Organization
Siden Research Team
Address
4480 Oak St.
Vancouver, BC V6H 3V4
Canada
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Supervising Librarian/Archivist
Name: Colleen Pawliuk
Email: cpawliuk@bccchr.ca
Purpose of the project:
The Siden Research Team is a pediatric palliative care research team at BC Children’s Hospital, which is led by Dr. Hal Siden. Part of the knowledge dissemination work of the Siden Research Team includes curating of a Pediatric Palliative Care (PPC) Library, which is currently undergoing a change of hosting platforms and an update of features to make it more accessible. The goal of the project is to improve the PCC Library and create an indexing system for the Library.
Summary of activities required to carry out the project:
- Research and propose improvements to the PPC Library
- Create and implement an indexing system in collaboration with the team
- Conduct weeding in the library to remove records that are not relevant to the collection
- Ensure completeness of metadata for all records in the Library
- Based on the interest of the student, take part in the BCCHR Summer Student Research Program, which is an educational opportunity to learn about health research
- Other tasks, based on the interest of the students and the needs of the research team
Expectations of the end result of the project, for both host and student:
The student will gain experience working in a research-embedded health librarian role, including close mentorship from a health librarian. They will also gain experience in digital libraries and the creation and implementation of an indexing system. Additionally, they will have a project to add to their portfolio.
The host expects an end results of improvements to the PPC Library, including in creation and implementation of an indexing system.
Time periods in which the project could be supervised:
- Summer Session, Term 1 (May – June)
- Summer Session, Term 2 (July – August)
Is there a deadline by which the project must be completed?
No deadline.
Considering the project requirements, please suggest suitable coursework as pre-requisite or co-requisite:
Pre-requisites/co-requisites that are preferred but not required:
- LIBR 534 Health Information Sources and Services
- LIBR 581 Digital Libraries
- LIBR 514L Metadata
Applications will be assessed on a rolling basis.