Locating yourself in health librarianship

LIBR534 – Health information sources & services

’Locating yourself in health librarianship’ – Class I7th January 2010

Greg Rowell & Dean Giustini, SLAIS Adjunct faculty

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Class I - Agenda

• Introductions• Structure of course

• Six (6) modules• Modules I – III (Search, filter, assimilate)

» Search labs• Modules IV – VI (Collect, manage, research)

» Discussion groups

• Course resources• HLWIKI Canada – course pages, pathfinder, search resources • Listserv 1-534@interchange.ubc.ca

• Evaluation• Assignments

» Three (3) search assignments» Term paper» Participation

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Our expectations of you• Attendance• Readiness• Engagement• Communication• Application

“The goal of this course is to provide you with a foundation in health sciences librarianship”

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Learning objectives

Each week will have achievable goals

At the end of LIBR534, students will have a foundation in:

• Health libraries & information services; health care in Canada as a setting for libraries• Health care trends (i.e. consumer health, evidence-based medicine (EBM), informatics) • Reference services & users, including print & electronic sources, information sources,

user groups (i.e. physicians, nurses, pharmacists, allied health)• Online databases in health librarianship• Management of collections, services, personnel, projects• New initiatives and/or trends in health librarianship

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• Questions from you about course content or delivery methods?

• Lecture, group work, discussion, hands-on – a mix of pedagogies• Experiential, ‘learn by doing’, sharing, participating, interacting

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Teaching style in LIBR534

Not covered in LIBR534

• Technical services in health libraries• Health care system(s)• Learning theories & health professionals• Social media and/or web 2.0

• Take LIBR559M in Summer 2010

• Web 3.0• History of medicine• History of health libraries• Other?

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Immerse yourself in culture of medicine

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Fictional accounts of medicine

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