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October is National Medical Librarians month. Started by the Medical Library Association in 2001, it is “an annual observance that recognizes and appreciates the critical role that health information professionals play in healthcare, research, and education.“

This year’s theme is Yes, We Do That! Librarians and library staff at Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library do everything from literature searching and systematic review service and consultation, to providing support for virtual anatomy and 3D printing. Here are some of the things Himmelfarb librarians and library staff did over the last academic year:

  • Answered 2,188 reference questions through chat, email and at the Himmelfarb service desk, including 574 in-depth consultations for literature searches, systematic reviews, predatory journal consultations and for other reference and research support services.
  • Taught 725 education sessions to 7,422 attendees.
  • Ran 186 3D print jobs for users.
  • Loaned over 3,800 books and other materials to users.
  • Borrowed 372 consortium loan service books for users and provided over 1,500 articles, chapters, and books through interlibrary loan services to users. 
  • Purchased and processed 400+ new print books for Himmelfarb collections and 9 new anatomy models for the Bloedorn lab on the third floor - stop by and check them out!
  • Licensed and activated 619 new ebooks for users.
  • Provided service for 1.2 million links to full-text electronic resources. 
  • Added  2,307 records representing GW SMHS, GW School of Public Health, and GW School of Nursing scholarly output to the Health Sciences Research Commons (HSRC). 192,814 items were downloaded from HSRC by researchers at 7,704 institutions in 216 countries!
  • Published 16 instructional videos to the Himmelfarb YouTube channel representing over 2 hours of original content, with high-quality closed captioning edited manually by library staff. Our new videos were viewed 465 times (13.27 total hours of watch time), out of 23,227 views (1,292 hours) for all content on our channel.
  • Created 9 and maintained 341 Research Guides on topics including APA Citation format, library tutorials, guides to databases, and resource guides by subject. Research Guides had over 2 million page views by users at GW and beyond.

Himmelfarb library staff members are here to support your research, education, and clinical information needs. Reach out to us through our chat service (always staffed by a Himmelfarb librarian or reference specialist), email at himmelfarb@gwu.edu, phone at 202-994-2850, or stop by our service desk.  

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The Library Search Box, also known as Health Information @ Himmelfarb, searches the library’s physical and electronic collections simultaneously. Here are some tips for looking for a specific item, doing a complex search, and saving results.

Searching for Identifiers or Citations

We know that many of you use the search box to retrieve a specific article or other publication with a DOI or citation information. While putting a DOI directly into the search box will frequently retrieve the work, using the Find Item feature provides more options and a better chance of finding what you’re looking for.

To use Find Item go to go.gwu.edu/himmefarbfindit or from the Health Information @ Himmelfarb landing page select Find Item from the menu at the top of the page. Then use the buttons at the top of the Find Item tool to select the type of item you want to search - article, book, or journal. 

Find Item Citation Linker tool in Health Information at Himmelfarb

Input the identifier you have in the appropriate field and click Submit. For articles you can use a DOI or PMID. ISBN or ISSN values can be used for books and journals. Put in just the numeric value (ex. 10.1016/j.cmi.2022.02.018 for a DOI). You can search on both 13 and 10-digit ISBN values.

Doing Complex Searches

The Health Information @ Himmelfarb default search box is designed to do keyword searches. Using quote marks or nesting terms with parentheses or inputting symbols like & in the search box will not retrieve good results. To do a more complex search using boolean concepts or specifying fields to search, use Advanced Search. The Advanced Search button appears to the right of the search box:

Health Information at Himmelfarb search box with Advanced Search button at right circled

Advanced search allows multiple concepts to be entered by adding lines to the search. You can also designate what field you want to search (text, title, author, etc.), the material type being searched for, and the date range:

Advanced search screen in Health Information at Himmelfarb with search for health disparities in kidney transplant

Saving Searches and Results

After spending time setting up a search, you may want to save the search strategy to use again in the future. In order to save a search, you need to be logged into Health Information @ Himmelfarb. Use the Sign In button at the top right and input your GW UserID and password when prompted. If you’re already authenticated on your browser, the login will be automatic.

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Once logged in, use the Save Query button at the top of the search results page to save the search. This will also save any filters applied.

Save query button highlighted above search results in Health Information at Himmelfarb

To use the search again, click on your name at the top right and select My Favorites.

