Frisse M E, Braude R M, Florance V, Fuller S
School of Medicine Library and Biomedical Communications Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
Acad Med. 1995 Jan;70(1):30-5. doi: 10.1097/00001888-199501000-00010.
Medical librarians play a crucial role in the evolution of institutional information policy. As information professionals, they share many similarities with their medical informatics counterparts. Both groups emphasize information delivery to the point of decision making; both groups serve as curators of institutional knowledge bases. If the term "publication" encompasses the delivery of clinical information relevant to individuals or populations, both librarians and medical informaticians have an immediate interest in the nature of biomedical publishing, particularly in areas of intellectual ownership, confidentiality, distribution, and access. Both groups also have been early leaders in applying information technology to solve pressing knowledge-management problems, and both groups have a strong commitment to educating colleagues in the effective use of information. Although the challenges faced by librarians and medical informaticians are sometimes different, the evolution of information technology and new forms of biomedical communication suggest that there is now a greater convergence between the two disciplines.
医学图书馆员在机构信息政策的发展中发挥着关键作用。作为信息专业人员，他们与医学信息学同行有许多相似之处。这两个群体都强调在决策点提供信息；都充当机构知识库的管理者。如果“出版”一词涵盖向个人或人群提供相关临床信息，那么图书馆员和医学信息学家都对生物医学出版的性质有着直接兴趣，特别是在知识产权、保密性、传播和获取方面。这两个群体也是应用信息技术解决紧迫知识管理问题的早期领导者，并且都坚定致力于教育同事有效利用信息。尽管图书馆员和医学信息学家面临的挑战有时不同，但信息技术的发展和生物医学交流的新形式表明，现在这两个学科之间有了更大的融合。
