Collaboration challenges in systematic reviews: a survey of health sciences librarians.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

While many librarians have been asked to participate in systematic reviews with researchers, often these researchers are not familiar with the systematic review process or the appropriate role for librarians. The purpose of this study was to identify the challenges and barriers that librarians face when collaborating on systematic reviews. To take a wider view of the whole process of collaborating on systematic reviews, the authors deliberately focused on interpersonal and methodological issues other than searching itself.

Methods

To characterize the biggest challenges that librarians face while collaborating on systematic review projects, we used a web-based survey. The thirteen-item survey included seventeen challenges grouped into two categories: methodological

SUBMITTER: Nicholson J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5624428 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature