El Profesional de la Información en Ciencias de la Salud: revisión de un perfil con nuevas competencias. Caso de la Biblioteca del Centro Médico de Mar del Plata

Main Authors: Blondeau, Andrea, Lizondo, Leticia, Simón, Virginia Inés
Format: Proceeding PeerReviewed application/pdf
Bahasa: es
Terbitan: , 2012
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Online Access: http://eprints.rclis.org/17118/1/Eje5-Blondeau_%20Sim%C3%B3n_Lizondo_44RNB%20PONENCIA%20FINAL.pdf
http://eprints.rclis.org/17118/
Daftar Isi:
  • Centro Médico de Mar del Plata’s library is described and characterized as a specialized library in Health Sciences, whose vision and objectives respond to the fundamental mission of the institution to which it belongs, a nonprofit organization, serving Mar del Plata medical professional community. Main challenges to face are highlighted: update, improve and expand the vision of the professional profile, define new skills, adaptation to new working environments, new user profiles with emerging information needs, information literacy as a facilitator to bridge traditional profiles; revision of values: the professional as an integrator between the user and ICT, training and continuous updating, networking and strategic partnership in professional groups cooperating with members of diverse characteristics (special case of ICSALUD-MDP, Información Científica en Salud de la ciudad de Mar del Plata). Throughout this work core competencies of the librarian and information professional specialized in Health Sciences are presented in theory and practice, as well as activities, products and services provided by the Centro Médico de Mar del Plata’s library. Given the constant evolution of the professional profile, it is analyzed the need to develop new capabilities that allow visibility to the role of information professionals in Health Sciences as a real Community Manager working in multitasking with information and communication technologies, with special value-added web 2.0 and digital processes.