Future Technological Practices: Medical Librarians’ Skills and Information Structures for Continued Effectiveness in a Changing Environment Patricia F. Anderson, Skye Bickett, AHIP, Joanne Doucette, Pamela R. Herring, AHIP, Judith Kammerer, AHIP, Andrea Kepsel, AHIP, Tierney Lyons, Scott McLachlan, Ingrid Tonnison, and Lin Wu, AHIP

1. What’s Most Important?
Emerging Technologies in Medical Libraries
PF Anderson
(and the MLA Systematic Review Project,
Team 6: Emerging Technologies)
May 20, 2014
Smartphones (HereToHelp): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Assorted_smartphones.jpg
Smartwatch (Avia BavARia): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rename_IMG_6013_(11860382343).jpg
Google Glass (Azugaldia): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Google_Glass_detail.jpg
3d Printing (Zillayali): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Miniature_human_face_models_made_through_3D_Printing_(Rapid_Prototyping).jpg
Robotics/Makers (Ville Miettinen): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MIT%27s_robots.jpg
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2. What is the #MLASR
Project?
"The fact that 140 MLA leaders and 108
researchers ... participated in this Delphi study
suggests that the profession values the place of
research in advancing their professional practices.
The top-ranked questions ... will guide decision
makers and researchers in defining which areas of
systematic inquiry deserve the highest priority."
Eldredge JD, Ascher MT, Holmes HN, Harris MR. The new Medical Library
Association research agenda: final results from a three-phase Delphi study. J
Med Libr Assoc. 2012 Jul;100(3):214-8. doi: 10.3163/1536-5050.100.3.012.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3411260/
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3. Team 6
PF Anderson
Skye Bickett
Joanne Doucette
Pamela Herring
Judith Kammerer
Andrea Kepsel
Tierney Lyons
Scott McLachlan
Ingrid Tonnison
Christine Willis
Lin Wu
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4. What is Team
#6 doing?
“The explosion of information, expansion
of technology (especially mobile
technology), and complexity of the health
care environment present medical
librarians and medical libraries
opportunities and challenges. To live up to
the opportunities and challenges, what
kinds of skill sets or information structure
are medical librarians or medical libraries
required to have or acquire so as to be
strong partners or contributors of
continuing effectiveness to the changing
environment?”
ie. Emerging Technologies relevant to
medical librarians
Image: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Envisioning_emerging_technology_for_2012_and_beyond.png
Envisioning Emerging Technology for 2012 and beyond: http://envisioningtech.com/envisioning2012/
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5. Methods?
Based work on Horizon
Report
Recommended:
Delphi method
Nominal group technique
Used
Those plus ... survey, focus
groups, bibliometrics, and
more!
MLA article, Figure 1 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3411260/table/mlab-100-03-12-t01/
Horizon Project http://www.nmc.org/horizon-project
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6. ID Tech, Step 1
CORE-Ed (Australia/New Zealand) Education's
Ten Trends 2014: http://www.core-ed.org/
thought-leadership/ten-trends
Envisioning Technology: http://envisioning.io/
horizons/index.php
Gartner Hype Cycle 2013: http://
www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/2575515
Guide to the Future of Medicine (Bertalan
Mesko): http://
scienceroll.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/the-
guide-to-the-future-of-medicine-white-
paper.pdf
Horizon Report: Higher Education Edition,
2014: http://www.nmc.org/publications/
2014-horizon-report-higher-ed
MIT Tech Review: 10 Breakthrough
Technologies 2013: http://
www.technologyreview.com/featuredstory/
513981/introduction-to-the-10-
breakthrough-technologies-of-2013/
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7. Interesting
Overlaps
3d printing
Learning analytics
Big data
Flipped classroom
Social media
Virtual reality
Wearable tech
http://bit.ly/
mlasr6infographic
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8. ID Tech, Step 2
Group brainstorming
Mindmap
Technologies
Audiences
Use cases
Organization
http://bit.ly/mlasr6mindmap
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9. ID Tech, Step 3:
Focus Groups
#MEDLIBS #HCLDR
http://bit.ly/mlasr6-hcldr
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10. Roles for #MedLibs
“Medical librarians are geniuses of honing the question & finding info that matches the precise question”
“Evaluate information delivering technologies and recommend usage to clinicians”
“Need guidance in the growing tech wilderness. Choosing appropriate solutions based on available
evidence.”
“I Love that Medical Libraries are the Free Agents of Knowledge. I don't ever worry this might be a bias.”
“Any good leader values people who can help acquire, organize, and disseminate meaning and knowledge.”
“At minimum the link between librarians and faculty has to be strengthened- they should be active
faculty, all prof”
“As they are trusted resources, role should be both curator of available options, & possibly benchmarking
best practices”
Libraries also facilitate long-term memory, this helps spot bad ideas being recycled.”
“How can med library evidence-based info be translated into usable app for docs/nurses?”
“Librarians are like the ultimate data curators...or they could be”
“would love to see public libraries display/teach health apps - not province of only med libs”
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11. ID Tech, Step 4: Survey
What does “emerging
technologies mean to
you?”
List as many “emerging
technologies” as you
can.
etc.
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12. Survey Highlights
Brief:
6 months (April - September 2013)
45 respondents
340 individual technology suggestions
“We need our own skills to have a massive overhaul.”
“Make them cheaper to implement!”
“But I want to see a librarian know how to translate that
knowledge to his/her users using different tech means.”
“If we are going to be taken seriously by the healthcare
practitioners we serve, we have to take a leap forward in time.”
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13. What did we get?
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14. What did we get?
