Title Changing roles and contexts for health library and information professionals / edited by Alison Brettle and Christine Urquhart.

Descript 1 online resource (xx, 183 pages) : illustrations Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents Title page; Contents; About the editors; List of contributors; Overview; Roles -- problems or opportunities?; Team role theory and collaboration; Roles of the future; Part 1 -- Context; Part 2 -- Roles; Conclusion; References; Part 1 Context; 1 The changing context of health for library and information professionals; Introduction; THE HEALTH CONTEXT; Introduction -- future changes in health care; Empowering patients and the public; The data deluge; Integrating health and social care -- for better quality care; Implications for information providers; National and international perspectives. HEALTH LIBRARY AND INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS IN EUROPEIntroduction; Information needs of clinicians leads to librarians in the clinic; Information needs of medical students leads to librarians as teachers; Information needs of nurses leads to librarians as consultants; Information needs of authors leads to librarians as referencemanagers; Information needs of researchers leads to librarians inscientometrics; Information needs of patients leads to identification and provision of patient information material by librarians; Conclusion; References; 2 Changes in information generation and use. IntroductionCHANGES IN INFORMATION GENERATION AND USE: THE EFFECTS ON NHS LIBRARY STAFF ROLES; Changes in education of health staff; E-learning and social networking; Changes in publishing; Responding to change; TAKING ADVANTAGE OF CHANGE: HOW HEALTH LIBRARY AND INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS ARE SHAPING THE HIGHER EDUCATION EXPERIENCE; Introduction; What are the changes in HE?; From collection development to support; Resource discovery; Support and skills development; Conclusion; INFORMATION GENERATION AND USE: A PRIMARY CARE PERSPECTIVE; Introduction; Evidence for decision making in primary care. The need for customer focusCHANGES IN INFORMATION GENERATION AND USE: REFLECTIONS ON THE EFFECTS ON ACADEMIC AND NHS INFORMATION SERVICES; References; 3 Changing technology to meet clinicians' information needs; Introduction; CLINICIANS' INFORMATION NEEDS; Clinical information resources and systems; Challenges for clinical information; The Map of Medicine -- Joanna Dundon; 'Just-in-Time' question answering service -- Jessie McGowan; Conclusion; References; 4 The influences of governance, consumers and evidence-based practice; Introduction. WHAT DOES INFORMATION MANAGEMENT FOR CLINICAL GOVERNANCE INVOLVE?What is clinical governance?; Information management for clinical governance; Data standards and data quality; Improving clinical performance; Consent and confidentiality; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; The information practices of consumers; Where do women find information?; Use of technology; Information overload; Alternative viewpoints; Making sense of health information; Quality of information; Consumers' conclusion; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR HEALTH LIBRARY AND INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS; Introduction. Summary This timely edited collection examines the evolving role of health professionals and explores the role they play in the context of where they work. Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - Worldwide Subject Medical libraries. Medical libraries -- Reference services. Information retrieval. Information Dissemination -- methods Information Management -- trends Librarians Libraries, Medical -- organization & administration Libraries, Medical -- trends Professional Role Libraries, Medical Information Storage and Retrieval information retrieval. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Library & Information Science -- Archives & Special Libraries. Information retrieval. (OCoLC)fst00972619 Medical libraries. (OCoLC)fst01014324 Medical libraries -- Reference services. (OCoLC)fst01014343 Bibliotheksorganisation Management Medizinische Bibliothek Alt Author Brettle, Alison. Urquhart, Christine. ISBN 9781856049030 (electronic bk.) 1856049035 (electronic bk.) 9781299277939 (MyiLibrary) 1299277934 (MyiLibrary) 9781856047401 1856047407