Five years of librarian perspectives

Library Value & Relevance

Health sciences libraries are often considered cost centers when, in fact, they are investments in student, faculty, and research success. We do more than provide the tools to answer critical questions at the moment of need – we teach the skills and build awareness to foster lifelong learning in the groups we serve.

Keith Pickett, MLIS

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Access to information at your fingertips is a positive change, but we have to make sure we can keep up with it. Telemedicine is changing so fast and we (librarians) are all a part of it, and it is up to us to stay current.

Frank Fajardo, MA, MPA, MLIS

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Administrators don’t understand that you can’t just simply pile everyone into the same library bus for a free ride to resources.

Michelle Kraft, MLS

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Today’s medical librarians are as much health sciences educators as they are traditional librarians.

Bradley A. Long, MSLS, AHIP(D)

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