Language Arts & Disciplines : Library & Information Science

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 highlights the reasons why these new opportunities exist and provides references to articles contained within this journal issue. more...

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Librarians are experts at selecting, evaluating, and disseminating the best content in the most appropriate format to meet the needs of library users. And, new technologies can be invaluable tools in these efforts. Taking advantage of these technologies does not, however, change the fundamental mission of libraries everywhere. In this thought-provoking work, one of the library world's leading thinkers discusses the transformative effect communications technology has had on information delivery from past to present to future. By tracing the transformations, Gorman writes a roadmap for achieving balance between the tradition of library service and ever-changing technology. Exploring both opportunities and perils, Gorman points the way to:. Integrating technology into long- and short-term goals. Rethinking reference work, to direct users to the highest quality sources available. Revamping cataloging through technology to improve user access. Reinvigorating the library's role in promoting literacy. Relieving techno-stress to achieve peace of mind, harmony, and stability. For those willing to accept the challenges and opportunities that present themselves to librarians all around the world, this manifesto will help you strike a balance between the ideas of technology dominance and the tradition preservation. more...

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Seeks to spread the concept of evidence based practice beyond the health sector. Librarians need to increase their reliance on sound evidence to support their programs and services. They also need to become more active in producing and publishing evidence for their peers and others outside the profession. This collection of articles examines the research base of librarianship; outlines the process of evidence based librarianship; the theory and practice of formulation of answerable research questions; bibliomining-based EBL; qualitative research in evidence-based practice; using critical appraisal to evaluate evidence; and the incorporation of EBL into library education. more...

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For this book, I’ve looked for research and views that fit within the structure I’ve defined and help to answer the questions I consider. In Chapters 2–6 this structure is the same every time: each chapter is named by a basic activity we do with digital information, and asks what or when we do it, how we do it, what goes wrong with it, and what we could do to improve things, before listing some further reading. more...

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A practical guide to the basic structure of STM information, describing in simple terms, with examples, how to locate what you need. more...

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