August 2023 Institute

Day 1: August 8

Time (EDT)	Topic	Session Lead
11:00	Welcome and introductions Q&A on intro video Share survey to gather questions for day three recap	Megan
11:30	Exploring different review methodologies	Sarah
12:00	Break
12:15	Reproducibility, transparent methods, and pre-registration	Amy
12:45	Evidence synthesis steps and librarians as co-investigators	Molly
1:00	Lunch Break
2:00	Systematic review guidelines/checklists/reporting standards	Amy
2:30	Introduction to protocols and protocol registration	Zahra
3:00	Break Please fill out this quick survey in preparation for tomorrow: https://forms.gle/S3nFrZotUf3xPePz9
3:15	Debrief with your discipline cohort Introductions What experience do you already have w/ systematic reviews? Have you ever registered a protocol? Have you ever worked on a PRISMA flow diagram or completed a PRISMA checklist? Do you find that your users are confused about the various review types? Disciplinary-wise, what protocol templates would be most useful for your scholars? What reporting guidelines are used in your discipline? What protocol registries exist?

Time (EDT)	Topic	Session Lead
11:00	Formulating a research question	Nasra & Alison
11:30	Frameworks (e.g., PICO) and eligibility criteria	Tandi
12:00	Break
12:15	The reference interview: how to have a conversation with a review team	Panel: Zahra , Matt , Amy Moderator: Megan
1:00	Lunch break
2:00	Selecting databases for evidence synthesis	Sarah
2:15	Search strategies part 1: Group assignments Mindfulness (Zahra) Drones (Megan) 360 degree Feedback (Amy) Mycorrhizae (Matt) Telehealth (Sarah) Devices (Scott)	Scott, Sarah & Matt
3:30	Debrief with discipline cohorts What frameworks have you used? If a researcher comes to you and says, I want to do a review on _____vague discipline-relevant topic____, what would you ask in the reference interview? How have these conversations gone for you previously? Have you had to redirect patrons to a different type of review?

Time (EDT)	Topic	Session Lead
11:00	Search strategies part 2	Scott, Sarah & Matt
1:00	Lunch Break
2:00	Grey Literature	Amy
2:45	Break
3:00	Writing the methods section and PRISMA Flow Diagrams	Zahra
3:30	Beyond the search	Sarah
3:45	Debrief with discipline cohorts What databases do you use most frequently in your discipline? How comfortable are you with using the advanced search features of the various platforms? What are the major sources of grey lit in your field? How do you discover or access those items? Facilitator demonstrates a past/current review topic and how they approached the search strategy How do you plan to stay informed about evidence synthesis literature searching in your discipline/s?

Time (EDT)	Topic	Session Lead
11:00	Breakout Session 1 (choose 1): Room 1: Database access in resource-limited settings (Gracian ) Room 2: Evidence Synthesis in Library Science (Amy ) Room 3: Automation (i.e., using automation and machine learning methods in evidence synthesis) (Sarah ) Room 4: Supporting and mentoring teams through screening, project management (Zahra )
11:45	Break
12:00	Breakout Session 2 (choose 1): Room 1: Starting a service (Meghan Testerman) Room 2: Adapting systematic-review methods for graduate students or researchers working solo (Matt) Room 3: Performing an evidence synthesis search strategy and exporting a citation file live demo – Web of Science (Amy) Room 4: Supporting and mentoring teams through screening, project management (Zahra )
12:45	Lunch break
2:00	Breakout Session 3 (choose 1): Room 1: Adapting systematic-review methods for graduate students or researchers working solo (Matt) Room 2: Starting a service (Meghan Testerman) Room 3: Automation (i.e., using automation and machine learning methods in evidence synthesis) (Sarah ) Room 4: Search filters and hedges: Finding and using validated search strings (Zahra )
2:45	Break
3:00	Q&A & Wrap Up

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