Expert Searching
Expert Searching Articles from the MLA News
A periodic column in the MLA News keeps members informed of expert searching topics and methods.
Expert Searching Courses
A suite of courses
are offered at MLA's annual meeting in May, which are designed to provide
expert searching knowledge and skills.
Provided by the Public Services Section of MLA, the PSS
Expert Searching list provides a forum to discuss the role of health sciences
librarians in the expert retrieval and evaluation of information in support
of knowledge and evidence-based clinical, scientific, and administrative
decision making at all health institutions, and the role of librarians
in training future health sciences practitioners and other end-users in
the best retrieval methods for knowledge-based practice, research, and
lifelong learning.
The nation's health sciences librarians must continue
to play a significant role in the expert retrieval and evaluation of information
in support of knowledge- and evidence-based clinical, scientific, and
administrative decision making at all health institutions. The nation's
health sciences librarians also have a responsibility to train future
health sciences practitioners and other end-users in the best retrieval
methods for knowledge-based practice, research, and lifelong learning,
and to help them identify which information needs should be addressed
by expert searchers.
This MLA policy statement:
- defines expert searching and provides the background
on the issue
- articulates the role of health sciences librarians
in the provision of expert searching
- identifies a number of high impact areas in which
consultation and expert searching are critical to the success of the
institution
This March 10, 2004, MLA teleconference gave attendees
an overview of the basic concepts of expert searching, explored the issues
involved in developing and retaining expert skills, and promoted expert
search services as an important means of institutional support. This teleconference is also available as a Webcast.
This three-year task force is charged to recommend actions
that will promote the importance of expert searching in health care and
biomedical research and to develop and implement a plan for achieving
them.
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