Harvard Medical School BostonコミュのVolunteers Needed: NCBI database study

Volunteers Needed: NCBI database study

The Countway Library is assisting in a study of NCBI database use.
There's still time to volunteer and earn a Starbucks gift card or get a
free lunch! Details follow.

Paul Bain

Reference and Education Services Librarian
Countway Library of Medicine

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WHO:
Faculty, post-doctoral associates, graduate students, research staff and
undergraduates, in the life sciences or basic biomedical sciences, age
21 and older.

WHAT:
Please consider participating in the bioinformatics-related research
projects 'Assessment of User Skills and Efficiency in the Application of
Bioinformatics Resources to Answer Biological Questions'.

WHY:
Participants in this national study will help bioinformatics
investigators understand how researchers use online resources (such as
GenBank, BLAST, and PubMed) available from the National Center for
Biotechnology Information (NCBI). The results of the research will have
implications for bioinformatics training, database and tool design, and
database and webpage interface design.

HOW:
There are two ways to participate: one hour one-on-one observational
sessions or a focus group covering researchers' perceptions of NCBI and
other online resources. Depending on the session, participants will
receive a $10.00 Starbucks gift card (one-on-one observations) or lunch
(focus group).

WHEN: Tuesday, August 5
One-on-One Observations: 10:30-11:30, 1:45-2:45, 4:15-5:15
Focus Group Lunch: 12:00-1:30

WHERE:
Countway Library, Room 238

TO REGISTER:
To register, or for information about registration, please contact Paul
Bain (pbain@hms.harvard.edu) or David Osterbur
(dosterbur@hms.harvard.edu, ). Be sure to specify for which session(s)
you are registering, and put the words 'NCBI study' in your email
subject line.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:
For questions about this research, contact the project PI, Michele
Tennant, PhD, at tennantm@ufl.edu.

Approved by University of Florida Institutional Review Board 02
Protocols #2007-U-0212 and #2007-U-0213. For use through 03-06-09.

Please note that although the study focuses on usage of NBI resources,
this research is being conducted independently of the NCBI. No
government funds are being used in providing incentives for
participants.