Shaping opportunities for the new health sciences librarian

摘要

Change in libraries is not new. Since the 1980s, the library literature has been full of articles discussing the impact of new technologies such as automated integrated library systems, non-mediated online bibliographic search systems, and the Internet and web on health sciences libraries and health sciences librarian roles. The focus on new technologies during this period leads medical librarians away from focusing on subject discipline expertise to emphasizing skills as either systems experts or trainers, whether in large groups or one on one.