Mapping the pathways to health sciences librarianship: reflections and future implications from an immersion session.
Objective: Many health sciences librarians enter the profession without specific health sciences training. Some LIS programs have health sciences courses or tracks, but health sciences training within an LIS program is only one path to entering health sciences librarianship. To develop a map of path...
| Published in: | Journal of the Medical Library Association Vol. 111; no. 4; pp. 802 - 811 |
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University of Pittsburgh, University Library System
Oct2023
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