title: Librarian contributions to clinical practice guidelines.
abstract: Librarians have become more involved in developing high quality systematic reviews. Evidence-based practice guidelines are an extension of systematic reviews and offer another significant area for librarian involvement. This column highlights opportunities and challenges for the librarian working on guideline panels and provides practical considerations for meaningful contributions to the guideline creation process.
authors.affiliation: a National Jewish Health's Tucker Medical Library , Denver , Colorado , USA.
authors.forename: Peggy
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cruse
authors.forename: Shandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Protzko
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D016245:Librarians; D007993:Libraries, Medical; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D024382:Professional Role; D012196:Review Literature as Topic
keywords: Evidence-based medicine; health sciences librarians; practice guidelines; role of librarian; team dynamics