A job with a view: perspectives from the corporate side of the hospital...the Janet Doe Lecture on the history or philosophy of medical librarianship, presented at the 102d Annual Meeting, Medical Library Association, Dallas, TX, on May 20, 2002
A change in job responsibilities from library manager to hospital administrator provides this year's Doe lecturer the opportunity to reflect on the values of the library profession from a fresh perspective. Librarians play a unique role and remain vital to the health care enterprise but are frequent...
| Publicado en: | Journal of the Medical Library Association Vol. 91; no. 1; pp. 12 - 18 |
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| Formato: | Journal Article |
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University of Pittsburgh, University Library System
Jan2003
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| Sumario: | A change in job responsibilities from library manager to hospital administrator provides this year's Doe lecturer the opportunity to reflect on the values of the library profession from a fresh perspective. Librarians play a unique role and remain vital to the health care enterprise but are frequently misunderstood. Their role can be viewed from three angles: service, technology, and a unique sort of professionalism. Librarians must focus their service priorities on the needs of the institution, while remaining true to their own unique professional values. They must be advocates for the appropriate use of technology in support of those service roles. The passion that many librarians bring to their jobs makes librarianship a vocation as much as a profession. The mission and vision developed by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists in 2001 provides a useful model for defining a personal professional mission and vision. |
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