Placing the Academic Library at the center of the veterinary

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• Placing the Academic Library at the center of
  the veterinary
• PhD students formation

BSV
EAHIL
Christine Brouwir - Sandrine Vandenput
Life Sciences Library University of Liège, Belgium
European Conference of Medical and Health
Libraries - June 2008, Helsinki, Finland
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Veterinary schools in French-speaking Belgium
NORTH SEA
Dutch-speaking
Bruxelles
Louvain-la -neuve
Liège University ULg
ULB
UCL
Namur
French-speaking
FUNDP
3 years masters (ULg only)
3 years bachelors (all schools)
M3
M2
M1
B3
B2
B1
DVM (2007) n 320
6 years
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The place of the Library in the vet cursus and in
the practitioners life

Time
Bachelors
Masters
Professional level
Basics in IT literacy
? IT literacy advanced courses ? Scientific
writing
Targeted and advanced courses
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At the professional level
Continuing education (conferences,)

• Bibliographic management
• (EndNote)
• Support in publishing
• (AMV)

Practitioners
PhD students
Trainings in scientific writing
IT literacy advanced courses
Researchers
Complementary Master
How does the Life Sciences Library help them ?
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In practice for the PhD students

• Specific targeted courses and training sessions
• (a) Advanced skills in information literacy
• (b) How to write and publish a scientific
  paper
• (c) Bibliographic management
• Support in scientific writing
• (a) Opportunities to publish a review
  article
• (b) Open access publication of PhD thesis

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a) Advanced skills in information literacy
1. Courses and trainings

• 10 h theorical 5 h workshop by a
  librarian

With a scientific vet librarian, DVM
Exclusively centered on the students own
scientific interests and needs
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b) How to write and publish a scientific paper
1. Courses and trainings

• Discussion based on the different aspects of
  scientific writing
• ? Structure of the article
• ? Citations
• ? Ethics

With a librarian, PhD in veterinary medicine
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1. Courses and trainings
c) Bibliographic management

• EndNote trainings since 2007
• Workshop with maximum 12 PhD students
• ? EndNoteweb (free for institutional
  members) - 5 h
• ? EndNote desktop version advanced
  trainings - 3 x 2 h

Technical support
Continuing assistance ? technical
helpdesk ? customized help
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2. Support in publishing

• Local requirements for the PhD students
• ? 3 publications minimum in peer-reviewed
  journals
• 2 research articles
• 1 state of the Art article

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a) Opportunities to publish in a State of the
Art review
2. Support in publishing

• Les Annales de Médecine Vétérinaire (AMV)
• ? Advantages for the young researchers
• ? First publication
• ? In a peer-reviewed journal
• ? Extended dissemination of their first
  scientific publication
• ? Formal procedures simplified
• ? In mother tongue (French)

Familiar context for publication 
Easy access to the editor-in-chief (scientific
librarian of the university)
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b) Online publication of the PhD thesis
2. Support in publishing

• Electronic deposit of theses in Bictel
• http//bictel.ulg.ac.be/
• Advantages for the young researchers
• ? Valorization of the PhD research
• ? Increased visibility and notoriety

Technical assistance
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In the future
? Developing objective evaluations of the
different trainings ? Improving the
librarians teaching skills and expertise ?
Reinforcing the Librarys position and the
variety of its roles in the Vet Faculty ?
Strengthening the Cooperation between Library and
Faculty In october 2008, a scientific will be
hired by the VMF to develop pedagogic tools in
collaboration with the Library
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FACULTY AND LIBRARY PARTNERSHIP
FOR A GOODTEAM WORK !

• For a good

Thank you for your attentive listening