information roles. change responsiveness creativity resilience
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information roles
information roles
Change
ResponsivenessCreativityResilience
Roles for information professionals
RecordsResearchEducationReferencePublishing
TechnologyClinical team Management
General public serviceResource management
Resources development Library operations and services
1
Nature of work for health sciences librarians
Public service Technical services AdministrationInformation technology services Knowledge management
1. Understand the health environment 2. Manage people, services and organizations 3. Serve user needs 4. Work with different formats of information 5. Technology skills 6. Teach 7. Understand research
Core competencies for Health Librarians, 1
Core competencies for Health Librarians, 2
1. Understand the health environment 2. Manage people, services and organizations 3. Serve user needs 4. Work with different formats of information 5. Technology skills 6. Teach 7. Understand research
Lifelong learning
Jeff disagrees here
MLA Code of ethics
SocietyClientsInstitutionProfessionSelf
2Biomedical informatics
professionals
Competencies for biomedical informatics, 1
Based on recommendations on education and research in health and medical informatics
Competencies for biomedical informatics, 2
Competencies for biomedical informatics, 3
Competencies for biomedical informatics, 4 part 1
Competencies for biomedical informatics, 4 part 2
Activity
• Which are the most important competencies?• What would you add to the competencies?
Informationist
Defining your job
Boundary spanners
Marketing and promotion
Jobs activity
• Here are some job ads in health informatics and libraries
• Pick a few and read them• Would you take this job? Why or why not?• What skills are necessary? If you had to take this job,
how would you prepare for this job?• How do you think this job will change over time?• Consider boundary spanning? Is this job too narrowly
defined? How would you expand it or restrict it?
Readings
• See references throughout slides