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