Smith L C
Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 61820, USA.
Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1996 Oct;84(4):560-8.
This project responds to the need to identify the knowledge, skills, and expertise required by health sciences librarians in the future and to devise mechanisms for providing this requisite training. The approach involves interdisciplinary multiinstitutional alliances with collaborators drawn from two graduate schools of library and information science (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Indiana University) and two medical schools (University of Illinois at Chicago and Washington University). The project encompasses six specific aims: (1) investigate the evolving role of the health sciences librarian; (2) analyze existing programs of study in library and information science at all levels at Illinois and Indiana; (3) develop opportunities for practicums, internships, and residencies; (4) explore the possibilities of computing and communication technologies to enhance instruction; (5) identify mechanisms to encourage faculty and graduate students to participate in medical informatics research projects; and (6) create recruitment strategies to achieve better representation of currently underrepresented groups. The project can serve as a model for other institutions interested in regional collaboration to enhance graduate education for health sciences librarianship.
本项目旨在满足确定未来健康科学图书馆员所需知识、技能和专业知识，并设计提供必要培训机制的需求。该方法涉及跨学科的多机构联盟，其合作伙伴来自两所图书馆与信息科学研究生院（伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳 - 香槟分校和印第安纳大学）以及两所医学院（伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校和华盛顿大学）。该项目包含六个具体目标：（1）调查健康科学图书馆员不断演变的角色；（2）分析伊利诺伊州和印第安纳州各级现有的图书馆与信息科学学习项目；（3）为实习、见习和住院医师培训创造机会；（4）探索利用计算和通信技术加强教学的可能性；（5）确定鼓励教师和研究生参与医学信息学研究项目的机制；（6）制定招聘策略，以更好地代表目前代表性不足的群体。该项目可为其他有兴趣通过区域合作加强健康科学图书馆学研究生教育的机构提供一个范例。
