Expanding the role of the professional librarian
How one research institution has expanded the role of the professional librarian to help in the fight against cancer.
As Senior Director for Education and Information Services at the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, USA, Karen Albert's role is to ensure that all 2,000 of the Center's healthcare professionals and researchers get the maximum value from their information resources. She is in charge of not only the library, but of several other departments including Continuing Medical Education, Multi-media and Creative Services for graphic arts, photography and video support services; as well as implementing a new learning management system for online training.
In this Intelligent Information for Life article, Karen describes the challenges and rewards of providing high quality information, developing educational content and helping scientists navigate their way through the paper submission process. This includes using EndNote to pull together a staff publications database, and Micromedex to find clinical information on specific drugs.
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