"You're just one of the group when you're embedded": Report from a mixed-method investigation of the research-embedded health librarian experience

Journal of the Medical Library Association

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 287-297

  Greyson, Devon ^a   Surette, Soleil ^b,e   Dennett, Liz ^c,d   Chatterley, Trish ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF HEALTH ECONOMICS   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e Edmonton Public Library   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LIBRARIAN; LIBRARY; MANPOWER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CANADA; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIBRARIANS; LIBRARIES, MEDICAL; PROFESSIONAL ROLE;

EID: 84887208616     PISSN: 15365050     EISSN: 15589439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3163/1536-5050.101.4.010     Document Type: Article

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