Medical Librarianship as a Specialisation: A Conceptual Review

Abstract

The medical libraries have played a vital role in disseminating information for different user groups in variety of settings in the health science institution. There are various programs such as The ‘LATCH programme’, ‘medical informatics’, ‘clinical medical librarianship’, ‘clinical informationists’, ‘evidence based medicine’ and, ‘consumer health library services. Libraries also are undertaking training program called ‘Health Information Literacy’. There are some skills like quality filtering and critical appraisal of the literature,notable for information services. Yet, there are many skills required to learn for efficient and effective service to the medical community and hence there is a requirement to consider the ‘medical librarianship as specialisation program’ from general librarianship.

http://dx.doi.org/10.14429/djlit.33.2.4197