Chemical data have been described for over 100 million characterized compounds and many data points are openly accessible in some form. Leveraging current technologies in data architecture and semantics, it is possible to programmatically compile and transpose these data at large scales for further analysis concerning a variety of chemical problems. Analyzing chemical data to support decision making in health and safety presents a range of additional complicating socio-technical factors to find, access, integrate and review (FAIR) appropriate data. Navigating these challenges becomes a classic information literacy scenario involving a diversity of data sources and community expertise in health and safety. Connecting the needs of specific use cases with available data and automated processing surfaces many opportunities for librarians to build bridges in partnership with different user communities and further address broader issues with data. This presentation will discuss how library expertise can help to maximize potential for cheminformatics in laboratory health and safety through the ongoing collaboration of a chemistry librarian with the PubChem chemical knowledge-base.

FAIR chemical data for health and safety: Connecting the dots with cheminformatics and librarianship

2019 Spring National Meeting

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