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Informationist/Information Specialist in Context Concept

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For further information about the Information Specialist in Context concept, please contact Carla Funk, funk@mlahq.org.

Selected Articles on the Informationist

  1. Cooper, ID. Is the informationist a new role? A logic model analysis. J Med Lib Assoc. 2011 July; 99(3): 189-92. doi: 10.3163/1536-5050.99.3.004.

  2. Davidoff F, Miglus J. Delivering clinical evidence where it's needed: building an information system worthy of the profession. JAMA. 2011 May 11;305(18):1906-7. No abstract available. PMID: 21558524

  3. Flynn MG, McGuinness C. Hospital clinicians' information behaviour and attitudes towards the 'Clinical Informationist': an Irish survey. Health Info Libr J. 2011 Mar;28(1):23-32. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-1842.2010.00917.x. Epub 2010 Oct 13.  PMID: 21314891

  4. Suzanne F Grefsheim, Susan C Whitmore, Barbara A Rapp, Jocelyn A Rankin, Rex R Robison, and Candace C Cantom, The informationist: building evidence for an emerging health profession. Abstract | Full Text J Med Libr Assoc. 2010 April; 98(2): 147–156. doi: 10.3163/1536-5050.98.2.007.

  5. Robison RR, Ryan ME, Cooper ID. Inquiring informationists: A qualitative exploration of our role. Evid Based Libr Inf Pract. 2009 Jan 1;4(1):4–16. National Institutes of Health Library, Bethesda, MD, Email: rexr@nih.gov.

  6. Robison RR. Informationist education. Med Ref Serv Q. 2008 Fall;27(3):339–47. PMID: 19042713 [PubMed—indexed for MEDLINE]

  7. Informationist programme in support of biomedical research: a programme description and preliminary findings of an evaluation . Susan C. Whitmore, Suzanne F. Grefsheim, and Jocelyn A. Rankin . Manuscript: | Abstract | Full Text | PDF–448K | Health Info Libr J. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2009 June 1. Published in final edited form as: Health Info Libr J. 2008 June; 25(2): 135–141. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-1842.2007.00756.x.

  8. The Emerging Informationist Specialty: A Systematic Review of the Literature . Jocelyn A. Rankin, Suzanne F. Grefsheim, and Candace C. Canto. | Abstract | Full Text | PDF–445K | Supplementary Material | J Med Libr Assoc. 2008 July; 96(3): 194–206. doi: 10.3163/1536-5050.96.3.005.

  9. Bringing evidence to practice: a team approach to teaching skills required for an informationist role in evidence-based clinical and public health practice . Kathleen Burr Oliver, Prudence Dalrymple, Harold P. Lehmann, Deborah Ann McClellan, Karen A. Robinson, and Claire Twose | Abstract | Full Text | PDF–103K | J Med Libr Assoc. 2008 January; 96(1): 50–57. doi: 10.3163/1536-5050.96.1.50.

  10. Librarian-perceived barriers to the implementation of the informationist/ information specialist in context role . Nila A. Sathe, Rebecca Jerome, and Nunzia Bettinsoli Giuse . | Full Text | PDF–337K | Supplementary Material | J Med Libr Assoc. 2007 July; 95(3): 270–274. doi: 10.3163/1536-5050.95.3.270.

  11. Defining the informationist: a case study from the Frederick L. Ehrman Medical Library . Marcus A. Banks | Full Text | PDF–89K |. J Med Libr Assoc. 2006 January; 94(1): 5–7.

  12. Evolution of a Mature Clinical Informationist Model . Nunzia B. Giuse, Taneya Y. Koonce, Rebecca N. Jerome, Molynda Cahall, Nila A. Sathe, and Annette Williams | Abstract | Full Text | PDF–85K | J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2005 May–Jun; 12(3): 249–255. doi: 10.1197/jamia.M1726.

  13. The Informationist Conference: report. Jean P. Shipman, Diana J. Cunningham, Ruth Holst, and Linda A. Watson | Full Text | PDF–155K | J Med Libr Assoc. 2002 October; 90(4): 458–464.

  14. The informationist—two years later. T. Scott Plutchak | Full Text | PDF–109K | J Med Libr Assoc. 2002 October; 90(4): 367–369.

  15. Can the profession of pharmacy serve as a model for health informationist professionals? Gary D. Byrd | Abstract | Full Text | PDF–167K | J Med Libr Assoc. 2002 January; 90(1): 68–75.

  16. Inquiring Informationists: A Qualitative Exploration of Our Role. Rex R. Robison, Mary E. Ryan, and I. Diane Cooper. Manuscript: | Abstract | Full Text | PDF–41K | Evid Based Libr Inf Pract. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2009 September 9. Published in final edited form as: Evid Based Libr Inf Pract. 2009 January 1; 4(1): 4–16.

  17. Medical informatics education: an alternative pathway for training informationists . William Hersh. | Abstract | Full Text | PDF–137K | J Med Libr Assoc. 2002 January; 90(1): 76–79.

  18. The education of informationists, from the perspective of a library and information sciences educator. Ellen G. Detlefsen . | Abstract | Full Text | PDF–196K | J Med Libr Assoc. 2002 January; 90(1): 59–67.

  19. Informationists and librarians. T. Scott Plutchak.| Full Text | PDF–90K | Bull Med Libr Assoc. 2000 October; 88(4): 391–392.

Last updated April 2012 by Jean P. Shipman, AHIP, FMLA.

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