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Rob, I think the term most people would now use in the UK for the role you describe is "clinical librarian". I put the phrase in Google - and the first of 613 hits was: http://www.le.ac.uk/li/lgh/library/clinlib.htm which you might find helpful, Paul Glasziou At 10/03/2005, Rob Mullen wrote: >Hello- > >An overwhelmed beginner needs your help. I have the responsibility of >establishing an information infrastructure (and I'm just guessing at that >term) within our professional society to aid our members in practicing >EBP. I'm afraid that I don't even know what it is that I don't know. > >I'm in the process of creating a staff position to take the lead on this, >but I'm not sure what to call it, where to look for qualified candidates, >or even how to recognize a qualified candidate. This person would be >responsible for doing literature searches in support of our in-house >systematic reviews, providing technical assistance to our members doing >their own literature searches, developing and maintaining a clinical >trials registry specific to our field, creating and maintaining web-based >tools to support our members on these issues, and lending some sort of >organization to the information resources that we have and will continue >to accumulate. > >Is this a "knowledge manager"? A librarian? A health informatics >specialist? Are there specializations for which I should be looking more >specifically than health informatics, or medical librarian, or... ? >Can anyone direct me to resources or groups that could help me get started? >Thanks in advance for your help! > > >Rob Mullen >Director >National Center for EBP in Communication Disorders >American Speech-Language-Hearing Association >10801 Rockville Pike >Rockville, MD 20852 >United States >voice: (301) 897-5700 >fax: (301) 468-9742 >e-mail: [log in to unmask] Paul Glasziou Department of Primary Health Care & Director, Centre for Evidence-Based Practice, Oxford ph: 44-1865-227055 www.cebm.net