The response of clinical medical librarians to the COVID-19 pandemic: a case study

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world with a large part of the population in lockdown for months. Given the need medical teams have for information, clinical medical librarians have played an important role in searching for the best scientific evidence. The objective of this paper is to describe the role of librarians in Brazil during the pandemic in public and private hospital libraries and in the Health Technology Assessment Service. This is a case study report of the work of clinical medical librarians during the COVID-19 pandemic. The paper is drawing on experience from three clinical medical librarians acting in the private hospital, philanthropic hospital and Health Technology Assessment Service in the city of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The report describes the activities of clinical librarians in providing clinicians with information on how to care for patients with COVID-19. In Brazil clinical medical librarians play an important role in supporting medical teams by identifying reliable sources of information and assisting with research

A atuação do Bibliotecário no apoio a elaboração de Revisões de Literatura na área de saúde: conceitos, etapas, ferramentas e capacitação

Introdução: Este artigo tem como objetivo apresentar resultado de pesquisa realizada por bibliotecários em hospital, biblioteca especializada e unidades de saúde. Mais especificamente, visa descrever as principais tipologias de Revisão de Literatura, conceitos, etapas necessárias para a condução, ferramentas e manuais necessários para garantir o rigor metodológico e qualidade deste processo. Método: Como procedimento técnico, adotou-se a pesquisa bibliográfica, elaborada a partir de material já publicado de artigos, sites da Internet e manuais de Revisões de Literatura, utilizando os descritores do DeCS e palavras-chave. Resultados: Nos resultados, são descritas as etapas da condução de revisão de literatura, e também os tipos de Revisão de Literatura (Revisão Narrativa, Revisão de Escopo, Revisão Integrativa e Metanálise), o registro do protocolo de revisão, a capacitação do bibliotecário e as ferramentas que são utilizadas neste processo. Conclusão: Os bibliotecários das Ciências da Saúde precisam estar preparados para auxiliar a equipe multiprofissional na busca por informações em saúde que respondam às questões cada vez mais complexas no cuidado aos pacientes. Introduction: This article aims to present the results of research conducted by librarians in hospitals, specialized libraries and health units. More specifically, it aims to describe the main types of Literature Review, concepts, necessary steps to conduct it, tools and manuals required to ensure the methodological rigor and quality of this process. Method: As a technical procedure, we adopted the bibliographic research, elaborated from already published material consisting of articles, Internet sites and Literature Review manuals, using the DeCS descriptors and keywords. Results: In the results, we described the steps for conducting literature review, the types of Literature Review (Narrative Review, Scoping Review, Integrative Review and Meta-Analysis), the registration of the review protocol, the librarian training and tools that are used in this process. Conclusion: Health Science Librarians need to be prepared to assist the multiprofessional team in the search for healthcare information that answers increasingly complex questions in patient care.

Brazilian Flora 2020: Leveraging the power of a collaborative scientific network

International audienceThe shortage of reliable primary taxonomic data limits the description of biological taxa and the understanding of biodiversity patterns and processes, complicating biogeographical, ecological, and evolutionary studies. This deficit creates a significant taxonomic impediment to biodiversity research and conservation planning. The taxonomic impediment and the biodiversity crisis are widely recognized, highlighting the urgent need for reliable taxonomic data. Over the past decade, numerous countries worldwide have devoted considerable effort to Target 1 of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC), which called for the preparation of a working list of all known plant species by 2010 and an online world Flora by 2020. Brazil is a megadiverse country, home to more of the world's known plant species than any other country. Despite that, Flora Brasiliensis, concluded in 1906, was the last comprehensive treatment of the Brazilian flora. The lack of accurate estimates of the number of species of algae, fungi, and plants occurring in Brazil contributes to the prevailing taxonomic impediment and delays progress towards the GSPC targets. Over the past 12 years, a legion of taxonomists motivated to meet Target 1 of the GSPC, worked together to gather and integrate knowledge on the algal, plant, and fungal diversity of Brazil. Overall, a team of about 980 taxonomists joined efforts in a highly collaborative project that used cybertaxonomy to prepare an updated Flora of Brazil, showing the power of scientific collaboration to reach ambitious goals. This paper presents an overview of the Brazilian Flora 2020 and provides taxonomic and spatial updates on the algae, fungi, and plants found in one of the world's most biodiverse countries. We further identify collection gaps and summarize future goals that extend beyond 2020. Our results show that Brazil is home to 46,975 native species of algae, fungi, and plants, of which 19,669 are endemic to the country. The data compiled to date suggests that the Atlantic Rainforest might be the most diverse Brazilian domain for all plant groups except gymnosperms, which are most diverse in the Amazon. However, scientific knowledge of Brazilian diversity is still unequally distributed, with the Atlantic Rainforest and the Cerrado being the most intensively sampled and studied biomes in the country. In times of “scientific reductionism”, with botanical and mycological sciences suffering pervasive depreciation in recent decades, the first online Flora of Brazil 2020 significantly enhanced the quality and quantity of taxonomic data available for algae, fungi, and plants from Brazil. This project also made all the information freely available online, providing a firm foundation for future research and for the management, conservation, and sustainable use of the Brazilian funga and flora