title: Health care librarians and information literacy: an investigation.
abstract: Until relatively recently, the concept of information literacy, and teaching the skills to enable it, was mainly a concern of academic libraries. Now, it is also seen to be of high importance within the context of health care libraries. Health care libraries and librarians can provide crucial support towards the implementation of evidence-based practice in patient care through both information literacy skills training and by conducting mediated searches on behalf of health care practitioners. This article reports the findings from an investigation conducted by Charlotte Kelham as part of her MA in Librarianship from the University of Sheffield. Her dissertation investigated how health care librarians understand the concept of information literacy, the implications of this for their role and their perceptions around how their role is valued. Charlotte graduated from Sheffield in 2013 and is currently job hunting. AM.
authors.affiliation: University of Wales, Trinity St David, Carmarthen, UK. c.e.kelham@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Charlotte
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kelham
mesh_terms: D055317:Evidence-Based Practice / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D058980:Information Literacy; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D007993:Libraries, Medical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007998:Library Science / Q000193:education*; D011361:Professional Competence; D036301:Qualitative Research
keywords: health care; information literacy; libraries; library and information professionals; qualitative research