Evidence Synthesis Institute for Librarians
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Originally funded by the Institute for Library and Museum Services, the Evidence Synthesis Institute for Librarians is aimed at library staff supporting evidence syntheses in topics outside of the health sciences. Jointly coordinated by librarians from University of Minnesota, Cornell University, and Carnegie Mellon University, this project will cover:
- overview of systematic reviews and similar methodologies,
- guidelines and standards,
- search strategy development,
- software tools,
- quality assessment, and
- systematic review services.
The August 2024 ESI is funded by the University Libraries at University of Minnesota, and will be free to participants. If you missed the application period and are interested in future sessions, add yourself to the ESI email list to get notified when the next application period is announced.
Evidence Synthesis for Librarians and Information Specialists (Online Course - Free for a limited time!)
"Evidence Synthesis for Librarians and Information Specialists" is a self-paced, open online course adapted from the Evidence Synthesis Institute. In this 15-module course, you'll learn about librarian and informational specialist support for evidence synthesis--from discussing types of reviews through writing a methods section for publication. Development of this course was funded by the ILMS, and it is expected to take between 7 and 14 hours.
Recordings from 2020 Evidence Synthesis Training for Librarians
You can also view recordings from "Systematic Reviews and Evidence Synthesis Beyond the Health Sciences: A Training for Librarians" (held virtually August 3 - 5, 2020) here: https://guides.library.cornell.edu/EvidenceSynthesisTraining