Documente Academic
Documente Profesional
Documente Cultură
friendly, skilled and eager to help the library user, and who discovers for him the materials he needs but knows not of, To the picture of the timid, plain-looking female, conservative morally and politically, middle-aged or older busily stamping her 3x5 index cards and collecting money for overdue books
(Image and Roles of Librarians by Wendi Arant. 2003)
Hospital Libraries
Purchase and catalog materials Answer reference questions Negotiate contracts and pay bills Build webpages Give journal articles to medical staff Information about diseases and its treatment Changed the treatment over the information I found
Hospital Libraries
Management Acquisition Cataloging Circulation Reference Service Research *Clinical experience
Tag along medical team in doing rounds Ethical issues Clinical Librarians
Primary Roles
provide scholarly information to support health care, education, and research help improve the quality of patientcare by helping health care professionals stay abreast of new developments and treatments find relevant health information for patients and consumers serve as educators for students pursuing health care degrees and provide training in the location and use of medical resources
In Summary
Managers Purchasing Officer Cataloger Reference Librarian Clinical Librarian Researcher Training Officer Records Officer/Manager Archivist
Fundamental Theorem
Dr. Mike Muin paper presentation during the 22nd MAHLAP Congress, 2010
How do we do this?
Organize information Make it easy as possible to find (at the point-of-need) Provide support to help find it
Fundamental Theorem
Dr. Mike Muin paper presentation during the 22nd MAHLAP Congress, 2010