UHMLG

The University Health and Medical Librarians Group

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We're dotting the i's and crossing the t's on the agenda for our online Spring Forum - Stop! Collaborate and Listen: Partnerships in Libraries. Spanning across two half days on the 27/28 March, you can register for a free ticket now: https://t.co/OalwMM0Oy3 #uhmlg25 #medlibs

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Why do search experts peer review? Time limitations, actual lack of expertise, perceived lack of expertise, lack of opportunity and lack of incentive #uhmlg24

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How much do you peer review line by line? Or do you look at the search in a more holistic way & consider 'Would this have found what they hoped it would find?' It depends on what stage you are reviewing at. Early on could be line by line, entire manuscript more holistic #uhmlg24

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The example we used today may not be ideal to train someone who isn't experienced with searching - e.g. MESH headings can be difficult to discuss without being able to demonstrate. #uhmlg24

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When peer reviewing do you need to provide solutions? Can you say 'it's bad' and leave it at that. Depends on the situation and what you are saying. If you are just rejecting you may not need to give much else, but if you are reviewing a protocol this would be different #uhmlg24

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Lessons learned: Sometimes not having the subject knowledge can actually be a strength - could give a lack of bias and also can help make the process more collaborative #uhmlg24

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Lessons learned: Embrace your judgmental side! If you know it's bad, say so! #uhmlg24

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Lessons learned: Felt like we needed to try some parts of the search out at times. Lack of knowledge of the subject can be tricky so you may need to do some research to feel better able #uhmlg24

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Fascinating 10 minute activity reviewing an existing search strategy #uhmlg24

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Peer review is so important - nobody is immune to small but significant errors! #uhmlg24

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Research has serious implications for patient care, which means that having high quality rigorous searches is super important - it matters that this is done right! #uhmlg24

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Why is expert peer review of searching important? Information specialists should be involved in peer review because they have a unique and specific set of skills that can help address "\rigour and research waste" CHLA/ABSC, EAHIL, ALIA-HLA, MLA, 2020 #uhmlg24

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Various frameworks & checklists exist:
PRESS (Peer Review of Electronic Search Strategies)
PRISMA, PRISMA-P & PRISMA-S
MECIR (Methodological Expectations of Cochrane Intervention Reviews)
(MECCIR) Methodological Expectations of Campbell Collaboration Intervention Reviews #uhmlg24

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It's important to emphasise that when we're dealing with searches often only the entire manuscript will be peer reviewed - but if the search itself were reviewed earlier on this could improve the process considerably #uhmlg24

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A fun flowchart showing the review process, with a particular emphasis on peer review and the librarian's role #uhmlg24

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Kirsten is a Research Intelligence Librarian, the co-founder of Fair Library Jobs and peer reviews as an information specialist for the Campbell Collaboration #uhmlg24

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Our final talk of the day is 'Peer reviewing search methods: Putting librarian expertise into practice' with University of Nottingham's Kirsten Elliott #uhmlg24

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Julie's final message: critical thinking, information literacy and our strengths as librarians will help us navigate this new landscape of AI, and help us help our students
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After an insight into the 'neural networks' that make up AI, we've been trying the same prompts on a few generative AI tools. Different results for different people - and different answers whether or not you say 'please'!
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