Health Sciences Librarianship

Book Overview

This comprehensive textbook of health sciences librarianship provides the library student and new librarian with the background and skills necessary to handle day-to-day activities and provide quality services in a health sciences library or a more general library serving students and practitioners in the health professions.

The book has 16 chapters, each authored by an experienced medical librarian and is organized logically into 4 sections:
The Profession, Collection Services, User Services, and Administrative Services.
Each chapter contains photographs, figures, tables, and charts illustrating the essential concepts introduced.

Overseen by a 3-member editorial board of leading professors in medical librarianship programs, this authoritative text provides students, beginning, and experienced librarians with a comprehensive overview of state-of-the-art medical librarianship.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810888122
• ISBN13: 9780810888128
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 2.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.4" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 20 to 22 years
• Grade Range: Postsecondary