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Placing the Academic Library at the center of the veterinary
PhD students’ formation
Life Sciences LibraryUniversity of Liège, Belgium
European Conference of Medical and Health Libraries - June 2008, Helsinki, Finland
Christine Brouwir - Sandrine Vandenput
EAHIL BSV
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Veterinary schools in French-speaking Belgium
NORTH SEA
Bruxelles
Liège University
ULg
Dutch-speaking
French-speaking
6 years
FUNDP
UCLULB
DVM (2007) n = 320
M1M2 M3
B1 B2B3
3 yearsmasters
(ULg only)
3 yearsbachelors
(all schools)
Louvain-la -neuve
Namur
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The place of the Library in the vet cursus and in the practitioners’ life
Bachelors Masters Professional level
Time
+ Library action
Basics in IT literacy
▪ IT literacy advanced courses▪ Scientific writing
Targeted and advanced courses
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At the professional level
How does the Life Sciences Library help them ?
Practitioners
Researchers
ComplementaryMaster
PhD students
+ Library action
Continuing education(conferences,…)
• Bibliographic management(EndNote)
• Support in publishing(AMV)
Trainingsin scientific writing IT literacy advanced
courses
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In practice for the PhD students
1. Specific targeted courses and training sessions
(a) Advanced skills in information literacy
(b) How to write and publish a scientific paper
(c) Bibliographic management
2. Support in scientific writing
(a) Opportunities to publish a review article
(b) Open access publication of PhD thesis
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a) Advanced skills in information literacy
10 h theorical + 5 h workshop by a librarian
+ Library
With a scientific vet librarian, DVM
Exclusively centered on the students’ own scientific interests and needs
1. Courses and trainings
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b) How to write and publish a scientific paper
Discussion based on the different aspects of scientific writing
▪ Structure of the article
▪ Citations
▪ Ethics
+ Library
With a librarian,PhD in veterinary medicine
1. Courses and trainings
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EndNote trainings since 2007
Workshop with maximum 12 PhD students
▪ EndNoteweb (free for institutional members) - 5 h
▪ EndNote desktop version: advanced trainings - 3 x 2 h
+ Library
Technical support
Continuing assistance:
▪ technical helpdesk
▪ customized help
c) Bibliographic management
1. Courses and trainings
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2. Support in publishing
Local requirements for the PhD students:
→ 3 publications minimum in peer-reviewed journals
2 research articles
+ 1 «state of the Art» article
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a) Opportunities to publish in a ‘State of the Art’ review
Les Annales de Médecine Vétérinaire (AMV)
→ Advantages for the young researchers:
▪ First publication
▪ In a peer-reviewed journal
▪ Extended dissemination of their first scientific publication
▪ Formal procedures simplified
▪ In mother tongue (French)
+ LibraryEasy access to the editor-in-chief (scientific librarian of the university)
Familiar context for publication
2. Support in publishing
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b) Online publication of the PhD thesis
Electronic deposit of theses in Bictel: http://bictel.ulg.ac.be/
Advantages for the young researchers:
▪ Valorization of the PhD research
▪ Increased visibility and notoriety
+ Library
Technical assistance
2. Support in publishing
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In the future…
▪ Developing objective evaluations of the different trainings
▪ Improving the librarians’ teaching skills and expertise
▪ Reinforcing the Library’s position and the variety of its roles in the Vet Faculty
▪ Strengthening the Cooperation between Library and Faculty
In october 2008, a scientific will be hired by the VMF to develop pedagogic tools in collaboration with the Library