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Needs assessment for improving library support for dentistry researchers.
Helen Yueping He1, Madeline Gerbig2, Sabrina Kirby3
1Head of Dentistry Library, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, helen.he@dentistry.utoronto.ca.
Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA
|July 2, 2019
Summary
Academic librarians must adapt to support dentistry researchers. A needs assessment revealed a high demand for funding support and a low interest in grey literature, altmetrics, and open access publishing.
Area of Science:
- Health Sciences Librarianship
- Dental Research Support
Background:
- Academic librarians must evolve to meet the changing research needs of dentistry faculty.
- A needs assessment is crucial for developing targeted research support services.
Purpose of the Study:
- To assess the research support needs of dentistry faculty.
- To inform the development of tailored services in an academic health sciences library.
Main Methods:
- An anonymous, web-based survey was emailed to full-time dentistry researchers at the University of Toronto.
- The survey covered needs and behaviors in funding, publication, and impact assessment, including grey literature use.
Main Results:
- Funding and grant application support was deemed most valuable; grey literature support was least valuable.
- Low engagement with open access publishing, self-archiving, and altmetrics was observed.
- Few researchers utilized online tools for research dissemination.
Conclusions:
- Enhanced services for funding and grant applications are recommended.
- Developing new services to boost research impact, open access awareness, self-archiving, and altmetrics is necessary.
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