A competency framework for librarians involved in systematic reviews

Journal of the Medical Library Association

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 268-275

  Townsend, Whitney A ^a   Anderson, Patricia F ^a   Ginier, Emily C ^a   MacEachern, Mark P ^a   Saylor, Kate M ^a   Shipman, Barbara L ^a   Smith, Judith E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; LIBRARIAN; ORGANIZATION; SELF EVALUATION; SKILL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LITERATURE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SEARCH ENGINE;

COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; LIBRARIANS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; SEARCH ENGINE;

EID: 85021916895     PISSN: 15365050     EISSN: 15589439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5195/jmla.2017.189     Document Type: Note

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