Abstract
Information retrieval for life science research (a broad rubric encompassing many traditional disciplines such as biochemistry, botany, cell biology, and molecular biology [1]) often involves the use of combinations of multiple information resources. Such combinations have been called “workflows” [2, 3] and may include factual databases such as Genbank [4], literature databases such as Entrez-PubMed [5], and analysis tools such as the Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST) [6]. Information resources can be combined in different ways toward the same goal; varying combinations may produce different results for the same research question. Combinations that produce different results may appear equivalent to a scientifically sophisticated user who lacks knowledge of metadata about the resources that may indicate the possibility of varying results. In addition, a user who pursues only a single combination of resources may not even realize that another combination might produce different results. This study's objective was to compare the results of three intuitively plausible and seemingly similar workflows for retrieving gene function information, with the goal of illustrating the importance of library science in bioinformatics and the need for a multidisciplinary team approach to authoring, vetting, and using life science workflows.
Highlights
The Indiana University Center for Bioethics (IUCB) and the Ruth Lilly Medical Library (RLML), Indiana University School of Medicine, joined forces in 2005 to augment online access to bioethics-related materials by developing the Bioethics Digital Library (BEDL) [1]
Though hit counts (n ϭ 321) provided by the survey software indicated that more individuals accessed the survey and perhaps read the scenarios or other sections, only 274 librarians responded to portions of the survey
The 132 librarians responding to the question about 9 potential barriers to widespread implementation of the information specialist in context (ISIC) role selected a median of 4 items
Summary
The Indiana University Center for Bioethics (IUCB) and the Ruth Lilly Medical Library (RLML), Indiana University School of Medicine, joined forces in 2005 to augment online access to bioethics-related materials by developing the Bioethics Digital Library (BEDL) [1]. BEDL’s goal is to acquire or borrow unique bioethicsrelated materials and special collections for digitization, to preserve the digitized materials, and to provide open access to these materials through a full-text indexed, Web-integrated database. To enhance discoverability of BEDL materials, content will be linked to citation records in the Kennedy Institute of Ethics National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature ETHX on the Web database [2] as well as other appropriate digital repositories, creating a network of bioethics resources with multiple access points. Besse Library serves the student body of Ursuline College, a small private institution that has about 450 undergraduate nursing students and 100 graduate nursing students. Because Ursuline is historically a religious institution, materials on the spirituality of nursing and values or ethics in nursing are collected
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