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Leigh and Sewny (1960) present an imageranging from

The very favorable picture of the scholarly,

resourceful professional who is accessible,

friendly, skilled and eager to help the library user,

and who discovers for him the materials he needs

but knows not of,

To the picture of the timid, plain-looking female,

conservative morally and politically, middle-aged

or older busily stamping her 3x5 index cards

and collecting money for overdue books

(Image and Roles of Librarians by Wendi Arant. 2003)

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Types of Medical Libraries

Academic/Medical School

Hospital

Government Agency International Organizations

Pharmaceutical and other

companies

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Academic/Medical SchoolLibraries

Hiring and supervision of staff Taking care of library budget

Collection development Provides current awareness Work with curriculum planners

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Academic/Medical SchoolLibraries

Management Acquisition Cataloging Circulation Reference Service *Curriculum development

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Hospital Libraries

Purchase and catalog materials Answer reference questions Negotiate contracts and pay bills

Build webpages Give journal articles to medical

staff Information about diseases and

its treatment Changed the treatment over the

information I found

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Hospital Libraries

Management Acquisition Cataloging

Circulation Reference Service Research *Clinical experience

Tag along medical team in doingrounds

Ethical issues Clinical Librarians

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Government AgencyLibraries Depends on their organization Training Repositories

Reference service DDS Research

*Acquisition*Cataloging*Circulation

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International OrganizationLibraries

Depends on their organization Training Repositories Reference service DDS Research

*Acquisition*Cataloging*Circulation

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Pharmaceutical and othercompany Libraries

Repositories Reference service DDS Research

*Acquisition*Cataloging

*Circulation

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Primary Roles

provide scholarly information tosupport health care, education, andresearch

help improve the quality of patient-

care by helping health careprofessionals stay abreast of newdevelopments and treatments

find relevant health information forpatients and consumers

serve as educators forstudents pursuing health caredegrees

and provide training in the locationand use of medical resources

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In Summary

Managers Purchasing Officer Cataloger Reference Librarian Clinical Librarian Researcher

Training Officer Records Officer/Manager Archivist

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Fundamental Theorem

Dr. Mike Muin paper presentation during the22nd MAHLAP Congress, 2010

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How do we do this?

Organize information Make it easy as possible to find

(at the point-of-need) Provide support to help find it

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Fundamental Theorem

Dr. Mike Muin paper presentation during the22nd MAHLAP Congress, 2010