1 March 2024 Institute

Day 1: March 5

Time
(EST)

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/7QRo6vzED853a8Pq5

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?

Day 2: March 6

Time
(EST)

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 , Jim, Amy

Moderator:

Megan

1:00 Lunch break
2:00 Selecting databases for evidence synthesis Sarah
2:15 Search strategies part 1:

Group assignments: https://bit.ly/44SNLug

  • Mindfulness (Zahra)
  • Drones (Megan)
  • 360 degree Feedback (Amy)
  • Mycorrhizae (Matt)
  • Telehealth (Sarah)
  • Devices (Scott)
Scott, Matt and Sarah
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?

 Day 3: March 7

Time
(EST)

Topic

Session Lead

11:00 Search Strategies Part 2 Scott, Matt and Sarah
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?

Day 4: March 8

Time
(EST)

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 2: Starting a service (Megan)

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 (Jim)

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 (Megan)

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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