Dear Colleagues,
The message below is forwarded on behalf of Valerie Ferguson.
There is no need to read the attachment as the request is given in full
below.
Please reply to Valerie and not to me
Regards
Graham Titley
Rochdale
>From: "vaferguson" <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Message for lis-medical
>Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 17:40:56 -0000
>
>Dear Colleagues
>
>If you have ever worked in library sector other than health then this
>letter may interest you.
>
>I am writing an article on the history of British health librarianship
>including Wales, Scotland and Ireland for Health Information & Libraries
>Journal ; this will focus particularly on the profession itself rather than
>on libraries.
>
>.Leslie Morton recently said
>
>"Medical librarianship is very easy to get into, but hard to get out of."
>
>This resonated with some ideas which I had already had about the uniqueness
>of the profession. So one of the things I should like to do is to try and
>identify what it is about being a librarian or information professional in
>a health setting (nursing, medical, patient, management LIS ..whatever)
>which makes it so different, rewarding, infuriating etc etc compared with
>any other sector.
>
>Therefore if you have worked in more than one sector and would care to
>encapsulate your experience or feelings on this subject I should be very
>glad to hear from you.
>
>Anonymity guaranteed! (unless you wish otherwise).
>
>Looking forward to hearing from you all.
>
>Valerie Ferguson
>
>(Formerly John Rylands University Library of Manchester and North West
>Region)
>
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