Attitudes to LIS education and academic–practitioner liaison: results of a survey of members of the Library Association Health Libraries Group

✍ Scribed by JANE FARMER; AMANDA RICHARDSON; JUDY PALMER

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 978 KB
• Volume: 15
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1471-1834
• DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2532.1998.1520097.x

✦ Synopsis

A questionnaire survey was conducted by the Library Association Health Libraries Group in October-December 1996. Information practitioners in the health care sector were asked what they considered were the education and research needs of the profession, their opinion of Library and Information Sciences education, and their views on practitioner input to education and research. They were also asked whether they would be prepared to give talks to students and to offer student placements. The results show that there is still a considerable gulf between academics and practitioners, and that although practitioners are enthusiastic about getting more involved in liaison, they are constrained by lack of time and resources. Practical solutions need to be found to encourage greater understanding and closer working relationships, to achieve the benefits of academic-practitioner liaison.