Search is a verb: systematic review searching as invisible labor.
Invisible labor is a term used by labor economists to describe work that contributes, and is often even necessary, to the economy but largely goes unrecognized and unpaid. Despite the fact that systematic review searching is a significant task for many librarians and knowledge professionals, the sea...
| Publicado en: | Journal of the Medical Library Association Vol. 109; no. 3; pp. 505 - 510 |
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University of Pittsburgh, University Library System
Jul2021
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