Sign in drop down menu in Health Information at Himmelfarb with My Favorites option highlighted

If you’ve saved search results, you’ll also see them here. Select the Saved Searches tab to see and re-run saved searches. To the right are options to generate an RSS feed for the search, set up alerts when the search produces new results, or delete the search. 

Saved search screen in Health Information at Himmelfarb with RSS, alert and delete options highlighted

As mentioned previously, search results can also be saved to My Favorites. Use the pushpin next to the record in search results to save an individual record.

Search results screen in Health Information at Himmelfarb with My Favorites pushpin highlighted

Or check the box at the top of the results to save the results on the first page or top 50 results.

Search results screen in Health Information at Himmelfarb with Save page results box at the top highlighted

The results can then be sorted, organized with labels, and output from My Favorites.

Check the Health Information @ Himmelfarb FAQ for more tips and instructions on searching and managing your results.

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Himmelfarb Library engages in a number of initiatives to promote wellness for library users. See our Healthy Living @ Himmelfarb Research Guide to find services, resources, and apps to support wellness and well-being. The library maintains a Healthy Living Collection of physical books, equipment, and other recreational items that can be used in the library or checked out. These items are housed in a shelving unit near the library elevators.

You can see a list of our full collection in the library catalog. Here are a few highlights of things you might want to check out.

Exercise equipment: Yes, we have hula hoops! Five of them, so invite your friends for a hula hoop party. Other items for fun and physical fitness include double Dutch jump ropes, hand weights, a yoga mat, and block, and three exercise balls.

Relaxation equipment: From a relaxation kit with eye pillows to board games, we can help you ease stress. The game collection includes Scrabble, Blockus, Chess, and Sorry. We also have a variety of jigsaw puzzles. Feel free to start a puzzle and leave it for other library users to work on.

Videos: Videos are instructional on exercise, yoga, meditation, and other stress management techniques. Most are in DVD format.

Books!: Books make up most of the collection. We have cookbooks to help you cook and eat healthy. Other titles range from mindfulness and stress management to crafting, improving sleep, and tidying. Here’s a sample of titles:

Al-Najjar. (2021). Beneath the white coat : doctors, their minds and mental health (Gerada, Ed.). Routledge.

Ellgen. (2017). The 5-ingredient college cookbook: easy, healthy recipes for the next four years and beyond. Rockridge Press.

Evetts, & Peloquin, S. M. (2017). Mindful crafts as therapy : engaging more than hands. F.A. Davis Company.

Holmes. (2022). Happier hour : how to beat distraction, expand your time, and focus on what matters most (First Gallery Books trade paperback edition.). Gallery Books.

Huffington. (2017). The sleep revolution : transforming your life, one night at a time (First paperback edition.). Harmony Books.

Jenna Zoe, & Winfield, C. (2013). Super healthy snacks and treats : more than 60 easy recipes for energizing, delicious snacks free from gluten, dairy, refined sugar and eggs. Ryland Peters & Small.

Seaward. (2022). Managing stress : skills for self-care, personal resiliency, and work-life balance in a rapidly changing world (Tenth edition.). Jones & Bartlett Learning.

Stop by and browse the collection!

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Are you a regular visitor to our physical facility? If you spend time here for study, research, using collections, or just lounging, here’s a few tips to prepare you for emergencies and enhance your safety.

Don’t leave valuable belongings unattended - Though it doesn’t happen frequently, there have been thefts in the library. Keep your valuables with you at all times.

Stay aware - We recommend that you keep your headphone volume at a level that allows you to hear alarms or instructions should evacuation become necessary. There are sirens that sound on all floors and flashing lights if the building needs to be evacuated. It can be more difficult to hear when in a study room, so adjust your volumes accordingly. We also ask that you do not cover study room door windows for safety reasons.

Know your closest exit - You should always be aware of how best to quickly exit a building should it become necessary. On the library first floor there are emergency exits in the alcove by the elevator (exits to the courtyard) and in the stairwell by the rest rooms (exits to 23rd street). From the upper floors you will need to use one of the two stairwells to descend to the first floor to exit. On the basement level there is an exit from the book stacks to the parking garage if you can’t reach the first floor safely. Check our emergency floor maps for the exit locations.

