(via Erin Watson, University of Saskatchewan)<\/p>\n
Handbook of Clinical Librarianship<\/p>\n
The MLA Books Panel seeks an author\/editor for a book on clinical librarianship. \u00a0The information included should provide starting points and basic resources for librarians interested in pursuing a clinical librarian position or starting a clinical librarian service at their institution.<\/p>\n
Note that at this time, we are not seeking authors of individual chapters, but rather authors or editors for the entire book.
\nTopics could include<\/p>\n
* \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0What does a clinical librarian do?<\/p>\n
* \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0How to prepare; knowledge required; learning on the job<\/p>\n
* \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Rounding, morning reports and case conferences – how to prepare, finding one’s place on the team, acting as a patient advocate; tips; answering questions at the point of care<\/p>\n
* \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Demonstrating value to health care providers, the institution and the library<\/p>\n
* \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Finding information for patients; providing information prescriptions<\/p>\n
* \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Participating in journal clubs<\/p>\n
* \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Promoting clinical librarian services<\/p>\n
* \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Expert searching including clinical guideline development<\/p>\n
* \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Benefits and challenges (including emotional ones) of being a clinical librarian<\/p>\n
* \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Ethical and legal aspects of working in a clinical environment (e.g., compliance with privacy legislation, need for vaccinations, etc.)<\/p>\n
If you are interested in serving as the author or editor of the entire book, please complete the Step One form available at https:\/\/www.mlanet.org\/page\/publications\/bookproposals.html#submit<\/a> and send it to Martha Lara at lara@mail.mlahq.org<\/a><mailto:lara@mail.mlahq.org<\/a>><\/p>\n For more information on the MLA publishing process, please visit http:\/\/www.mlanet.org\/p\/cm\/ld\/fid=156<\/a><\/p>\n If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me off-list at e.watson@usask.ca<\/a><mailto:e.watson@usask.ca<\/a>><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" (via Erin Watson, University of Saskatchewan) Handbook of Clinical Librarianship The MLA Books Panel seeks an author\/editor for a book on clinical librarianship. \u00a0The information included should provide starting points and basic resources for librarians interested in pursuing a clinical librarian position or starting a clinical librarian service at their institution. Note that at this…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,18,19,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-calls-and-requests","category-library-associations-non-hsli","category-medical-library-association","category-scholarly-publishing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7609\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}