and Associate Professor, Medical Sciences Library, Texas A&M University, USA. Attended EAHIL 2015. See shared drive: BSUH>Staff & Staff Dev>Professional Dev Courses & feedback>Feedback from conferences & Courses>EAHIL 2015. |
| 7 October 2015, 2.00pm (Wednesday) |
Rachel Playforth Heilman J. Open Access to a High-Quality, Impartial, Point-of-Care Medical Summary Would Save Lives: Why Does It Not Exist? PLoS Med. 2015 Aug 25;12(8):e1001868 |
Inga Agustsdottir Platts BA, Ransom JF Adding Value—Supporting Patient Education Services at the Bedside J Hosp Libr 2015 15(3): 262-273 |
| 25 November 2015, 2.00pm (Wednesday) |
Tom Roper Bouquin D, Brown Epstein H-A Teaching Data Visualization Basics to Market the Value of a Hospital Library: An Infographic as One Example Journal of Hospital Librarianship 2015 15(4): 349-364 |
Helen Barrett Parker R, Neilson, M Lost in Translation: Supporting Learners to Search Comprehensively Across Databases Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association 2015 (36): 54-58 |
Appendix 3
Information for Interview Participants
Title of Project:
Assessing the value of a librarians’ journal club
Name of Researchers: Igor Brbre, Jil Fairclough, Tom Roper
You are being invited to take part in a research study. Before you decide it is important for you to understand why the research is being done and what it will involve. Please take time to read the following information carefully.
What is the purpose of the study?
The purpose of the study is to determine if librarians’ journal clubs are an effective medium for continuing professional development, understanding and applying best practice to service improvement, and practicing evidence-based librarianship. The study has been accepted for oral presentation at EAHIL 2016, and will be written up for publication in the Journal of the European Association for Health Information and Libraries.
Why have I been chosen?
You completed a survey and indicated that you would be prepared to answer questions in a semi-structured face-to-face interview.
Do I have to take part?
No. It is up to you to decide whether or not to take part. If you do, you will be given this information sheet to keep and a consent form to sign. You are still free to withdraw at any time and without giving a reason.
What will happen to me if I take part?
You will be asked to attend a 30-60 minute interview with Tom Roper where you will be asked a series of questions to explore further your views of the value of librarians’ journal clubs. The interview will be recorded on an audio device, transcribed, and anonymised excerpts may appear in the conference presentation and journal article.
The interview will only be carried out if you consent to the use of excerpts in the final report. Audio material gathered from the interview will not be shared with third parties, nor shall you be mentioned by name in the interview itself or the final report. If quoted, you will be referred to as respondent n and any detail that might make you personally identifiable will be removed.
What do I have to do?
You are asked to attend a 30-60 minute interview at a time of your choosing to answer a number of questions. Interviews will be conducted by Tom Roper.
What are the possible benefits of taking part?
The study will contribute to the body of professional knowledge on the utility and effectiveness of librarians’ journal clubs. The study may inform the future development of the Brighton and Sussex NHS Library and Knowledge Service journal club.
What will happen if I don’t want to carry on with the study?
Nothing. You can withdraw from the study or change your decision to take part at any point.
Will my taking part in this study be kept confidential?
Yes. Data from the study will be used in the presentation and journal article. The interview recording and transcript will be kept on password protected computers and only for as long as is strictly necessary. Access to the original audio recording will be restricted to the three researchers.
What if there is a problem?
Should you have any concerns or a complaint to make about the study, please contact Igor Brbre, Jil Fairclough or Tom Roper. The same three people may be approached for further information.
Igor Brbre: igor.brbre@bsuh.nhs.uk x3312
Jil Fairclough: j.fairclough@bsms.ac.uk x3313
Tom Roper: tom.roper@bsuh.nhs.uk x3312
29 April 2016
Appendix 4
PARTICIPANT CONSENT FORM
Title of Project: Assessing the value of a librarians’ journal club
Name of Interviewer: Tom Roper
Please initial all boxes
| 1. I confirm that I have read and understand the information sheet dated 29 April 2016. I have had the opportunity to consider the information, ask questions and have had these answered satisfactorily. | ☐ |
| 2. I understand that my participation is voluntary and that I am free to withdraw at any time without giving any reason. | ☐ |
| 3. I agree to being interviewed and taking part in the above study | ☐ |
| 4. I consent to this interview being recorded on an audio device. | ☐ |
| 5. I understand that anonymised direct quotations from this interview may be used in an oral presentation at EAHIL 2016 and in a subsequent journal article. | ☐ |
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