Exit immediately if the alarm sounds - Unless it has been communicated in advance that there is a scheduled test of the alarm system, always respond to sirens in the library as if there is a fire or other hazard in the building that requires immediate evacuation. Quickly grab your belongings including any outerwear you brought with you and leave via the closest stairwell and exit door. It could be minutes to hours before you will be able to re-enter the building.

Fire extinguishers and alarm pulls are available - The library has multiple extinguishers and alarm pulls on each floor. Check the emergency floor maps for locations. If you don’t know how to use an extinguisher, the GW Division of Safety and Facilities offers training sessions between May and November. 

Defibrillators save lives - The library has a defibrillator on the first floor in case of a medical emergency. It’s on the entry lobby wall that faces the courtyard. The Division of Safety and Facilities offers CPR/AED training if you want to learn how to use this lifesaving equipment.

Move away from windows during a storm - If a severe thunderstorm or tornado warning is issued, move to the interior part of each floor and away from windows. The safest shelter area is on the basement level and in the stairwells.

Water is a hazard to people and books - If you see leaks or water on the floor, alert a library staff member immediately.

Staying alert, exiting promptly when alarms sound, and following instructions will keep you and other library users safe in emergencies.

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Open access is the emerging standard for how scientific literature is published and shared. An open access publication is digital, has no fees required for access, and has no copyright or licensing restrictions. The idea is to make scientific findings accessible to all who would benefit. This is a noble goal, but the practicalities of its application can be confusing. There are a number of ways that authors and publishers can make published studies available open access. Some put the burden of payment on the author or institution that produced the research, some on the publisher, and an emerging model puts it on libraries who enter agreements with publishers for subscriptions with open access benefits for researchers at their institution.

The three most common models are green, gold, and diamond/platinum open access.  Here’s a quick breakdown of each:

Green OA - A publisher allows the author(s) to self-archive an open access copy of the article being published in one of its journals. This is generally allowed for a preprint version of the article. The author can opt to self-archive to a subject-based archive like PubMed Central, or in an institutional repository, like Himmelfarb’s Health Sciences Research Commons. To find out if a journal allows Green OA and what the specific terms are, Sherpa/Romeo is a free tool to check publisher open access policies. Learn more about how to deposit your research in an institutional repository in our video tutorial, Archiving Scholarship in an Institutional Repository.

Gold OA - The authors (or their affiliated institution) pay the publisher to allow open access to the content with an Article Processing Charge (APC). In this model, the author frequently retains copyright. The downside is the typically high expense to publish gold OA in reputable journals. Note that vanity presses and some predatory publications will fall into the gold category. Learn more about how to identify a predatory journal in our video tutorial, How to Spot a Predatory Journal.

Diamond or Platinum OA - Also known as cooperative or non-commercial open access, in this model neither the author nor the reader pays. Typically this model is used by not-for-profit publishing venues like University presses or scholarly society publications. A 2021 study estimated that there are 29,000 diamond OA journals, but only 10,000 of them are included in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), and many are not indexed to make their contents findable in databases. Only about half of diamond OA journal articles have a DOI which jeopardizes future access.

The Venn diagram below developed by Jamie Farquarhson illustrates what each of the three levels means for both authors and readers.

Venn diagram with copyright retention, cost for authors and readers, and peer review for open access models.
Diagram by Jamie-farquharson - https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.21598179, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=125787281

As Gold OA becomes more common, some institutions are creating funds that their researchers can use to pay for APCs. Researchers are also including these expenses in grant applications, especially for those like NIH grants that require depositing research findings and associated data in freely accessible archives. Learn more about how to include article processing charges into grants in our video tutorial, How to Include Article Processing Charges (APCs) in Funding Proposals.

As mentioned earlier in this article, libraries are starting to take on some of the burden of APCs. In what’s known as a transformative agreement, the fees paid to a publisher are transitioning from subscription access for library users to open access publishing by the institution’s researchers and authors. The library pays for both users to read for free and for the institution's authors to publish open access in the publisher’s journals. There may be limits on how many articles can be published or other price caps built in. Usually, these agreements are cost neutral meaning that the library is not saving on subscription fees. Currently, GW has  transformative agreements in place with Cambridge Journals and The Company of Biologists (Development, Journal of Cell Science, and the Journal of Experimental Biology). GW has explored transitioning to transformative agreements with other publishers.

