bringing bioinformatics into the library

Bringing Bioinformatics into the Library

with an Informatics Workshop Series C. Tobin Magle, Bioinformationist

http://www.slideshare.net/CTobinMagle/bringing-bioinformatics-into-the-library

I am a weirdo bioinformationist

• Not technically a librarian

• 10 years of biomedical research experience

• Hired at HSL to develop more services for research scientists

• Bioinformationist: “information specialists who have received graduate training and practical experience that provides them with disciplinary background both in biomedical, behavioral or biological sciences and information sciences/ informatics“(1)

(1) NLM Individual Fellowship for Informationist Training (F37) (PAR 06-509). http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa- les/ PAR-06-509.html(2) CT Magle et al Infect Immun. 2014 Feb;82(2):618-25. doi: 10.1128/IAI.00444-13. Epub 2013 Nov 25.

My favorite figure from my PhD project a.k.a way too many hours on the microscope (2).

How do we serve researchers?

• Every campus is unique

• Developing tailored curriculum takes time

• Researchers don’t associate the library with informatics

• Solution: Invite informatics experts to present AT THE LIBRARY

Informatics

The science of processing data for storage and retrieval

• Databases (data and literature)• Creating• Searching

• Analytics

• Data management

The process• Set a regular time and date

• Every third Thursday of the month at 3 pm• Build in breaks around holidays and summer

• Fill speaker slots• Contact campus experts and former attendees• Ask for volunteers AND topic suggestions• Have backup topics you can teach for unfilled slots

• ADVERTISE

• Keep attendance records

• Evaluate content

ORDER FOOD

Scientists are hungry.

Will attend seminars for food.

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Example Topics• Databases developed on campus

• PhenoGen – Laura Saba, PhD• K-map and DSigDB – A. C. Tan, PhD

• External Databases• Quetzal – Lynne Fox, MLS• NCBI Databases – Tobin Magle, PhD

• Analytics• R for beginners – Tobin Magle, PhD• Genomics topics – Michael Edwards, PhD

• Data Management• Data management best practices – Shelley Knuth,

PhD and Andrew Johnson, MLS• Database Development and Management for Health

Sciences: Joshua Miller, MPH

Advertising

1. Curated lists of department contacts

• Departments and Graduate programs

• Faculty and administrative staff

2. HSL Informatics Listserve

• Populated from attendees

3. Research website

4. Research events calendar

Web presence

Research events calendar

Registration and evaluation stats

• Registration through Evanced Calendar• Determine how many people are coming• Collect email addresses for listserv

• Evaluation using Survey Monkey• Inconsistent method of delivering survey

(sometimes in class, some times emailed after• Get feedback from users to see if the class is

meeting their needs

Attendance

Class Registration Attendance Attendance Rate

Computational Tools for Drug Repurposing

32 24 75%

Quetzal 30 16 53%

NCBI Variation Databases

26 15 58%

R for beginners 45 (12 waitlisted)

26 57%

NCBI GEO databases 14 6 43%

Total 147 87 59%

Evaluation

Class Attendees Responses Response rate

Computational Tools for Drug Repurposing

24 3 12.5%

Quetzal 16 7 43.8%

NCBI Variation Databases

15 2 13.3%

R for beginners 26 16 61.5%

NCBI GEO databases 6 2 33%

Total 87 30 34.5%

Class Evaluation results

• Survey designed to answer our questions:

• Are we reaching our intended audience?• Who is coming?• Who is not coming?

• Are we meeting the attendees’ needs?• Is the content appropriate?• Are the speakers meeting expectations?• Is the food good?

• Are the attendees’ learning what the speakers intend?

University status

Research type

Content

Level of content

Time allowed for topic

Presenter Style

Presenter Knowledge

Should we repeat?

Refreshments

Learning Objectives

• 3 learning objectives

• Ask before and after

• Graphs are aggregated data for all sessions and all LOs

Learning Objectives: Before

Learning Objectives: Before and after

Free text comments

Conclusions

• Audience• More faculty than expected• Reaching target audience (basic science)

• Content• Good content• Good presenters

• Logistics• Some people hated the food• Sessions are a reasonable length• Attendees don’t mind repeats

Future Plans

• New format webcast

• Engage new presenters• Students and post docs• Local presenters from outside CU

• New audiences

• Revamp evaluation• Minimize questions• Less free text fields• Qualtrics: Consolidate data into 1 survey

Acknowledgements

HSL Faculty and Staff

• Melissa Desantis• Lisa Traditi• Kristen Desanto• John Jones• Lilian Hoffecker• Ben Harnke• Ruby Nugent

Tobin.magle@ucdenver.eduPhone: 303-724-2114Twitter: @tobinmaglehttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-3185-7034

Contact Information

HSL Informatics Workshop Participants

• Michael Edwards• Lynne Fox• Andrew Johnson• Shelley Knuth• Joshua Miller• Laura Saba• AC Tan

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