Identifying research support needs of members of the canadian health libraries association / association des bibliothèques de la santé du canada

Introduction: The CHLA/ABSC Special Committee on Research undertook this project to identify potential ways in which the Association could support its members in undertaking research. The goal was to inform future CHLA/ABSC research-related service and program offerings. A literature review revealed limited publication related to health librarians\u27 research needs. Method: The Committee developed and distributed an online survey to CHLA/ABSC’s membership. The questions related to demographics, previous research engagement or experience, current research support, work-related research requirements and expectations, barriers and enablers for conducting research, desired research support (topic and format) from CHLA/ABSC, and types of programs that would benefit members the most. Both qualitative and quantitative data were collated and analysed. Data from open ended questions were examined to identify relevant themes. Results: Survey participants (45) were nearly equally divided between academic health libraries and hospital libraries. Forty-three members responded to the English survey, while two responded to the French version. Results showed that the barriers to research, and the research supports needed are similar for both academic health librarians and hospital librarians. Results showed a strong desire for methodological and statistical training. Conclusion: Through this study CHLA/ABSC members identified several kinds of preferred research support. CHLA/ABSC can use these findings to guide the selection and delivery of further continuing education products, as well as the development of specific research support services such as a peer-review program, a research question and answer blog and research mentorship; and also improve communications around CHLA/ABSC’s research services

Open Access Panel Discussion

Bios: Ken N. Meadows is an educational researcher with the Teaching Support Centre and Adjunct Research Faculty in the Faculty of Education at Western University. He co-ordinates scholarship of teach­ing and learning initiatives, supports librarians and staff in their research and program evaluation endeavours, and serves as Managing Editor for The Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. His research focuses on positive faculty and stu­dent development, the impact of educational development programs, and teaching cul­tures in post-secondary institutions. He completed his Ph.D. in Psychology at Western University in 2003. Sean Lewis is the Editor-in-Chief of the Western Journal of Legal Studies and a third-year law student at Western Law. In his time on the Journal, Sean was previously a Staff Editor and Managing Editor, and has worked with the Journal’s Executive to develop a new Blog, www.wjlschambers.com, a re-designed website, and a more structured review process for articles. Prior to attending law school Sean served on the Western undergraduate political science journal, The Social Contract, and the Graduate Journal for Political Science at York University, Problematique. Founded in 2011, the Western Journal of Legal Studies is an open-access law reviewing focusing on submissions that are novel, non-obvious, and useful. The Journal has been cited by the Supreme Court of Canada and recently published an article by Canada’s Chief Justice, Beverly McLachlin. For more information, please visit the Journal’s website at: http://ir.lib.uwo.ca/uwojls/. Kelly Hatch is a Research and Instructional Librarian at the Allyn & Betty Taylor Library. Along with several of her colleagues, they support the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry. As part of her instruction responsibilities, Kelly has delivered several sessions on Open Access including the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), New Principal Investigators Meeting in 2014

Understanding the Millennial Buying Process in the Modern Digital Era - Secondary Research

This paper summarizes the results of secondary research done to understand the preferences and characteristics of millennial consumers in the digital era, both in terms of purchasing tires and consumer products in general. Sources used were mostly academic and gathered through the use of University of Akron Library databases. In general, when compared to older generations, millennials care more about value and less about price when shopping of goods. They are also less loyal to any single company. Millennials have taken a more active role with their finances and are making use of new payment methods, such as PayPal and Venmo. The need for tires was found to often be a surprise for all consumers, but millennials have a particularly negative experience while shopping for tires. Consumer knowledge about tire and car care was found to be lacking, especially among millennials. Online and mobile platforms have become increasingly popular for companies who are trying to gain more millennial business. Certain characteristics of mobile applications related to ease-of-use, lightheartedness, and community were more likely to drive consumers to download and keep the application on their phone

Understanding the Millennial Buying Process in the Modern Digital Era - Primary Research

