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Garoufallou, Emmanouel; Gaitanou, Panorea – College & Research Libraries, 2021
Currently "Big Data" is an emerging field that presents several Information Technology challenges regarding the capture, storage search, structure, and visualization of this data. The real challenge for organizations is to find ways to extract value from it and provide better services to their clients. The data generated in academic and…
Descriptors: Data, Librarians, Library Role, Library Research
Smith, Denise – Journal of Information Literacy, 2019
McMaster University's Health Sciences Library (HSL) began to transition to a new liaison service model in early 2018. One of its librarians sought to understand how an academic health sciences library can optimise its support for academic undergraduate programmes. This scoping review of the literature was pursued with the aim to submit an informed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Libraries, Library Services, Medical Libraries
Higgins, Molly; DeVito, Jennifer A.; Stieglitz, Sally; Tolliver, Robert; Tran, Clara Y. – Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2017
Collaborative research is standard practice in many academic disciplines as it has been shown to increase author productivity, article quality, and publication rate. Even so, little is known about publishing patterns among academic librarians and non-library faculty who have collaborated on research. With whom are academic librarians partnering?…
Descriptors: Librarian Teacher Cooperation, Academic Libraries, College Faculty, Research

Stinson, E. Ray – Library Trends, 1982
Discusses service standards (level of excellence or adequacy in performance of library service) and their incorporation in the accreditation process for hospital library service and academic health sciences libraries. The certification program developed for health sciences librarians by the Medical Library Association is reviewed. Fifty-nine…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Certification, Foreign Countries, Higher Education

Weise, Frieda O. – Library Trends, 1993
Provides an overview of developments in health sciences libraries leading to the virtual library. Highlights include online searching; integrated library systems; networked resources; the expansion of interlibrary loans and document delivery systems; the Integrated Academic Information Management System; and the role of the National Library of…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Information Management, Information Networks, Integrated Library Systems

Tabor, R. B. – Information Services and Use, 1988
Discusses the effects of trends in health care services, including an emphasis on primary health care and patient involvement, on the information needs of health care professionals and managers. A proposed information network that would provide point of use access to sources of health care information is described. (three references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Community Programs, Developed Nations, Foreign Countries, Health Services

Florance, Valerie; Matheson, Nina W. – Library Trends, 1993
Discusses the changing role of health sciences librarians in academic medical centers, based on experiences at the Johns Hopkins University (Maryland) medical library. Highlights include library services to meet the information needs of users; management perceptions of libraries; and competitive strategies for libraries, including integration into…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrator Attitudes, Higher Education, Information Management

Rankin, Jocelyn A.; Sayre, Jean Williams – Library Trends, 1993
Considers the expanding educational role of health sciences librarians in both academic centers and in hospitals resulting from influences of new educational models and new technology. Topics addressed include undergraduate health sciences education; continuing education; new technology and medical informatics; library educational programs;…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Hospitals, Information Science

Marshall, Joanne G. – Library Trends, 1993
Reviews studies of clinicians' information-seeking behavior and discusses various library programs and services designed to deliver information to clinicians. Topics discussed include LATCH (Literature Attached to the Chart) services; enduser searching; quality filtering and critical appraisal; clinical information systems; and the impact of the…
Descriptors: Health Personnel, Hospital Libraries, Information Dissemination, Information Needs

Buchanan, Holly Shipp – Library Trends, 1993
Discusses progress made in meeting the information needs of health care administrators and the role of the library in providing information for administrative decision making. Highlights include health care economics; a shifting power structure; quality improvement initiatives; standards; communicating the role and value of library services; and…
Descriptors: Administrators, Communication (Thought Transfer), Decision Making, Futures (of Society)