3d printing
4G
advocacy / activism / change
altmetrics
Alzheimer care environments
apps
artificial intelligence
augmented reality
automated cataloging
automated circulation
autopilot
Baidu
big data
biofuels
biohacking
bioinformatics
biological implant devices
bioprinting
Blackboard
blended learning
blogs
Box
braille smartphone
capture / recording
CiteULike
citizen science
cloud storage
collaboration technologies/tools
Colwiz
Creative Commons
crowdfunding
crowdsourcing
cuddle bots
da Vinci surgery
data analysis
data citation
data mining
data repositories
data sonification
data visualization
diagnosis support tools
digital curation
digital door locks
digital storytelling
digitization
digitized self-tracking
Dropbox
e-books
education
electronic health records
Endnote
Facebook
Facetime
File sharing
flexible batteries
flipped classroom
game-based learning
games
games for change
games for health
games for learning
genetically modified meat
geocaching / geolocating
gesture-based computing
Google Author
Google Books
Google Drive
Google Glass
Google Hangouts
Google Plus
health care social media
hologram / 3D displays
html5
hybrid phone/tablet devices
IBM Watson
implant sensors
informatics
information management tools
information sharing tools
instant messaging
institutional repositories
instruction delivery systems
intellectual property management
internet of everything
internet of things
iPads
lab-on-a-chip
learning
lecture capture
lifestreaming
LinkedIn
medical robotics
medical treatment
Mendeley
microbiome
mind controlled devices
mobile
mobile apps
mobile computing
mobile devices
mobile health
mobile learning
mobile technology
molecular-level enhanced nutrition
MOOCs
MyEd
nanotechnology
near field communication
NFC (Near Field Communication)
open
open access
open content
open data
open education
open education
open educational resources
open learning
open source
open source content
optical computing
participatory medicine
Pebble
personal genomics
personal health record
personalized medicine
Pinterest
podcasts
point-of-care tools
Prezi
programming languages
QR codes
quantified self
quantum computing
reference management software
RefWorks
robot teachers
robotic surgery
robotics
RSS
salivary diagnostics
SciRef
Scoop-it
sensor equipped environments
short throw projectors
short throw projectors
single-purpose apps
Skype
Slide Rocket
Slideshare
smart objects
smart phone
smart pills
smart textiles
smart watches
smartphones
social learning environments
social media
Social media emergency managment
social reference management
social robotics
speech recognition
stem cell treatment
tablet computing
texting / SMS
translational medicine
Twitter
ubiquitous computing
unmanned vehicles
video
virtual worlds
visual data analysis
wearable tech
Wellcome Trust
wifi
Zotero
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15. Doing the Work, Plus
G+ Community Workspace: https://plus.google.com/
communities/115832551443909297773
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16. 4 Subgroups
Libraries & Publishing Communication & Education
Public Health, Risk,
Disaster
Human Body
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17. Shrinking the Stack
Broad cut
Scope notes
Inclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria
More focused cut
CE=62; PHRD=126;
HB=28; LP= 28
Negotiating overlaps
Final Cut
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18. Interesting Overlaps
Collaboration technologies &
tools
Digital curation
Dropbox
Games & gamification
iPads
Mobile
Video
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19. 4 Subgroups: Clusters
Libraries & Publishing Communication & Education
Public Health, Risk,
Disaster
Human Body
Learning Management Systems
Social Media
Collaboration Technologies
Gamification
Instructional Style Technology
Delivery Platforms
Changing Diagnosis & Decision Support
Changing the Body
Changing Healthcare Culture
Changing Healthcare Practice
Changing the Patient’s Environment
Changing Interactions & Interfaces
Community Driven Initiatives
Dissemination Tools
Mobile Health
Simulation, Detection & Tracking
Technologies
Automated Library Activities
Data (Collection, Processing,
Storage, Maintenance)
Devices
Intellectual Property Management
Open Movement
CE=69; PHRD=24; HB=34; LP= 30
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20. Next steps
Search databases
For use cases &
examples
To identify shape
& maturity of
the technology
Analyze with
bibliometrics
Years present
Recency
Shape of slope
Specific journal on
topic
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21. Outcomes Example:
3D Printing Search
Search strategy:
("3d printing"[TIAB] OR "3D printer"[TIAB] OR "3D
print"[TIAB]) OR ("three-dimensional printing"[TIAB] OR
"three-dimensional printer"[TIAB] OR "three-
dimensional print"[TIAB]) OR ("biofabrication"[TIAB] OR
"biofabricated"[TIAB] OR biofab[TIAB]) OR
("bioprinting"[MeSH Terms] OR bioprinting[TIAB] OR
bioprinter[TIAB] OR bioprint[TIAB]) OR ("additive
manufacturing"[TIAB] OR "additive manufacture"[TIAB])
OR "hybrid printing"[TIAB] OR "fused deposition
modeling"[TIAB] OR ("printing"[MeSH Terms] AND "tissue
engineering"[MeSH Terms])
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22. Outcomes Example:
3D Printing Bibliometrics
Pubmed = 721
Clinical Trials = 60
Google.com = 153,000
Google Scholar = 137,000
Grants = 452
Guidelines = 80
Wikipedia = 705
Articles
Newest article = 2014
Oldest article = 1983
Span = 31 years
Journals
Titles = 19 (Indexed = 7)
Oldest = 9 years
Professional Organizations
Oldest = 9 years
Research Centers = 2
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23. The Goal!
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24. Find Us
TEAM: https://plus.google.com/communities/
115832551443909297773
SLIDES! http://www.slideshare.net/
umhealthscienceslibraries/whats-most-
important-emerging-technologies-in-medical-
libraries
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25. More?
PF Anderson
@pfanderson
pfa@umich.edu
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