Health Librarianship | An Introduction

Jeffrey T. Huber (u. a.)

ISBN 10: 1610693213 / ISBN 13: 9781610693219

Published by Libraries Unlimited, 2014

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Health Librarianship | An Introduction | Jeffrey T. Huber (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2014 | Libraries Unlimited | EAN 9781610693219 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Health Librarianship | An Introduction
• Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1610693213
• ISBN 13: 9781610693219
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 254W x 178H x 17D millimeters 254 millimeters width by 178 millimeters height by 17 millimeters depth
• Weight: 590 grams
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

Intended for students interested in careers as health sciences librarians, this insightful book presents a current view of trends and issues in the field of health librarianship from leading scholars and practitioners.

With health care reform and the Affordable Care Act driving up demand for ready access to health and biomedical information by both health care providers and healthcare consumers, health librarianship plays a critical role in facilitating access to that information. Health Librarianship: An Introduction places health librarianship within the health care context, covering librarianship within this specific environment as well as other perspectives relevant to health librarianship.

The book addresses the basic functions of librarianship―for example, management and administration, public services, and technical services―within the health care context as well as issues unique to health librarianship like health literacy, consumer health, and biomedical informatics. This book is an outstanding textbook for library and information sciences classes and will also be of interest to those considering a career change to health librarianship.

About the Author

Jeffrey T. Huber, PhD, is director and professor in the School of Library and Information Science at the University of Kentucky.

Feili Tu-Keefner, PhD, is associate professor in the School of Library and Information Science at the University of South Carolina.