Critical librarianship in health sciences libraries: an introduction [PDF]
Journal of the Medical Library Association, 2019 The Medical Library Association recently announced its commitment to diversity and inclusion. While this is a positive start, critical librarianship takes the crucial concepts of diversity and inclusion one step further by advocating for social justice ...
Jill Barr-Walker, Claire Sharifi
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LGBTQ+ health research guides at North American health sciences libraries: a survey and content analysis [PDF]
Journal of the Medical Library Association, 2021 Objectives: Current literature recommends online research guides as an easy and effective tool to promote LGBTQ+ health information to both health care providers and the public.
Gregg A. Stevens, Francisco J. Fajardo
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Personal librarian programs in medical and academic health sciences libraries: a preliminary study [PDF]
Journal of the Medical Library Association, 2022 Objective: This preliminary study examined how personal librarian programs are implemented within medical and academic health sciences libraries.
Natasha Audrey Williams
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Academic health sciences libraries and affiliated hospitals: a conversation about licensing electronic resources [PDF]
Journal of the Medical Library Association, 2020 Objective: Libraries in academic health centers may license electronic resources for their affiliated hospitals, as well as for their academic institutions.
Amy E. Allison +3 more
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Maine Policy Review, 2013 Health sciences librarians serve as uniquely trained reference librarians who specialize in the research and dissemination of medical and health information and are an important link to quality health information for patients and consumers. The authors describe how the landscape of health sciences librarianship is constantly changing as new technology ...
Susan Bloomfield +3 more
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Investigating the need for scholarly communications positions in Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries member institutions [PDF]
Journal of the Medical Library Association, 2017 Background: The role of health sciences librarians has expanded in the scholarly communications landscape as a result of the increase in federal public access mandates and the continued expansion of publishing avenues.
Kim Mears, Sandra L. Bandy
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Health sciences libraries’ subscriptions to journals: expectations of general practice departments and collection-based analysis [PDF]
Journal of the Medical Library Association, 2018 Objective: The aims of this study were to (i) assess the expectations of general practice departments regarding health sciences libraries’ subscriptions to journals and (ii) describe the current general practice journal collections of health sciences ...
David Barreau +3 more
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Prevalence and impact of remote and hybrid work in academic health sciences libraries [PDF]
Journal of the Medical Library AssociationObjective: This study assesses the prevalence, usage, and impact of remote/hybrid work in academic health science libraries in 2022 and 2023. Due to differences in survey distribution, we focus primarily on the results of the second survey.
David Petersen +2 more
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Interlibrary loan and document delivery in North American health sciences libraries during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic [PDF]
Journal of the Medical Library Association, 2022 Objective: The study purpose was to understand how early months of the COVID-19 pandemic altered interlibrary loan (ILL) and document delivery (DD) in North American health science libraries (HSLs), specifically the decision-making and workflow ...
Jennifer K. Lloyd +4 more
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Services and staffing practices in academic health sciences libraries serving college of osteopathic medicine programs: a mixed methods study [PDF]
Journal of the Medical Library Association, 2020 Objective: This study describes and assesses services, staffing practices, and trends in academic health sciences libraries that serve accredited college of osteopathic medicine (COM) programs in the United States.
Joanne M. Muellenbach +4 more
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