Education and training for health care librarianship

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Bunch, Antonia J.^{; 1}

Affiliations: Department of Librarianship, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK

Note: [1] Amended version of a paper presented at the IFLA General Conference, Munich, August 1983.

Abstract: This paper covers some of the problems involved in education and training for health care librarianship in the context of education for librarianship in general. The term ‘health care librarianship’ is used to cover medical, health sciences, nursing, hospital and welfare librarianship and the differences between these are discussed. Education is distinguished from training although both are interdependent. Some of the questions presented and elaborated are: how far should students be educated to work in any type of library?; should specialist courses be provided at the level of basic education or should they form part of continuing education?; to what extent should market forces influence the provision of specialist education?; and if specialist education is provided, who should be involved in the teaching and where should it be taught?

DOI: 10.3233/EFI-1984-2103

Journal: Education for Information, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 19-27, 1984