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. Presents current information on key issues and
trends in health librarianship from contributors with many decades
of combined experience An ideal textbook for students interested in
careers as health sciences librarians
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