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Direct linkGaroufallou, 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
Arroyo, Sonia Santana – Community & Junior College Libraries, 2015
There persists an intense debate on whether or not the traditional reference desk should be in academic libraries. Yet, despite many anti-desk studies, the place of the reference desk still remains. This paper aims to review the current significance of the reference desk for some libraries, as well as the importance of choosing the proper…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Medical Libraries, Reference Services, Library Services
Bardyn, Tania P.; Resnick, Taryn; Camina, Susan K. – Journal of Web Librarianship, 2012
How translational researchers use data is becoming an important support function for libraries to understand. Libraries' roles in this increasingly complex area of Web librarianship are often unclearly defined. The authors conducted two focus groups with physicians and researchers at an academic medical center, the UCLA David Geffen School of…
Descriptors: Libraries, Open Source Technology, Medical Schools, Researchers
Ullah, Midrar; Ameen, Kanwal; Bakhtar, Salman – Education for Information, 2011
The study aims to explore the professional activities, needed competencies and education/training needs of medical librarians in Pakistan. The following questions guided the study: what are the current professional activities of medical librarians in Pakistan? What is their perception of the competencies needed of medical librarians? And what are…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Library Schools, Medical Libraries, Foreign Countries
Mitchell, Nicole – Public Services Quarterly, 2007
For the past several years, many in the library profession have questioned the relevance of reference librarians in the digital age. With so much information available online, are reference librarians even still needed? The author believes they are--probably even more so today than ever. It is precisely the vast proliferation of electronic…
Descriptors: Medical Libraries, Reference Services, Library Services, Librarians
Peer reviewedCarmel, Michael – International Library Review, 1981
Discusses the new relationships between libraries and their users with reference to the worldwide medical information networks which have developed through the influence of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. Consideration is given to the new roles librarians will have to assume. (Author/LLS)
Descriptors: Global Approach, Information Networks, Librarians, Library Role
Download full textMarshall, Joanne G.; Hamilton, John D. – 1978
In June 1975 a clinical librarian project was initiated in the Gastroenterology Programme of McMaster University Medical Centre (MUMC). The objectives of the project were to assist patients in participating more knowledgeably in their own health care and to assist health professionals in applying the latest information from the biomedical…
Descriptors: Hospital Personnel, Institutional Libraries, Librarians, Library Role
Freeman, Geoffrey T.; Bennett, Scott; Demas, Sam; Frischer, Bernard; Peterson, Christina A.; Oliver, Kathleen Burr – Council on Library and Information Resources, 2005
This document is intended to stimulate thinking about the role of the library in the digital age, about the potential--and the imperative--for libraries to meet new needs, and about how these needs will influence the design of physical space. The goal of this document is to expose an array of perspectives on the future of the library and to…
Descriptors: Library Role, College Libraries, Research Libraries, Medical Libraries
Mosby, Margaret A.; Naisawald, Gretchen – 1981
This course text outlines the objectives and content for a professional continuing education course on clinical medical librarianship. Following an introduction to the course, the history of clinical librarianship and several programs are described. The third section offers guidelines for setting goals and objectives for a clinical librarian…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Course Objectives, Librarians, Library Planning
Peer reviewedGroen, Frances; Xiong, Dizhi – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 1994
Compares two distinct approaches to education for medical librarianship--those of the People's Republic of China and of North America. Topics discussed include formal degree programs; certification; the relationship between educators and practitioners; the changing needs of medical librarians regarding continuing education; lifelong learning; and…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Certification, Comparative Analysis, Degree Requirements
Peer reviewedRoper, Fred W.; Mayfield, M. Kent – Library Trends, 1993
Describes a survey of knowledge and skills in the health information sciences conducted by the Medical Library Association (MLA) and relates the results to the MLA's educational policy statement. Credentialing for the Academy of Health Information Professionals is described, and ways to acquire medical knowledge and skills are discussed. (Contains…
Descriptors: Certification, Credentials, Educational Policy, Higher Education
Tees, Miriam H.; And Others – 1981
This set of nine papers on special library concerns includes papers presented by participants from Canada, Denmark, East Germany, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Papers are entitled: "The Needs of the Special Librarian and the Library Association," by Miriam H. Tees; "Position and Development of Special Libraries within…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Foreign Countries, Government Publications, Information Services
Peer reviewedRankin, 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
