International trends in health science librarianship Part 9: the UK – Scotland and Wales

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This is the 9th in a series of articles exploring international trends in health science librarianship. The previous article in this series looked at Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. In this issue the focus is Scotland and Wales. There will be three or four more articles this year tracking trends in the Far East, Africa, South Asia and the Middle East. JM

Evaluating the effectiveness of knowledge brokering in health research: a systematised review with some bibliometric information

“…This is an apt illustration of information professional acting as KBs. And is consistent with Wales et al . who noted that librarians were involved in sourcing and combining knowledge from research; packaging the knowledge through people networks; and training healthcare staff to find, share and use knowledge for themselves.…”

“…This is an apt illustration of information professional acting as KBs. And is consistent with Wales et al 40 who noted that librarians were involved in sourcing and combining knowledge from research; packaging the knowledge through people networks; and training healthcare staff to find, share and use knowledge for themselves. The interdisciplinary nature of information science has the potential to inform the knowledge brokering m etier and train professionals to have the fundamental knowledge, expertise and skill set to broker knowledge across different fields, sectors and professions.…”

“…The interdisciplinary nature of information science has the potential to inform the knowledge brokering métier and train professionals to have the fundamental knowledge, expertise and skill set to broker knowledge across different fields, sectors and professions. Library and information professionals possess the unique potential and capabilities to act as KBs …”

“…The skills and competencies required for KBs are diverse, 35 but many of the activities involved for knowledge brokering, as listed in Wales et al 40 are those typically carried out by library and informational professionals by virtue of their training and professional experience. It is noteworthy, however, that not many of the studies reviewed mentioned library and information professionals as KBs.…”

Trends of infodemiology studies: a scoping review

“…According to international trends of health science librarianship in some developed, developing and countries in transition (Lappa et al., ; Murphy & Jargin, ; Wales, Bruch, Foster, Gorman & Peters, ; Xie, Chan, Lam & Chiu, ), formal education courses in health information science do not focus on data mining; therefore, fundamental revision of the curricula seems to be required to include the baseline competencies for conducting infodemiology studies.…”