Journal of Educational Media and Library Sciences


Vol. 37 No. 3 , Pages 265 - 274 , 2000

Evolution of Clinical Librarianship: Adapting to a Changing Environment

Elizabeth K. KILLINGSWORTH

Abstract

This paper briefly outlines the development of the clinical library service and the subsequent evolution of the service in the medical and hospital library setting. The idea of clinical librarianship is to provide comprehensive library service to physicians directly involved in patient care by placing librarians on patient care teams. The advantages and the disadvantages of such a service are detailed. Suggestions for the survival of the service in the current library climate are given.

Keywords: Clinical library service; Clinical librarianship; Hospital libraries; Medical libraries; Reference service

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