title: Evidence-based librarianship: what might we expect in the years ahead?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To predict the possible accomplishments of the Evidence-Based Librarianship (EBL) movement by the years 2005, 2010, 2015 and 2020.
  
  
  METHODS
  Predictive. The author draws upon recent events, relevant historical events and anecdotal accounts to detect evidence of predictable trends.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The author develops a set of probable predictions for the development of EBL. Although incomplete evidence exists, some trends still seem discernible.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  By 2020, EBL will have become indistinguishable from mainstream health sciences librarianship/informatics practices.
authors.affiliation: Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque 87131-5686, USA. Jeldredge@salud.unm.edu
authors.forename: Jonathan D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Eldredge
mesh_terms: D004739:England; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000639:trends*; D005544:Forecasting; D007993:Libraries, Medical / Q000639:trends*; D007998:Library Science / Q000639:trends*