Megan Kocher
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Item RE-246347-OLS-20 Advancing Systematic Review Practices beyond the Health Sciences: Training Librarians to Support Evidence Synthesis in Emerging Contexts(2020) Kocher, Megan; Riegelman, Amy L.; Kelly, JuliaApplication for IMLS Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program The University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Cornell University, and Carnegie Mellon University will recruit and train up to 120 librarians in systematic review processes and practices. A systematic review is a research method in which a team formulates a research question and applies a systematic and transparent method to search, select, and appraise existing literature for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to make evidence-based decisions. The use of systematic reviews and related methods are growing rapidly, particularly in the life sciences and social sciences. However, librarians working in these disciplines lack training in providing support for this type of research. To fill this gap, collaborators will deliver six institutes over three years, which will equip academic and special librarians with a background in evidence synthesis methods and search strategy skills, enabling them to comply with established standards and meet researcher needs.Item 10,000 Workflows A Community-Centered Approach to Personal Information Management(2017-03) Kocher, Megan; Bergland, Kristi; Bishoff, Carolyn; Claussen, Amy; Kempf, Jody; Sayre, Franklin DItem Where in Academia are ELNs? Support for Electronic Lab Notebooks at Top American Research Universities(2017-03) Sayre, Franklin D; Bakker, Caitlin J.; Johnston, Lisa R; Kocher, Megan; Lafferty, Meghan; Kelly, Julia A.Item Using Analytics.usa.gov to Retrieve Agricultural Web Traffic Data(2016-04) Riegelman, Amy L.; Kocher, MeganItem Participation in a large-scale study to evaluate agricultural research support services(2016-09) Kocher, Megan; Farrell, ShannonDuring the spring and summer of 2016, we participated in Ithaka S+R’s Research Support Services program, which “is designed to help libraries re-imagine their services for scholars on a discipline-by-discipline basis.” Ithaka S+R is a not-for-profit organization that partners with academic libraries to help them gather evidence, via surveys and other research methods, to improve library services and strategic planning. Ithaka S+R is currently doing a series of studies to determine researcher support needs in various disciplines, such as religious studies, chemistry, and public health. We participated in their agricultural study, which aimed to learn about agricultural researchers’ research focus, research methods and publishing practices. The data that we collected will be collated with 18 other institutions and will be published in a large report. In this poster, we will share our experiences participating in this large-scale research project, through working with Ithaka S+R, interviewing participants, coding qualitative data, and analyzing results. We will also share our preliminary findings on agriculture scholars at the University of Minnesota.Item Food Systems Citation Analysis: Trends in an Emerging Interdisciplinary Field(Agricultural Information Worldwide, 2015) Kocher, Megan; Kelly, Julia A.Item Science Boot Camp: Supporting Interdisciplinary Research(2014) Neeser, Amy; Kocher, Megan; Lafferty, Meghan; Marsalis, Scott