bibliographic management practices & scientific literature usage

Bibliographic Management

15 November 2011

Scientific Literature Usage

Why did we commission the research?

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A few methodology facts

Independent research firm

Qualitative / opinion-based

Diverse pool of participants

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A few more methodology facts

Corporate Librarian37%

Lead or Principle Scientist or Researcher,

29%

Marketing Manager24%

Regulatory Affairs10%

Job Function

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5%

52%

43%

Decision‐Making

IndividualLevel

WorkgroupLevel

EnterpriseLevel


12%

80%

8%

Less than 10 10 to 19 20 or more

Years of Experience

Findings: what research scientists want

“Everybody knows their responsibilities to keep up with the articles in the library.”

“People don’t know what other people have looked at.

There should be some system where I know people in a special field have already looked at an article, and maybe those articles pop up centrally.”

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Findings: what librarians want

“25% might set up their own alerts, but I go and set up the other 75% because I don’t want

them to miss anything.”

“People expect us to be the drivers of bibliographic policy.”

“We’re purveyors of knowledge, breaking down silos.”

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Findings: what marketers want

“It would be nice if there was one place they could all link.

If there were some solution that took medical journals as a whole and when it became published you could pull articles from those so you didn’t have to physically go looking for them, but were delivered to you.”

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Findings: what reg.affairs pros want

“Although users have been educated on appropriate

article use, it’s difficult to police all their actions.”

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Important activities related to scientific literature acquisition and use

71%62%62%

57%48%48%48%

43%43%43%

38%38%

35%34%33%33%33%33%

30%29%29%29%

25%25%24%

Searching full-textSupporting discovery

Retrieving full-text articles in 1-clickExporting search results for future reference

Preparing citations for future useAutomatically generating bibliographies

Identifying previously purchased literatureOrganizing citations

Identifying connections between articlesIdentifying free literature

Highlighting and annotating for personal useManaging current awareness or table of contents…

Sharing and collaborating on literature search resultsImporting references from text files, online…

Enabling secure commenting & collaborationIdentifying materials that are regulatory-approved…

Viewing personal, workgroup and company trends…Accessing usage statistics and reportingPreparing and delivering SDIs (Selective…

Identifying materials that peers read, use, or…Bookmarking

Maintaining links to web resources related to articlesTagging

Uploading documents related to articlesFollowing the activity of colleagues or workgroups 9


71%62%62%

57%48%48%48%

43%43%43%

38%38%

35%34%33%33%33%33%

30%29%29%29%

25%25%24%













Importance differs by who you are

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Eliminate the need to use multiple systems

Simplify bibliographic information…

Simplify creation and distribution of SDIs…

Improve your typical or routine activities…

Simplify regulatory‐compliant article usage

Simplify copyright‐compliant article usage

Simplify literature monitoring

Save time accessing full‐text literature

Simplify the ability to share what I am…

Discover what colleagues are working on

Brand &ProductManagers

Regulatory Affairs

CorporateLibrarians

Scientists &Researchers

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Facilitated collaboration is routine withinresearch teams, but is far less common across & outside of the organization

Additional Finding:

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Reprints Desk’s response

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