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Building a Bioinformatics Community of Practice Through Library Education Programs. Barrie E. Hayes, Systems Development Librarian K.T.L. Vaughan, Education Services Librarian Margaret E. Moore, Director of Planning Health Sciences Library University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Building a Bioinformatics Building a Bioinformatics Community of Practice Community of Practice
Through Through Library Education ProgramsLibrary Education Programs
Barrie E. Hayes, Systems Development LibrarianK.T.L. Vaughan, Education Services LibrarianMargaret E. Moore, Director of PlanningHealth Sciences LibraryUniversity of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Community of PracticeCommunity of Practice A New Term for an Old A New Term for an Old
ActivityActivity “Groups of people who share a concern, a
set of problems, or a passion about a topic, and who deepen their understanding of this area by interacting on an ongoing basis.”
- Etienne Wenger, Richard McDermott, William Snyder, Cultivating Communities of Practice : A Guide to Managing Knowledge, 2002
A New ApproachA New Approach
Intentional cultivation
How can libraries help their parent organizations build and integrate communities of practice? – Oct 2003 QuintEssential Conference
An Exciting OpportunityAn Exciting Opportunityfor the Libraryfor the Library
Demonstrate expertise Share and build a common knowledge-baseSupport and facilitate collaboration Partner with domain expertsExplore viability of new roles in
communities
An Exciting Opportunity An Exciting Opportunity for the Bioinformatics for the Bioinformatics
CommunityCommunityShare expertise and knowledge
Expand the collegial network
Develop new partnerships
Create new knowledge
Enhance database discovery
UNC-Chapel Hill SettingUNC-Chapel Hill SettingLarge state university5 Health Affairs schools: Dentistry, Medicine,
Nursing, Pharmacy and Public HealthLevel 4 research & teaching hospitals
complexBiomedical research facilitiesCampus-wide bioinformatics initiativesSchools of Arts & Sciences, Information &
Library Science
Genome Research at UNCGenome Research at UNC
Carolina Center for Genome Sciences (CCGS)
$245 million over 10 years$5 million grant to support development of
a clinical genetics databaseResearch facilities and faculty/staff supportOther centers and curricular programs
Bioinformatics and the Bioinformatics and the Health Sciences LibraryHealth Sciences Library
2001-02 bioinformatics fellow
Planning paper (College & Research Libraries)
Early activities
Bioinformatics Program Bioinformatics Program Service ActivitiesService Activities
Face to face instruction
Internet-based communication tools
Educational partnerships
Face to Face InstructionFace to Face Instruction
Forums
Course-integrated lectures
Individual consultations
Open library classes
Internet-Based Internet-Based Communication ToolsCommunication Tools
Listserv
Online educational materialsWeb site (http://www.hsl.unc.edu/
bioinformatics/)
Future tools: blog, online chat, web-
based conferencing tools
Educational PartnershipsEducational Partnerships
Carolina Center for Genome SciencesUNC Center for BioinformaticsBioinformatics & Computational Biology
CurriculumSchool of Information and Library ScienceNC Center for Public Health & GenomicsAcademic Affairs Libraries
Results to DateResults to Date
Forums Course-integrated lectures Consultations Website usage statistics Listserv membership & traffic SILS student project – database of UNC
campus resources for molecular biology & bioinformatics
Semi-structured interviews with key faculty
The Library’s RoleThe Library’s RoleProvide information resources and
services
Provide support of further community development
We’re Just Getting GoingWe’re Just Getting Going
Beginning to lay a foundation
Still in our comfort zone
Next stages– Build / expand partnerships with
bioinformatics community – Figure out appropriate roles and abilities
Follow-upFollow-up
Barrie Hayes – [email protected]
K.T. Vaughan - [email protected]
Margaret Moore - [email protected]
Website
http://www.hsl.unc.edu/bioinformatics/
Presentation slideshttp://www.hsl.unc.edu/present/Bioinformatics/MLA2004-BioCoP.ppt