The Changing Role of Reference Services in Academic Health Sciences Libraries

2008 ◽  
Vol 3 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 235-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Health Sciences ◽  
Academic Health ◽  
Reference Services ◽  
Changing Role

scholarly journals Investigating the need for scholarly communications positions in Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries member institutions

2017 ◽  
Vol 105 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kim Mears, MLIS ◽  
Sandra L. Bandy, MS, AHIP
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Public Access ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Academic Health ◽  
Discussion List ◽  
Scholarly Communications ◽  
Time Position ◽  
Communications Services

Background: The role of health sciences librarians has expanded in the scholarly communications landscape as a result of the increase in federal public access mandates and the continued expansion of publishing avenues. This has created the need to investigate whether academic health sciences libraries should have scholarly communications positions to provide education and services exclusively related to scholarly communication topics.Methods: A nine-question online survey was distributed through the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL) email discussion list to gather preliminary findings from and opinions of directors of health sciences libraries on the need for scholarly communications positions.Results: The survey received a 38% response rate. The authors found that AAHSL members are currently providing scholarly communications services, and 46% of respondents expressed the need to devote a full-time position to this role.Discussion: Our survey reveals a juxtaposition occurring in AAHSL member libraries. While administrators acknowledge the need to provide scholarly communications services, they often experience budget challenges in providing a full-time position for these services.

scholarly journals The tenth Janet Doe Lecture, a forty-year perspective: still relevant after all these years

2020 ◽  
Vol 108 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wayne J. Peay ◽  
Helen-Ann Brown Epstein
Keyword(s):  
Historical Perspective ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
The State ◽  
Academic Health ◽  
Current Health ◽  
Medical Library ◽  
The Future ◽  
Role Of Women ◽  
Distinguished Member

Erich Meyerhoff was an academic health sciences librarian and a distinguished member of the Medical Library Association when he was invited to present the Janet Doe Lecture in 1977. His lecture on the state of the association is considered one of the finest Doe lectures and is still relevant more than forty years later, not only from an historical perspective, but also for his projections for the future and his prescient comments about the future of hospital librarianship and the important role of women in the association. Key 1977 Doe lecture topics are reviewed and updated in the context of the current health sciences library environment.

Analysis of the Use of Reference Services in an Academic Health Sciences Library

1994 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendall Sullivan ◽  
Lisa A. Schoppmann ◽  
Patricia M. Redman
Keyword(s):  
Health Sciences ◽  
Academic Health ◽  
Reference Services
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