This research summarizes a study conducted to understand the sentiment millennials have about the tire buying process and to develop recommendations for The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (“Goodyear”) that will allow the company to improve the process for millennial consumers. Tweets from millennial-aged users of Twitter were analyzed, as were the various social media accounts that Goodyear runs. A survey about tire buying, consumer knowledge, money sentiment, and technology interaction was sent out via email and Facebook to mostly northeastern Ohio millennials. The survey was incentivized with the chance to win gift cards. Several tire stores around the Akron-Canton area were visited to observe consumers and interview store managers. In addition, some of the more successful mobile applications that companies have used to drive millennial consumer interaction were studied in depth. Based on the study’s findings, we recommend that Goodyear take steps to increase tire awareness among millennials with more interaction and engagement on social media platforms. Furthermore, we recommend that Goodyear simplify and streamline the tire buying process through the use of a mobile applicatio

Environmental Policy Update 2012: Development Strategies and Environmental Policy in East Africa

The seven chapters that comprise this report explore ways to integrate sustainability goals and objectives into Ethiopia's current development strategies

Cost and quality of life of overlooked eye care needs of children

Background: The objective of this research was to conduct a systematic review and cost analysis to summarize, from the Ministry of Health perspective, the costs families might incur because of their child’s prescription for refractive errors and amblyopia correction. Methods: Databases including MEDLINE, Embase, BIOSIS, CINAHL, HEED, ISI Web of Science, and the Cochrane Library as well as the gray literature were searched. Systematic review was conducted using EPPI-Reviewer 4. Percentage difference in cost of glasses and patches per patient per various diagnoses were computed. The cost of glasses and patches was projected over a 5-year time horizon. Cost-utility analysis was performed. Results: In total, 302 records were retrieved from multiple databases and an additional 48 records were identified through gray literature search. From these, a total of 14 studies (10,388 subjects) were eligible for quantitative analysis. The cost of glasses increased significantly for congenital cataract patients to US$1,820, esotropia patients to US$840, myopes to US$411, amblyopes (mixed) to US$916, anisometropes to US$521, and patients with strabismus to US$728 over a 5-year period making them unaffordable for low-income families. Incremental cost of glasses of congenital cataract patients with delayed treatment was computed to be US$1,690 per health utility gained. Incremental cost of glasses for high refractive error was US$93 per health utility gained in non-compliant children. For amblyopia patients, incremental cost of glasses per quality-adjusted life years gained was US$3,638. Conclusion: Cost of corrective lenses is associated with significant financial burden and thus other means of mitigating costs should be considered. Eyesight problems in children are perceived as low-priority health needs. Thus, educational interventions on substantial visual deficits of not wearing glasses should be offered to families and governmental health agencies

Jurisdiction Over Endangered Species' Habitat: the Impacts of People and Property on Recovery Planning

Coordinating management among multiple landowners and jurisdictional agencies is one of the greatest challenges confronting conservation planning. In this study, we assessed the impacts on recovery progress of the people and property involved in recovery plan development and implementation. We compared indices of recovery progress among endangered species whose primary habitat falls into one of four federal jurisdiction categories: nonfederal land only, 50% but not all federal land, and all federal land. Species found exclusively on federal land are more likely to be improving in status. This may result from the fact that overall implementation of recovery tasks is lower among species occurring exclusively on nonfederal lands. Revision status, the existence of a centralized database, the designation of a person or committee to coordinate plan implementation, the parties involved in drafting the plan, and those designated as responsible for implementing recovery tasks are also significant factors in determining recovery plan implementation. Specifically, diversity of recovery team membership and the average number of participants increase with increasing federal jurisdiction, and tasks are more likely to be completed when more parties are involved in developing recovery plans. However, fewer recovery tasks are completed as the number of parties involved in implementation increases, suggesting that species on federal lands may benefit from less division of labor among agencies. Differences in drafting plans and administering their implementation appear to be stronger determinants of the observed variation in recovery success than differences in the kinds of threats facing species and their habitats