Atlas M C
Kornhauser Health Sciences Library, University of Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA.
Bull Med Libr Assoc. 2000 Jan;88(1):26-35.
The relationship between the development of mediated online literature searching and the recruitment of medical librarians to fill positions as online searchers was investigated. The history of database searching by medical librarians was outlined and a content analysis of thirty-five years of job advertisements in MLA News from 1961 through 1996 was summarized. Advertisements for online searchers were examined to test the hypothesis that the growth of mediated online searching was reflected in the recruitment of librarians to fill positions as mediated online searchers in medical libraries. The advent of end-user searching was also traced to determine how this trend affected the demand for mediated online searching and job availability of online searchers. Job advertisements were analyzed to determine what skills were in demand as end-user searching replaced mediated online searching as the norm in medical libraries. Finally, the trend away from mediated online searching to support of other library services was placed in the context of new roles for medical librarians.
本研究调查了中介在线文献检索的发展与招聘医学图书馆员担任在线检索员职位之间的关系。概述了医学图书馆员进行数据库检索的历史,并总结了1961年至1996年《美国医学图书馆协会新闻》三十五年来招聘广告的内容分析。对在线检索员的招聘广告进行了审查,以检验以下假设:中介在线检索的增长反映在招聘图书馆员担任医学图书馆的中介在线检索员职位上。还追溯了最终用户检索的出现,以确定这一趋势如何影响对中介在线检索的需求以及在线检索员的就业机会。对招聘广告进行了分析,以确定随着最终用户检索取代中介在线检索成为医学图书馆的常态,哪些技能是需求的。最后,将从中介在线检索转向支持其他图书馆服务的趋势置于医学图书馆员新角色的背景下。