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Methods The Cochrane Library: revolution or evolution? Shaping the future of Cochrane content Preparing for the Strategic Session Harriet MacLehose Cochrane Editorial Unit

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Methods. The Cochrane Library: revolution or evolution? Shaping the future of Cochrane content Preparing for the Strategic Session. Harriet MacLehose Cochrane Editorial Unit. Working party. Cochrane content. What is the purpose of today’s meeting?. Six themes – two areas. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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MethodsThe Cochrane Library: revolution or evolution?Shaping the future of Cochrane content

Preparing for the Strategic Session

Harriet MacLehoseCochrane Editorial Unit

Working party

Cochrane

content

What is the purpose of today’s meeting?

Six themes – two areas

Products and users:1. The Cochrane Library: continuing its development

as the world’s leading library of evidence (Harriet MacLehose & Lucie Binder)

2. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR): relevance, coverage, and user and author experience (as above)

3. New formats and derivative products (Lorne Becker, Deborah Pentesco-Gilbert, Chris Mavergames)

Six themes – two areas

Cochrane Reviews:3. Methodological quality and readability

(Toby Lasserson)4. Updating (Rachel Marshall)5. Innovative reviews and methodology

(Jackie Chandler & Sophie Hill)

Questions

Recommendations

Themes

Leaders & working parties

Answers

Survey

Interviews

Theme-specific projects

ExternalInternal

Survey

• 41 questions• Advertised:– Cochrane lists, specific emails to CRGs invite to forward email– Email external stakeholders– Cochrane websites and The Cochrane Library– Editorial– Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter– Email to Wiley lists– CCINFO

• Data from 3 weeks in February

• 733 people completed one or more questions• From over 60 countries • Relationship with Cochrane:– 203 ‘external’ to Cochrane (i.e. no Cochrane role, including

Cochrane Review author)– 530 ‘internal’ to Cochrane

• Main occupation: – most researcher (393) or clinician or health professional

(267)• Main relationship with The Cochrane Library:– readers or users (294)– authors (228)– editorial role (113)

• Two-thirds are Cochrane Review authors

Interviews

• 48 external stakeholders invited– Including ‘super-users’, funders, journal editors,

policy-makers• 16 interviewed

Theme-specific projects• Several small pilots and related projects

Questions

Recommendations

Themes

Leaders & working parties

Answers

Survey

Interviews

Theme-specific projects

ExternalInternal

Revised timetable

Discussion forum & Twitter

• Discussion forum: Comments and questions on the background paper or any other aspect of the topic may be submitted via a dedicated discussion forum on cochrane.org (http://tinyurl.com/c7vp6gp - login required), or via Twitter

• Twitter: To post and track news on Twitter particular to the Strategic Session, please use the #cochraneparis hashtag, in combination with the hashtag #stratsession, before and during the meeting