A Guide to Getting Started in Research and Publishing

Class Experience Level
Beginner, Intermediate

This webinar is designed to give new professionals a look at how to approach publishing and research as new librarians, faculty, and/or professionals. Starting with idea formation and running through finding collaborators, submitting to the IRB, submitting the first manuscript, rewrites and more. Dr. Blake will break down the writing, research and publication processes into steps designed to help new or accomplished professionals to more easily move through each area.

Speaker Information

Lindsay Blake, EdD, MLIS, AHIP is the Clinical Services Coordinator and a Professor at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, Arkansas.  As the Clinical Services Coordinator, Dr. Blake directs the library’s clinical programs in the hospital. She works with clinicians throughout the hospital, but focuses on resident education, physician, resident and nursing research, and patient care. Her work includes rounding with the Family medicine team, helping teach in the first- and second-year medical student Evidence-Based Medicine courses and providing literature searching a research courses where needed. She provides services to the Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH) where she acts as the liaison for nursing research. 

Dr. Blake has been busy the past year with graduation from Arkansas State University with a doctorate in Higher Education Administration in May, promotion to full professor in July, admittance to the AAHSL Leadership Fellowship in August, and just last month she was elected President-Elect of the South Central Chapter of MLA. Previously she has held many offices and worked extensively in the Southern Chapter of MLA and MLA committees and caucuses, serving as the Chair of the Awards Committee for the Research Caucus, an editor of the NAHRS Newsletter, Chair of the Leiter Lecture, and many years as a member of juries, committees, and caucuses/sections.

This presentation addresses one of NNLM’s main goals to work through libraries and other members to support a highly trained workforce for biomedical and health information resources and data, improve health literacy, and increase health equity through information. 

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Objectives:

By the end of this presentation participants will be able to:

  • Create a list of ideas for possible publications and collaborators.
  • Discuss how to approach different types of writing.
  • Explore when to submit an exempt, expedited, or full IRB application.

Class Details

Date(s): November 13, 2024
Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST
Platform: Zoom
CE Credits: 1.00
CE Categories: MLA
Class Experience Level: Beginner, Intermediate
This class is sponsored by Region 3.
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Class Contacts

Host/Instructor: Bailey Sterling
Technical Assistance: Margie Sheppard

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