TY - JOUR
T1 - Education for Health Sciences Librarianship
AU - Smith, Linda C
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Preparation of this paper was supported in part by NIH Grant no. I TI5 LM 07098-01 from the National Library of Medicine. The views expressed are solely those of the author and do not represent the official view of the National Library of Medicine.
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The Mcdical Library Association (MLA) will celebrate its centennial in 1998, so medical librarianship has been recognized as a distinct arca of spccialization for nearly 100 years. The term "health sciences librarianship" has been used more frequently in the recent past to encompass the broader scopc of involvement of its practitionerssresearch, education, administration, and patient care. Employment sites for health sciences librarians include academic settings (schools of medicine, nursing, allied health, dentistry, vetcrinary medicine, public health); hospital settings; corporate settings (pharmaceuticals, healthcare insurance, medical equipment); public settings (consumer health information and patient cduca-tion); specialized settings (drug information centers, poison control centers); information and referral; and the information industry (Detlefsen 1993). Course work in health sciences librarianship has been offered as part of a degree program in library (and information) science since 1939, when Thomas P. Fleming first taught a course at Columbia University School of Library Service. Thus for almost sixty years schools of library and information science have contributed to the education of health sciences librarians. Other influential organizations include MLA, through its credentialing and continuing education programs, and the National Library of Medicine (NLM), which has provided post-master's internships since 1957 and supported educational programs elsewhere through grant funds. This paper provides an overview of education for health sciences librarianshid b; considering its development, current status, and possible future evolution. Because health sciences librarians (like their colleagues in other health sciences professions) place a strong emphasis on lifelong learning, sections of thc paper are devoted to post-master's programs and continuing education as wcll as to the master's degrcc program in library and information science (LIS). Another distinguishing characteristic of health sciences librarianship is the role of the professional association in providing a credentialing program for its members, now embodied in MLA's Academy of Health Information Professionals (AHIP). Resources useful to thc student of health sciences librarianship, many of them published by MLA, are listed in an appendix to this paper.
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - Important organizations in the education of health sciences librarians include graduate schools of library and information science (LIS), the Medical Library Association (MLA), and the National Library of Medicine (NLM). This paper provides an overview of education for health sciences librarianship by considering its development, current status, and possible future evolution. Because health sciences librarians place a strong emphasis on lifelong learning, sections of the paper are devoted to post-master's programs and continuing education as well as to the master's degree program in library and information science. Another distinguishing characteristic of health sciences librarianship is the role of the professional association in providing a credentialing program for its members, now embodied in MLA's Academy of Health Information Professionals (AHIP). Resources useful to the student of health sciences librarianship, many of them published by MLA, are listed in an appendix to this paper.
AB - Important organizations in the education of health sciences librarians include graduate schools of library and information science (LIS), the Medical Library Association (MLA), and the National Library of Medicine (NLM). This paper provides an overview of education for health sciences librarianship by considering its development, current status, and possible future evolution. Because health sciences librarians place a strong emphasis on lifelong learning, sections of the paper are devoted to post-master's programs and continuing education as well as to the master's degree program in library and information science. Another distinguishing characteristic of health sciences librarianship is the role of the professional association in providing a credentialing program for its members, now embodied in MLA's Academy of Health Information Professionals (AHIP). Resources useful to the student of health sciences librarianship, many of them published by MLA, are listed in an appendix to this paper.
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U2 - 10.1300/J122v17n02_07
DO - 10.1300/J122v17n02_07
M3 - Article
SN - 0194-262X
VL - 17
SP - 59
EP - 80
JO - Science and Technology Libraries
JF - Science and Technology Libraries
IS - 2
ER -