Sources

Arianna Becerril, Lars Bjørnshauge, Jeroen Bosman, et al. The OA Diamond Journals Study. March, 2021. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4562790

Lisa Janiche Hinchliffe. Transformative Agreements in Libraries: A Primer. The Scholarly Kitchen blog, April 23, 2019. https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2019/04/23/transformative-agreements/

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Himmelfarb Library’s Scholarly Communications Committee produces short tutorial videos on scholarly publishing and communications topics for SMHS, GWSPH, and GW School of Nursing students, faculty, and staff. Five new videos are now available on our YouTube channel and Scholarly Publishing Research Guide!

2023 NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy Resources by Sara Hoover - Sara is our resident expert on data management policy and resources. She provides an overview of the NIH policy, the essential elements of a data management and sharing plan, and highlights GW and non-GW resources that can aid you in putting together a data management and sharing plan. The video is 10 minutes in length. 

Animal Research Alternatives by Paul Levett - Paul demonstrates how to conduct 3Rs alternatives literature searches for animal research protocols. He defines the 3Rs and explains how to report the search in the GW Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) application form. Paul is currently a member of the GW IACUC. The video is 13 minutes long.

Artificial Intelligence Tools and Citations by Brittany Smith - As a Library Science graduate student, Brittany has an interest in how AI is impacting the student experience. She discusses how tools like Chat GPT can assist with your research, the GW policy on AI, and how to create citations for these resources. The video is 6.5 minutes in length.

UN Sustainable Development Goals: Finding Publications by Stacy Brody - Stacy addresses why the goals were developed, what they hope to achieve, and shows ways to find related publications in Scopus. The video is 5 minutes long.

Updating Your Biosketch via SciEncv by Tom Harrod - Tom talks about the differences between NIH’s SciEncv and Biosketch and demonstrates how to use SciEncv to populate a Biosketch profile. Tom advises GW SMHS, School of Nursing, and GWSPH researchers on creating and maintaining research profiles and he and Sara provide research profile audit services. The video is 5 minutes long.

You can find the rest of the videos in the Scholarly Communications series in this YouTube playlist or on the Scholarly Publishing Research Guide.

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The summer is a time for recreation and relaxation. It’s also a time when injuries and accidents occur with more frequency. The highest rates of preventable injury deaths peak in July and August. Both workplace injuries and car accidents increase over the summer months, attributed to higher temperatures, crowded roads and increased miles driven and more inexperienced seasonal workers on the job. Drowning deaths also spike in the summer with children one to four years old at greatest risk. In fact, drowning is the leading cause of death in this age group.

Whether you’re looking out for your own health and safety, or that of others, Himmelfarb Library has many first aid and preparedness resources. You can find resources in our Emergency Preparedness and Response Research Guide.  Here are some book titles from our collection:

Getting ready to travel? This video from SmartEngage has tips for both preventing and being fully prepared for injury or illness while traveling in the US and abroad.

Mosquito and tick borne illnesses, including Lyme Disease and West Nile Virus, rise in the summer. The CDC has guidance for preventing bites and reducing your risk.  

Hurricanes and severe weather are another threat to health and safety in the summer and into the fall. Know your risk ahead of time and prepare with an emergency plan and kit. 

This summer brought a new hazard to the metro DC area - wildfire smoke. The state of California provides excellent guidance on understanding the health risks and protecting yourself. Virginia, Maryland and the District all provide air quality data. You can sign up with EnviroFlash from the EPA and AirNow for Air Quality Forecasts and Action Day Health Alert notifications, or get the AirNow app for your smartphone.

While at the University, the GW Division of Safety and Facilities encourages you to make a plan for responding to emergencies. Know the exits from buildings you frequent and evacuation plans, where first aid kits, AEDs and fire extinguishers are located, and how to get in touch with University Police and Emergency Services. Himmelfarb Library’s defibrillator is on the library first floor in the entry lobby and our first aid kit is available at the circulation desk. Library floor maps indicate where fire extinguishers and emergency exits are located.

Want to get training to provide CPR, AED, or first aid at work or in your community? The GW Department of Emergency Medicine Training Center offers courses for the general public, employees and health care professionals. GW’s Medical Faculty Associates has an AED lifesavers program that will provide equipment and training to organizations.

