Designing and Implementing a Community-Engaged Research e-Library: A Case Study for Adapting Academic Library Information Infrastructure to Respond to Stakeholder Needs
The Duke University Clinical and Translational Science Institute Community Engaged Research Initiative (CERI) created an e-Library in 2018. This e-Library was developed in response to requests from academic researchers and the community for reliable, easily accessible information about community-engaged research approaches and concepts. It was vetted by internal and external partners. The e-Library's goal is to compile and organize nationally relevant community-engaged research resources to build bi-directional capacity between diverse community collaborators and the academic research community. Key elements of the e-Library's development included a selection of LibGuides as the platform; iterative community input; adaptation during the COVID-19 pandemic; and modification of this resource as needs grow and change.
The Evolution of Library Workplaces and Workflows via Generative AI
Using bibliometrics to demonstrate the value of library journal collections
Although cited reference studies are common in the library and information science literature, they are rarely performed in non-academic institutions or in the atmospheric and oceanic sciences. In this paper, we analyze over 400,000 cited references made by authors affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration between 2009 and 2013. Our results suggest that these methods can be applied to research libraries in a variety of institutions, that the results of analyses performed at one institution may not be applicable to other institutions, and that cited reference analyses should be periodically updated to reflect changes in authors' referencing behavior.
Review of antibiotic use in respiratory disorders at a regional hospital in Queensland
tAdherence to antibiotic guidelines has been shown to improve outcomes in several clinical situations.Respiratory conditions are a major cause of mortality and morbidity in Queensland. A recent study showedlow levels of compliance with antibiotic guidelines in a Queensland metropolitan hospital. We undertookan audit of antibiotic use in a regional Queensland hospital against Therapeutic Guideline recommenda-tions. Therapeutic Guideline recommendations were followed in 16% of cases with ceftriaxone the mostcommonly prescribed. Re-admission rate within 28 days was for 53%, 26%, 11% and 5% respectively forceftriaxone, benzylpenicillin, amoxicillin/clavulanate and ceftriaxone combined doxycycline. Less thanhalf of patients treated for pneumonia had concordant radiographic changes. Admission via the emer-gency department may be a factor in the preference for intravenous injection of ceftriaxone and presenceof non-infective co-morbidities may also contribute to re-admissions. Considerable challenges exist inimproving compliance with antibiotic guidelines which can improve patient outcomes and antibioticstewardship.