Changing Roles and Contexts for Health Library and Information Professionals

Dr Alison Brettle is Research Fellow (Information), Salford Centre for Nursing, Midwifery and Collaborative Research, Institute of Health and Social Care Research, University of Salford. Dr Christine Urquhart is Senior Lecturer, Department of Information Studies, University of Aberystwyth.

"Recommended reading if you're wondering where we're going as a profession, the text is a valuable contribution to the professional literature."

• Overview – Alison Brettle and Christine UrquhartPART 1: CONTEXT1. The changing context of health for library and information professionalsThe health context – Christine Urquhart Health library and information professionals in Europe – Suzanne Bakker 2. Changes in information generation and useChanges in information generation and use: the effects on NHS library staff roles – Jenny Turner and Louise Goswami Taking advantage of change: how health library and information professionals are shaping the higher education experience – Neil Ford Information generation and use: a primary care perspective – Sue Lacey Bryant Changes in information generation and use: reflections on the effects on academic and NHS information services – Christine Urquhart 3. Changing technology to meet clinicians’ information needsClinician’s information needs – Nicholas R Hardiker 4. The influences of governance, consumers and evidence based practiceWhat does information management for clinical governance involve? – Gareth Lawrence Consumer health information – Alison Yeoman Evidence based practice and what it means for health library and information professionals – Alison Brettle Not as easy as it seems: what health professionals can tell us about applying evidence in practice – Prudence Dalrymple PART 2: ROLES5. Skills, competencies an knowledge - Christine Urquhart6. The librarian as information provider and educatorHigher education overview – Pat Spoor NHS overview – Debra Thornton 7. The librarian who analyses information and manages knowledge – Christine Urquhart8. The librarian within research and evidence based practice – Alison Brettle 9. The librarian as decision maker – Jackie CheeseboroughConclusion – Christine Urquhart and Alison Brettle