Overview

Intended for students interested in careers as health sciences librarians, this insightful book presents a current view of trends and issues in the field of health librarianship from leading scholars and practitioners. With health care reform and the Affordable Care Act driving up demand for ready access to health and biomedical information by both health care providers and healthcare consumers, health librarianship plays a critical role in facilitating access to that information. Health Librarianship: An Introduction places health librarianship within the health care context, covering librarianship within this specific environment as well as other perspectives relevant to health librarianship. The book addresses the basic functions of librarianship—for example, management and administration, public services, and technical services—within the health care context as well as issues unique to health librarianship like health literacy, consumer health, and biomedical informatics. This book is an outstanding textbook for library and information sciences classes and will also be of interest to those considering a career change to health librarianship.

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Author:   Jeffrey T. Huber ,  Fred W. Roper ,  Feili Tu-Keefner Ph.D.
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Libraries Unlimited Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.624kg
ISBN:  

9781610693219

ISBN 10:   1610693213
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   26 August 2014
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

CONTENTS Illustrations Foreword by Fred Roper Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: Overview of Health Sciences Libraries and Librarianship Katherine Schilling Chapter 2: Overview of the Healthcare Environment Fay J. Towell Chapter 3: Situating Health Librarianship Within the Healthcare Environment Anna Getselman and Sandra G. Franklin Chapter 4: Evidence-Based Healthcare / Evidence-Based Practice Connie Schardt Chapter 5: Government Agency and Professional Association Resources and Services Keith Cogdill Chapter 6: Health Librarianship: Management and Administration Gerald Perry Chapter 7: Technical Services in Health Sciences Libraries Susan Swogger Chapter 8: Public Services in Health Sciences Libraries Melissa De Santis Chapter 9: Information Retrieval James E. Andrews and Denise Shereff Chapter 10: Historical Collections in Health Sciences Libraries Michael A. Flannery Chapter 11: Interpersonal Skills to the Fore: Consumer Health Librarianship Mary L. Gillaspy Chapter 12: Health Literacy Robert Shapiro Chapter 13: Outreach Services Julie K. Gaines and Meredith Solomon, AHIP Chapter 14: Special Populations Michele A. Spatz Chapter 15: Health and Biomedical Informatics P. W. Dalrymple and D. L. Varner Index About the Editors and Contributors

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Jeffrey T. Huber, PhD, is director and professor in the School of Library and Information Science at the University of Kentucky. Feili Tu-Keefner, PhD, is associate professor in the School of Library and Information Science at the University of South Carolina.

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