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Artificial intelligence is on the cusp of radically transforming many aspects of our lives, including healthcare. AI tools can be used to aid diagnosis, recommend treatments, and monitor patients through wearables and sensors. A study published in May of this year found 47 FDA-approved AI remote patient monitoring devices. The majority monitor cardiovascular functions, but the study also found diabetes management and sleep monitors (Dubey and Tiwari, 2023).AI-enabled surgical robots are in various phases of testing and adoption. Partially autonomous systems like da Vinci and TSolution One® are in use for hard tissue procedures and the NIH reported on the successful use of a soft tissue robot last year (Saedi, et al., 2022). 

AI can track trends in health or make predictions about it in populations. For example, the earliest warnings about the Covid pandemic came from two AI applications, HealthMap and BlueDot in December of 2019 (Chakravorti, 2022). A recent editorial in Pathogens discusses how AI machine learning can be used to analyze large data sets to identify patterns and trends in infectious disease, identify potential drug targets, and build predictive models to prevent or mitigate outbreaks (Bothra, et al., 2023).

AI administrative tools can greatly reduce the burden of paperwork through digital note taking with speech recognition software and filing insurance claims with systems like Medicodio. They can also be used to optimize scheduling, staffing, and resource allocation. AI robots that can gather and deliver supplies and equipment, reducing the burden on nurses and other clinical staff, are being adopted in hospitals (Gaines, 2023).

A 2020 GAO report on AI in healthcare identified challenges to building effective and safe AI applications. Accessing quality data headed the list. Incomplete and inconsistent data sets hampered AI decision tools during the Covid pandemic response (Chakravorti, 2022). Bias in data, lack of transparency, risks to patient privacy, and potential liability were also identified as barriers.

Another important factor is lack of trust in or acceptance of AI applications in healthcare by health consumers. A recent Pew Survey found that 60% of Americans are uncomfortable with AI being used in their healthcare and fewer than half believed that AI would improve health outcomes. The findings were not all negative. A majority thought that AI would reduce the number of mistakes made by healthcare providers and that it could also help eliminate bias and unfair treatment in healthcare. Respondents were comfortable with AI tools for skin cancer detection, but decidedly less comfortable with AI surgical robots and use of chatbots for mental health screenings. They were also concerned that the pace of adoption of these technologies will be too fast before risks to patients are understood and minimized.

References

  1. Dubey, A. and Tiwari, A. (2023). Artificial intelligence and remote patient monitoring in US healthcare market: a literature review. Journal of Market Access & Health Policy, 11(1), 2205618. https://doi.org/10.1080/20016689.2023.2205618
  1. Saeidi, H, Opfermann, J.D., Kam, M, et al.(2022). Autonomous robotic laparoscopic surgery for intestinal anastomosis. Science Robotics 7(62). https://doi.org/10.1126/scirobotics.abj2908
  1. Bothra, A., Cao, Y., Černý, J., & Arora, G. (2023). The Epidemiology of infectious diseases meets AI: a match made in heaven. Pathogens, 12(2), 317. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12020317
  1. Gaines, K. (2022). Delivery care robots are being used to alleviate nursing staff. Nurse.org https://nurse.org/articles/delivery-care-robots-launched-in-texas/
  1. Chakravorti, B. (2022). Why AI failed to live up to its potential during the pandemic. Harvard Business Review. https://hbr.org/2022/03/why-ai-failed-to-live-up-to-its-potential-during-the-pandemic

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We’d like to welcome everyone joining the SMHS, GW Nursing and GWSPH communities this month! Himmelfarb Library has a wealth of resources and services to meet your patient care, education, and research needs and you don’t need to visit the building to take advantage of most of what we offer. Our electronic collections are available 24/7 from anywhere, on campus or off campus when using VPN or web authentication services.  

Himmelfarb Resources and Collections

Himmelfarb has 125 databases to search, including PubMed, Scopus, and our library discovery service Health Information @ Himmelfarb. Health Information @ Himmelfarb enables users to search physical and electronic books, journals, articles, dissertations, and more from one search box.

To browse and access our collection of e-journals we recommend using BrowZine. BrowZine can be accessed on a browser or you can download the app to your IOS or Android device. You can assemble a personalized bookshelf of journal titles, follow your favorite journals, and be alerted to new issues with a table of contents.

We also recommend installing LibKey Nomad on your favorite browser for easy access to full-text when searching PubMed, Scopus, EBSCO databases, Google Scholar, Amazon, publisher sites, and more. Nomad will alert you to the full-text availability of articles and e-books from Himmelfarb and in many cases deliver a PDF with one click.

