A Practical Guide for Informationists: Supporting Research and Clinical Practice

by Antonio P DeRosa

Overview

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. - Offer examples (e.g. case studies) of ways of delivering information services to end users - Includes recommendations, evidence and worksheets/take-aways/templates to be repurposed and adapted by the reader - Aimed at the broad area of healthcare and research libraries

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780081020166
Publisher:	Chandos Publishing
Publication date:	02/23/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	100
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Throughout his tenure he has assisted clients with their research through embedded/liaison means by offering targeted training, EBM support via systematic reviews, general consultation, bibliometric/impact metric evaluation, data management, competitive intelligence, current awareness, productivity/workflow support, and publishing guidance. The author's skills and past experience put him in a unique position to speak about the budding role of the Informationist as a librarian-in-context as it pertains to scholarly research output.
Throughout his tenure he has assisted clients with their research through embedded/liaison means by offering targeted training, EBM support via systematic reviews, general consultation, bibliometric/impact metric evaluation, data management, competitive intelligence, current awareness, productivity/workflow support, and publishing guidance. The author’s skills and past experience put him in a unique position to speak about the budding role of the Informationist as a librarian-in-context as it pertains to scholarly research output.

Table of Contents

1. The informationist in the scientific setting2. Training, education, and outreach3. Providing meaningful information: Part A - Beyond the search4. Providing meaningful information: Part B - Bibliometric analysis5. Providing meaningful information: Part C - Data management and visualization6. Providing meaningful information: Part D - Current awareness7. Role in evidence-based practice8. Future perspectives for informationists

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