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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826394803321

Autore

Shipman Jean P

Titolo

Emerging roles of health sciences librarians / / Jean P. Shipman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bradford, England, : Emerald Group, c2004

ISBN

1-280-51550-3

9786610515509

1-84544-411-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (95 p.)

Collana

Reference Services Review. No. 1 ; ; Vol. 32

Disciplina

026

Soggetti

Medical librarians

Information science

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Abstracts & keywords; Editorals; Technology and e-health advancements; Research; Health-care practice environments; Consumer and public health; Scholarly communications; Note from the publisher

Sommario/riassunto

Health sciences librarians no longer find themselves only staffing reference desks or building collections. Their activities range from being active participants in health-care teams to providing training to the general public. Emerging roles are surfacing in all arenas served by health sciences libraries: educational, clinical, research, and administration. Librarians are meeting new skill demands by re-educating both on the job and through traditional coursework. New types of positions are being explored and new partnerships with health-care colleagues are being forged. This article highligh