New measures for new roles: Defining and measuring the current practices of health sciences librarians

Journal of the Medical Library Association

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 164-172

  Scherrer, Carol S ^a   Jacobson, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACT REPORT; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER; CONSULTATION; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DOCUMENTATION; HEALTH SCIENCE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERNET; LIBRARIAN; LIBRARY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; ONLINE SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; COMPUTER NETWORK; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIBRARY SCIENCE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; LIBRARIANS; LIBRARIES, MEDICAL; LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONS; LIBRARY SERVICES; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036551573     PISSN: 15365050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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