Librarian-perceived barriers to the implementation of the informationist/information specialist in context role

• Published in: Journal of the Medical Library Association 2007-07, Vol.95 (3), p.270-274
• Main Authors: Sathe, Nila A, Jerome, Rebecca, Giuse, Nunzia Bettinsoli
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Biomedical research; Brief Communications; Credentialing; Data analysis; Education; Financial Support; Focus groups; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Humans; Information professionals; Information Services; Librarians; Librarians - statistics & numerical data; Library Surveys; Methods; Organizational Culture; Polls & surveys; Professional Role; Roles; Studies; Task forces; Time Management; United States
• ISSN: 1536-5050; 1558-9439
• DOI: 10.3163/1536-5050.95.3.270

With this set of scenarios and questions, the team sought to further establish content validity by submitting the survey to three panels of reviewers: * EBL librarians, many of whom work with clinical and research teams in ISIC-type roles (n = 18) * MLA's ISIC task force (n = 9; Appendix A) * an external advisory board of experts in clinical medicine, informatics, biosciences research, and health sciences librarianship convened by EBL to provide input into the project (n = 10; Appendix A) The project team further tested the survey for clarity and ease of response with a development sample drawn from EBL staff. With other important shifts in the biomedical information environment-such as the move toward ubiquitous computing and ubiquitously available electronic resources, intuitive search interfaces, increasingly technologically savvy user base, and growing number of point-of-care tools providing synthesized information for more common conditions-the researchers believe that traditional roles for librarians, and even the role of the librarian as expert searcher, must evolve.