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Evaluating the NIH Library Editing Service: Pilot Study Used to Analyze Service Impact.

Cindy Clark¹, Brigit Sullivan¹

¹National Institutes of Health (NIH) Library, Division of Library Services, Office of Research Services, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland.

Science & Technology Libraries

|December 23, 2014

Summary

Librarians evaluated the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Library

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Area of Science:

Library and Information Science
Scientific Communication

Background:

Evidence-based librarianship is crucial for research centers.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Library offers an Editing Service to support researchers.

Purpose of the Study:

To evaluate the effectiveness of the NIH Library's Editing Service.
To assess the impact of editorial suggestions on manuscript publication.

Main Methods:

A pilot study was conducted comparing edited manuscripts with their published versions.
Five published journal articles were randomly selected from 147 NIH manuscripts edited between 2008 and 2012.
A quantitative analysis was performed using a rubric for writing elements.

Main Results:

Keywords:

editing service evaluation librarians pilot study writing center

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84% of editors' suggestions were accepted for three of the evaluated papers.
The acceptance rate indicates a high degree of utility for the editing service.

Conclusions:

The NIH Library's Editing Service is effective in improving manuscripts.
Editorial suggestions are largely incorporated into published research, supporting evidence-based practice.