Into the Future: Three Keys to Success for Medical Libraries
| Autor: | Wen-chuan Lin, Pei-chun Lin, Hao-chang Sun, Kuan-nien Chen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Hospital Librarianship. 11:348-357 |
| ISSN: | 1532-3277 1532-3269 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/15323269.2011.611105 |
| Popis: | The role of medical librarians is transforming to meet the unique demands of their users who need rapid access to a constantly evolving body of information. Competence in Web 2.0 and other contemporary information and communication technologies is critically important. Search engines like Google and Yahoo that are popular among library users are becoming overloaded and therefore less effective tools. Also, library users tend to overestimate their search skills. Medical librarians are directing users back to traditional databases, fielded searches, and paper resources. Three possible roles are proposed to meet the challenges facing medical librarians in view of these developments: (1) blended librarianship involving both traditional librarians' skills and expertise in both contemporary information technology and pedagogy; (2) skills facilitating use of information and communication technology; and (3) building library users' learning behavior through a problem-based learning (PBL) process. Additionally, he... |
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