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Trend spotting – whither health science librarianship?
Author(s) -
Murphy Jeannette
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
health information and libraries journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.779
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1471-1842
pISSN - 1471-1834
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-1842.2011.00958.x
Subject(s) - spotting , health science , library science , feature (linguistics) , computer science , political science , data science , medical education , medicine , linguistics , philosophy , artificial intelligence
This feature surveys 20th‐century trends in health sciences librarianship. It sets the scene for a series of features looking at 21st‐century trends in various countries and regions. Whilst the mission of the health science library remains constant, librarians must find ways of adjusting their role and the services they provide to take account of changes in the external environment.