Hello and Welcome!
Welcome to "Exploring Health Librarianship"!
This blog has been created to record some of my thoughts as I explore health librarianship as part of a class at UBC, LIBR 534 - Health Information Sources and Services (Sept-Dec 2006). This class is being taught by Dean Giustini and Greg Rowell.
This is my first blog. I look forward to exploring this format and considering many of the topics being discussed in this class.
posted by Katherine @ 8:50 PM
3 Comments:
Hi Katherine,
What exactly is "health librianship"?
Hi Katherine
You must be among the first to create a course blog. Good ho
To read about basics in health librarianship, check out the wiki. This article might be a good place to begin:
http://hlwiki.slais.ubc.ca/index.php?title=Libraries_in_health
cheers
Dean
Hi Mar,
Thanks for the question!
In Canada, the terms Health Librarian or Health Sciences Librarian is used to describe librarians that work in health settings such as hospitals, research facilities, or academic life sciences libraries.
The Canadian Health Libraries Association explains that: "The health sciences librarian believes that knowledge is the sine qua non of informed decisions in health care, education, and research and the health sciences librarian serves society, clients, and the institution by working to ensure that informed decisions can be made." http://www.chla-absc.ca/assoc/chlawhat.html
You may be more familiar with the term Medical Librarian which is the more common term used in the United States. The Medical Library Association has created a promotional Video designed to tell students more about the profession. It's called "Join the Health Care Team: Become a Medical Librarian," at http://www.mlanet.org/career/career_vid.html
This video gives some ideas on the nature of the work performed by a Medical or Health Librarians.
I hope this answers your question. Please let me know if you have other questions about health librarianship.
Cheers, Katherine
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