Technology mediator: a new role for the reference librarian?

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The Arizona Health Sciences Library has collaborated with clinical faculty to develop a federated search engine that is useful for meeting real-time clinical information needs. This article proposes a technology mediation role for the reference librarian that was inspired by the project, and describes the collaborative model used for developing technology-mediated services for targeted users.

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Author/s: Howse, David K (DK); Bracke, Paul J (PJ); Keim, Samuel M (SM);

Affiliation: Arizona Health Sciences Library, 1501 North Campbell Avenue, P,O, Box 245079, Tucson, AZ 85724-5079, USA. dhowse(-atsign-)ahsl.arizona.edu

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Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Biomedical digital libraries (Biomed Digit Libr), published in England. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2006-; vol 3 (issue ) : pp 10

Dates: Created 2006/10/23; Completed 2007/06/20; Revised 2008/11/20;

PMID: 17040566, status: PubMed-not-MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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