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Title: A snapshot of the roles and qualifications of staff employed in Australian health library and information services in 2021.
Author: Siemensma, Gemma
Orbell-Smith, Jane
Issue Date: 2022
Publication Title: Journal of Hospital Librarianship
Volume: 22
Issue: 2
Start Page: 154
End Page: 166
Abstract: This paper presents research on the professional and para-professional employee roles and qualifications of the Australian health library and information services workforce. Long understood but not quantified, the complementary non-LIS (library and information science) qualifications held by health library staff in these institutions are also identified. The results indicate that over 95% of staff who work in Australian health library and information services held ALIA LIS accredited qualifications. Over 70% of Australian health librarians held additional qualifications whilst nearly 10% of library technicians held additional qualifications. Respondents indicated that their teams non-LIS qualifications were valued, but these were seen as complementary to LIS qualifications.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/11054/1988
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15323269.2022.2054600
Internal ID Number: 01919
Health Subject: LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCES
GENERAL MEDICINE
HEALTH LIBRARIES
QUALIFICATIONS
Type: Journal Article
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