40 · Survey Results: Survey Questions and Responses
25. Are attendees at library RCR workshops/seminars awarded any certification? N=31
Yes 8 26%
No 23 74%
If yes, does the certification come from the institution or the library? N=8
The institution 4 50%
The library 4 50%
Comments N=7
The Institution
PIs who attend workshops pre-approved by the Research Education and Oversight office receive a continuing education
credit in the responsible conduct of research.
The Preparing Future Leaders “Season Pass” certification is awarded by the Graduate School.
We just sign their “passport” so they have a record that they attended.
The Library
Graduate and postdoctoral students who take the MyResearch library seminar series offered as part of SKILLSETS
receive a certificate signed by the Dean/Director of Libraries and the Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies.
Only the medical library provides certification. The other libraries do not.
The library is certified to give Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada continuing education credits.
We only offer certification for our annual summer data management institute.
NO LIBRARY RCR TRAINING
26. Please briefly explain why your library does not offer RCR-related training. (For example, it is
not in your institutional mission, library can’t add another assignment to staff workload, don’t
think library staff have the expertise/don’t know how to get started, perceived lack of interest by
institution, etc.) N=11
At University Library, we currently offer EndNote/Zotero/Mendeley workshops but not necessarily in the context of
RCR. In the past, sessions on copyright and fair use have been offered. In terms of training plans, we plan to offer Data
Management Tips &Tricks/data management training. The methods above refer to the bibliographic training sessions
that we currently offer. We plan to continue to use these methods for those sessions. Most RCR training is done via the
university’s Office for Research.
Have always relied on IRB to provide this, have not conceptualized instruction on plagiarism, etc., as part of this effort.
It is already covered under a different umbrella of the university.
Lack of expertise
Lack of sufficient staff other avenues exist on campus that provide this training.
25. Are attendees at library RCR workshops/seminars awarded any certification? N=31
Yes 8 26%
No 23 74%
If yes, does the certification come from the institution or the library? N=8
The institution 4 50%
The library 4 50%
Comments N=7
The Institution
PIs who attend workshops pre-approved by the Research Education and Oversight office receive a continuing education
credit in the responsible conduct of research.
The Preparing Future Leaders “Season Pass” certification is awarded by the Graduate School.
We just sign their “passport” so they have a record that they attended.
The Library
Graduate and postdoctoral students who take the MyResearch library seminar series offered as part of SKILLSETS
receive a certificate signed by the Dean/Director of Libraries and the Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies.
Only the medical library provides certification. The other libraries do not.
The library is certified to give Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada continuing education credits.
We only offer certification for our annual summer data management institute.
NO LIBRARY RCR TRAINING
26. Please briefly explain why your library does not offer RCR-related training. (For example, it is
not in your institutional mission, library can’t add another assignment to staff workload, don’t
think library staff have the expertise/don’t know how to get started, perceived lack of interest by
institution, etc.) N=11
At University Library, we currently offer EndNote/Zotero/Mendeley workshops but not necessarily in the context of
RCR. In the past, sessions on copyright and fair use have been offered. In terms of training plans, we plan to offer Data
Management Tips &Tricks/data management training. The methods above refer to the bibliographic training sessions
that we currently offer. We plan to continue to use these methods for those sessions. Most RCR training is done via the
university’s Office for Research.
Have always relied on IRB to provide this, have not conceptualized instruction on plagiarism, etc., as part of this effort.
It is already covered under a different umbrella of the university.
Lack of expertise
Lack of sufficient staff other avenues exist on campus that provide this training.
