Dear Library Professionals, I under the guidance of my mentor, Charles Greenberg are conducting a survey on the involvement of librarian in protection of human research subjects. This survey is for an IFLA paper that I am writing with him. The excerpts from the abstract are: As the scope of human subject research expands beyond traditional biomedical frontiers, the ability to apply vigilance to educate, inform, and protect humans of all ages strains the capacity of many institutions to apply a thorough and rigorous standard at all times. The most widely recognized mechanism to assess human protections in a research proposal is an institutional review board (IRB), also known as an independent ethics committee (IEC) or ethical review board, which are often mandated for institutions in some countries. This paper is based on an environmental scan of current librarian involvement in protection of human research subjects as part of a proposed research paper for IFLA 2014. If you know a librarian who has contact, please pass this message to those that either serve an IRB or IEC or other form of bioethics review group that is charged with protecting human research subjects. Of course, you may be the best person to share your experience. Here is the link: http://ku.co1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_50gv8KswvRzb6Wp A short version of the same link: http://tinyurl.com/2104irblib We are aware of the important articles by librarians and physicians on this topic and will also have a literature review of those articles in our paper to accompany the survey results. Your feedback and comments are welcome With best regards Sangeeta Narang Librarian Grade-I, NDDTC All India Institute of Medical Sciences Ansari Nagar New Delhi-110029 E-mail : narang.sangeeta@yahoo.co.in sangeeta.bbdl@gmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.