A Practical Guide for Informationists
Supporting Research and Clinical Practice

Discusses the changing role of reference librarians to the more technically savvy 'informationist'

Antonio P DeRosa (Author)

9780081020173, Elsevier Science

Paperback / softback, published 24 February 2018

100 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 0.8 cm, 0.18 kg

A Practical Guide for Informationists: Supporting Research and Clinical Practice guides new informationists to a successful career, giving them a pathway to this savvier, more technically advanced, domain-focused role in modern day information centers and libraries. The book's broad scope serves as an invaluable toolkit for healthcare professionals, researchers and graduate students in information management, library and information science, data management, informatics, etc. Furthermore, it is also ideal as a textbook for courses in medical reference services/medical informatics in MLIS programs.

1. The informationist in the scientific setting 2. Training, education, and outreach 3. Providing meaningful information: Part A - Beyond the search 4. Providing meaningful information: Part B - Bibliometric analysis 5. Providing meaningful information: Part C - Data management and visualization 6. Providing meaningful information: Part D - Current awareness 7. Role in evidence-based practice 8. Future perspectives for informationists

Subject Areas: Enterprise software [UFL], Social interaction [JFFP], Library & information services [GLM], Library, archive & information management [GLC], Library & information sciences [GL]