Himmelfarb provides a wide range of electronic book titles from Access Medicine, ClinicalKey, EBSCOhost, and R2 Digital Library. You can browse our e-book collections or view our special collections in Health Information @ Himmelfarb. We also have many print books! Our main book collection is on the basement level and most books can be borrowed for 3 weeks with up to 2 renewals.

If we don’t have what you need, we can get it for you through the Consortium Loan Service or Documents2Go. Consortium Loan Service provides free loans of materials from most of the academic libraries in the DC metro area. Documents2Go provides scanned article and chapter copies or physical book loans with up to 30 free requests for Himmelfarb users a year.

Clinical Tools and Applications

For those providing patient care, Himmelfarb has specialized apps and information services to support you. DynaMed, Lexicomp, and others are available to be downloaded as apps for easy access from your device. Check our App Shelf to browse for tools.

For residents specifically, we offer NEJM Resident 360. This resource contains interactive cases, videos, rotation prep materials, clinical pearls, morning reports, and more! To learn more about NEJM Resident 360 and our many resources for residents, check out our Residents and Fellows Research Guide.

Research Support

Himmelfarb can support you in your research from helping with literature searches or systematic reviews to organizing sources with RefWorks or Covidence. We can even assist with your data management and sharing plan if you are applying for NIH funding. See our Resources for Early Career Research Guide if you’re just getting started with research. Our Scholarly Publishing tutorials are a great way to learn about all aspects of the scholarly publishing lifecycle at your own pace. For more seasoned researchers, we offer a Research Profile Audit Service to get the most out of the various profile services, like ORCiD and SciENcv.

24/7 Access

For most of the academic year, the Himmelfarb Library facility is open 24/7. We will be observing shorter hours during the month of July - but will still be open nightly until midnight. Note that from June 12 to July 26, 2023 entry to both Himmelfarb Library and Ross Hall will be through the Himmelfarb courtyard entrance doors from 7pm to 7am Monday through Friday and on weekends. You need your GWorld badge to enter the library. There is space for quiet conversation and group work on the first floor and quieter spaces for study on the second floor. Reserve our study rooms in advance. 

Can’t come to the library? Our librarians can assist you via chat or phone (202-994-2850) during business hours or email us anytime at himmelfarb@gwu.edu. We look forward to seeing you in the library or assisting you remotely!

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In January the NIH implemented new policies requiring that research data be managed, archived, and shared using a data management and sharing plan that must be submitted as part of any new grant application. These policies encourage data re-use and reproducibility, increase transparency, and enable researchers to build on previous work.

Himmelfarb Library’s NIH Data Management and Sharing Plan (DMSP) Research Guide brings data management and sharing services and resources together for easy reference and instruction. The guide can step you through the process of determining what data needs to be shared and archived, putting together a data management plan, finding a data storage solution, and/or an open data repository for sharing.

Templates for data management plans are helpful development tools. DMPTool provides a variety of templates, including the NIH_GEN DMSP (2023) template specifically for NIH funding. You can find it and other sources for templates on the DMSP guide Getting Started tab. NIH recently released 13 additional sample templates on its website, including templates for genomic and survey data. The Survey and Interview Data (Sample Plan M) includes language related to data that can't be shared.

Finding an appropriate open data repository for storage and sharing can be a challenge. The NIH-supported Scientific Data Repositories site is useful for finding specialized repositories. For more generalist data, NIH began the Generalist Repository Ecosystem Initiative (GREI) and has partnered with seven organizations that offer open repositories, including figshare, Mendeley Data, OSF, and DRYAD. More information about these repositories, including recorded webinars, is on NIH’s GREI website.

The June R01 deadline has just passed, meaning that the next submission date is in October. If you’re planning to apply for NIH funding, don’t put off work on a data management and sharing plan! Start now and reach out to data specialists at GW with your questions. Sara Hoover, Metadata and Scholarly Publishing Librarian is the contact at Himmelfarb Library. You can reach Sara at shoover@gwu.edu. Additionally, Gelman Library offers data management consultation services. Librarians can answer your questions or refer them to other University research services for assistance, including the OVPR, Office of Sponsored Projects, the Office of Research Integrity, and the Office of Clinical Research.

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