Health Sciences Libraries: Synergistic PartnershipsJean SongBioinformationist, Health Sciences LibrariesNational Center for Integrative Biomedical InformaticsUniversity of Michiganjeansong@umich.edu

May 18, 2008

HSL Partnerships

Human Genetics Liaison Bioinformationist School of Information Internship Bioinformatics Interest Group (BIG) Public Health Subcontract Clinical and Translational Science Award

consortium

Human Genetics Liaison

Person-to-unit collaboration Human Genetics Department of the School of Medicine Established relationship Professional appointment with the department Tap into external expertise

Major projects NCBI in-house training (e.g. Field Guide,

PubChem, BLAST) Jackson Laboratory Mouse Genome

Informatics in-house training Mouse club Grant-writing series

HSLHSL

Human GeneticsLibrarian

School ofMedicine

Organization collaborationHealth Sciences LibrariesNational Center for Integrative

Biomedical Informatics Pilot Purpose: test the viability of a

bioinformationist to increase research support in bioinformatics

The Bioinformationist

A National Center for Biomedical Computing (NCBC)

National Center for Integrative Biomedical Informatics

University of Michigan’s Center for Computational Medicine and Biology (CCMB)

Problem-based tool development applied to Driving Biological Problems

The Bioinformationist

Recruitment Initial work Continued funding for position Major projects

Intellectual property management NIH Public Access Policy compliance Education Core participation

Heuristic evaluations Needs assessment

Usability testing participation

HSLHSL

Bioinform-ationist NCIBI

Internship

Organization collaboration HSL, NCIBI, School of Information Faculty, researcher, student

Multiple mentors Major projects

Gene name curation Citation analysis Impact factor assessment Tools analysis

HSLHSL

Internship School of Information

Bioinformatics Interest Group

Divisional collaboration within the University Library system Science Engineering Health Sciences Libraries

Challenges of supporting bioinformatics research Multi-disciplinary nature of the field of bioinformatics Historical compartmentalization of library services Geographic separation of libraries and campuses

Cannot be achieved by a single person Mission: provide innovative resources to support

bioinformatics research on campus

BIG Structure

Members Diverse: Engineering, Biology, Chemistry,

NLM Associate Fellow Subject and professional expertise: BS, MS, PhD

Meetings Monthly, alternating campuses Include informational session

Major Projects NIH Public Access Policy compliance and

institutional repository pilot NCBI User Services training alternatives development Needs assessment for bioinformatics portal development

BIG

HSLHSL

Engineering Science

Public Health Subcontract

Unit collaboration with local governments HSL Genesee and Monroe counties’ health departments

Creating a Roadmap: Local Public Health 2.0 Needs assessment Web 2.0 technologies Technology integrated projects as examples for other

health departments

Local Public Health 2.0

Goal: best practices for Web 2.0 technologies to improve communication

Objectives Needs assessment

Focus groups Surveys

Training Integrate technologies into workflow

Create technology integrated projects Evaluation survey

Website development Wiki based sharing tool Usability testing

Collaboration Partnerships Institutional Involvement

Human Genetics Librarian

FacultyLibrarianResearchers

HSLExternal Informatics Institutions School of Medicine

Bioinformationist DevelopersFaculty Librarian

HSLNCIBI

Internship DevelopersFacultyLibrariansStudent

HSLNCIBISchool of Information

BIG LibrariansNLM Associate FellowStudent

Engineering Library HSLScience LibrarySchool of Information

Public Health Depts

LibrariansPublic Hlth Professionals

HSLPublic Hlth depts

HSL Strengths

HSL Collaborations

PublicHealthDepts

Internship BIG

Bioinfor-mationist

Human GeneticsLibrarian

HSL

NCIBI

School ofMedicine

AAEL

ScienceLibrary

School ofInformation

Clinical and Translational Science Award Consortium Institutional collaboration

HSL CTSA consortium

CTSA Goals Develop new methods to clinical and translational research Improve training and mentoring Design clinical research informatics tools Assemble interdisciplinary teams Forge new partnerships with private and public health care

organizations HSL involvement

Community outreach Education Informatics

References

http://www.lib.umich.edu/hsl/ http://www.ncibi.org/ http://nnlm.gov/gmr/ http://www.ctsaweb.org/

Acknowledgements

Health Sciences Libraries National Center for Integrative Biomedical

InformaticsNIH Grant # U54-DA021519

National Networks of Libraries of Medicine, Greater Midwest Region, Public Health subcontract NO1-LM-6-3503, CFDA 93.879 between the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois and the University of Michigan