Australia's Health Libraries: A Research-directed Future
Author(s)
Hallam, Gillian
Ritchie, Ann
Hamill, Cheryl
Lewis, Suzanne
Newton-Smith, Carol
Kammermann, Melanie
O'Connor, Patrick
Issue Date
2010
Keyword(s)
Workforce Issues in Library and Information Science
Medical librarians -- Training of -- Australia.
Library education -- Australia.
Vocational qualifications.
Abstract
Health Libraries Australia, a group from the Australian Library and Information Association, is currently undertaking a research project to determine the future requirements for the health librarian workforce in Australia. The study has yielded an in-depth literature review exploring the Australian health care system and health library sector and international trends in health libraries that may impact Australian health librarian education. It has also produced surveys of Australian health librarians and health library managers. This article reviews the first stage of the project. The data will provide a solid foundation for development of the next phase of the project—scoping a structured, modular education framework for postgraduate qualifications in health librarianship and an ongoing continuing professional development structure.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press and the Graduate School of Library and Information Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
ISSN
0024-2594
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
Permalink
http://hdl.handle.net/2142/18737
Copyright and License Information
Copyright 2010 Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
Library Trends 59 (1-2) Summer/Fall 2010: Workforce Issues in Library and Information Science, Part 2. Edited by Joanne Gard Marshall, Susan Rathbun-Grubb, Deborah Barreau, and Jennifer Craft Morgan
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