Developing competencies for medical librarians in Pakistan

Health Information and Libraries Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 59-71

  Ullah, Midrar ^a   Anwar, Mumtaz A ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Competencies; Health science; Knowledge and skills; Librarianship; Medical librarians; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; LIBRARIAN; LIBRARY; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PAKISTAN; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS;

HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; LIBRARIANS; LIBRARIES, MEDICAL; LIBRARY SERVICES; PAKISTAN; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84874007071     PISSN: 14711834     EISSN: 14711842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hir.12008     Document Type: Article

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