Over the month of December, we are celebrating the achievements of the Medical Library, and the various ways the library has helped support the learning, research, and professional lives of the people who use it. This project is called A Year in the Life of the Medical Library, and will feature posts here on the newsfeed, as well as on Twitter and Instagram, under the #MedLib19 hashtag.

Today, we want to highlight the number of incredible peer-reviewed publications co-authored by staff members on the library team. Head of library services Isla Kuhn, and assistant librarians Eleanor Barker and Veronica Phillips co-authored ten articles between them this year, mainly systematic reviews. These publications have been on topics ranging from ear surgery to palliative care, and from childcare and exercise to humanitarian emergencies. You can see Isla’s list of publications on her Google Scholar profile, and Veronica’s publications on her ORCiD profile. Eleanor’s publication can be found on the journal’s website.

Having a librarian as a co-author can improve the quality, reproducibility, and rigor of your systematic review, particularly in relation to the search strategy. We are very happy to help researchers with this, although please note that we cannot be coauthors for systematic reviews being produced as a piece of assessed academic coursework. To find out more about librarian support for systematic reviews, or to request that we coauthor one with you, see our systematic review search request form.