New Roles for Librarians: The Blended Professional Elaine Martin, MLS, DA Director of Library Services, Lamar Soutter Library Director of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, New England Region

Objectives 1. Explore roles in e-Science (eResearch) 2. Describe the research informationist 3. Explore library-readiness 4. Describe a new paradigm: the blended professional

NN/LM,NER Strategy to Support Emerging Roles New England Data Management Curriculum

Teaching Workshops Embedded in the curriculum Embedded in the research lab Library school Graduate school courses for credit Staff training New England Data Management Curriculum

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Cases New England Data Management Curriculum

Join the Collaboration! View the 10/31 DMP webinar Use the NECDMC curriculum Participate in evaluation and feedback loop Potentially add to the database of cases Share your experiences on our Community Page

Content Development Escience Portal Escience Community Blog Journal of Escience Librarianship YouTube Channel Webinars Curriculum New England Data Management Curriculum

e-Science Web Portal Project esciencelibrary.umassmed.edu

Collaboration with Researchers Building the science knowledge-base for librarians Conference planning Skill development (data interviews) Learning what researchers want and need New England Data Management Curriculum

Science Boot Camp Science Boot Camp: June 2013 at UMass Amherst

Save the Date: June 11-13, 2014 Join us at the University of Connecticut Storrs, CT Further details forthcoming. Registration opens in Spring 2014.

Professional Development Annual symposium Professional development days Science bootcamp Poster session Research opportunities Dissemination of research findings New England Data Management Curriculum

Save the Date! When: April 9, 2014 Theme: “Librarians working with Data” Where: Faculty Conference Room, University of Massachusetts Medical School Registration is open! For further details see the Symposium website at

Emerging e-Science roles Building research data services Teaching RDM courses Data management planning and consulting Liaison between researchers and library Maintaining IR and data repositories Content development Journal publishing

Birth of Research Informationist 2010 NLM offered Administrative Supplement highlighting role of the librarian on the biomedical research team Eight awards 2013 second round of funding

What Does the Informationist Do? Expert searching and filtering the literature Bibliographic management and training on use of tools Knowledge management (across multiple sites) Data management Co-authoring publications

What Does the Informationist Do? (cont.) Website development Consultation services Teaching RDM

Competencies Identified Information science Domain specific knowledge Understanding of the grant funding process Understanding of clinical and/or basic science research

Competencies Identified (cont.) Project Management Database Management Database Design Statistics

Library-Readiness Assessing researchers’ data needs Conduct institutional self-assessment Build relationship with Office of Research (grants funding, etc.) Design strategic agenda and approach Plan for sustainability

Librarian-Readiness Willing to work outside traditional boundaries Willing to take risks Comfort with ambiguity Entrepreneurship Open to learning new skills, subject-disciplines Work well with colleagues, non-librarians, and can communicate between multiple groups

How to Get Started Tips and Tricks 1.Build on existing faculty relationships 2.Find opportunities to work with students on research projects (group, poster symposia, etc.) 3.Use liaison contacts 4.Conduct assessment 5.Link to dissertations (personal librarian program, IR, etc.)

New Health Sciences/Science Librarian Bounded professional moving to Blended professional Defining a new professional identity Needs additional model development and further study

The Blended Professional Embraces entrepreneurship and change Risk taking Independent research Pride in unique contributions of of librarianship to the team

Questions Raised by the Model Do you need a library to be a librarian? To whom does the blended professional report administratively? To what extent will the library and/or other department fund the position? Will the funding model influence the blended professional’s home?

Role of the RMLs Conduct assessments of community needs Bring librarians together Provide educational and programming support Provide tools, space, platforms for sharing resources and experience Disseminating findings

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Questions and Further Discussion Contact: Elaine Martin, DA NER Escience Coordinators: Andrew Creamer Donna Kafel New England Data Management Curriculum