An information need (the problem) cannot be divorced from its context. The problem context
determines the urgency, granularity of detail, authority, and level of certainty required for an …

Support for molecular biology researchers has been limited to traditional library resources
and services in most academic health sciences libraries. The University of Washington …

Objectives: The objectives were to examine the effectiveness of a curriculum designed to
increase bioinformatics competencies of librarians with diverse backgrounds and to identify …

Background High-throughput technologies are rapidly generating large amounts of diverse
omics data. Although this offers a great opportunity, it also poses great challenges as data …

SUMMARY The Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education engage in
a complex balancing of generality/universality and discipline-specificity in both their …

Abstract Between 1996 and 2001, the Health Science Center Libraries and Department of
Zoology at the University of Florida partnered to provide a cohesive and comprehensive …

Setting: Purdue University is a major agricultural, engineering, biomedical, and applied life
science research institution with an increasing focus on bioinformatics research that spans …

[57] ABSTRACT A genomic database system that makes use of autonomous agents for
providing access to the database. The autonomous agents, Which are preferably …

This article describes a planning process for the development of bioinformatics education
and information services in an academic health sciences library. The project's five goals …

Rapid advancement and new information sources in many academic fields offer expanded
opportunities for collaborative teaching Campus-wide programs, such as UWired, are …