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Starting an Evidence Synthesis Service in your Library

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What to Consider

  • Support from leadership, how to get buy-in.
  • Building the case for a service.
  • Size of service team
  • Training your team
  • Scope of involvement
    • Boundaries -- what won’t you do?
  • Advertising your services
  • Assessment

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Our model

https://doi.org/10.5860/rusq.58.1.6837

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SR Team Lead

Subject Liaison

Reviewer/Apprentice

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Cornell Tiered Service Model

https://www.library.cornell.edu/services/evidence-synthesis/how-librarians-can-help

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Service Request Forms

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Build a Toolbox for Consultations

  • Protocol templates & examples
  • PRISMA checklists
  • List of frameworks for research questions
  • Risk of bias/quality assessment tools
  • Methodology examples & articles (e.g. Arksey & O’Malley scoping review framework)
  • Citation manager & screening software tutorials

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