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ReviewJournal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA2005

Ecologies, outreach, and the evolution of medical libraries.

Bern Shen

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Review in Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Bern ShenInstitute for the Future, 124 University Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301, USA. bshen@iftf.org

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

questionWhat are some of the forces shaping the evolution of medical libraries, and where might they lead? DATA SOURCES: Published literature in the fields of library and information sciences, technology, health services research, and business was consulted. MAIN

resultsMedical libraries currently have a modest footprint in most consumers' personal health ecologies, the network of resources and activities they use to improve their health. They also occupy a relatively small space in the health care, information, and business ecologies of which they are a part. Several trends in knowledge discovery, technology, and social organizations point to ways in which the roles of medical libraries might grow and become more complex.

conclusionAs medical libraries evolve and reach out to previously underserved communities, an ecological approach can serve as a useful organizing framework for the forces shaping this evolution.

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Community-Institutional RelationsHealth EducationHealth PromotionHumansInformation DisseminationLibrary MaterialsLibrary ServicesOrganizational ObjectivesUnited States

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PMID16239963
PMCPMC1255758

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