Wither health science librarianship? Many questions, many options

Health Info Libr J. 2019 Jun;36(2):195-198. doi: 10.1111/hir.12264.

Abstract

The 2019 virtual issue of the Health Information and Libraries Journal (HILJ) is published to link to the 2019 EAHIL Workshop taking place in Basel, Switzerland on 17-20 June 2019. The workshop is structured around six topics: (i) Roadmap of our Profession; (ii) Technology Uptake; (iii) Ecology of Scholarly Communications; (iv) Impact + Assessment; (v) Benchmarking + Advocacy; (vi) Evidence-Based Practice. These themes have been used to compile this virtual issue, which contains published articles selected from HILJ from the March 2019 issue through to June 2017. The virtual issue mirrors the format of a regular issue of HILJ, namely a review article, five original articles and articles from our three regular features: 'Dissertations into Practice', 'International Perspectives and Initiatives' and 'Teaching and Learning in Action'. The authors come from the UK, Canada, Australia, Italy, Iran and Belgium. All articles included in this virtual issue are available free online.

Keywords: evidence-based practice; impact and assessment; roadmap of our profession; technology uptake.

MeSH terms

  • Education / methods
  • Evidence-Based Practice / methods
  • Evidence-Based Practice / trends
  • Health Information Management / education*
  • Health Information Management / trends
  • Humans
  • Library Science / trends*
  • Professional Role
  • Switzerland