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Biomedical Librarianship in the Post-Genomic Era

Biomedical Librarianship in the Post-Genomic Era

Shubhada Prashant Nagarkar
Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 17
ISBN13: 9781522518716|ISBN10: 1522518711|EISBN13: 9781522518723
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-1871-6.ch001
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Nagarkar, Shubhada Prashant. "Biomedical Librarianship in the Post-Genomic Era." Library and Information Services for Bioinformatics Education and Research, edited by Shri Ram, IGI Global, 2017, pp. 1-17. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1871-6.ch001

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Nagarkar, S. P. (2017). Biomedical Librarianship in the Post-Genomic Era. In S. Ram (Ed.), Library and Information Services for Bioinformatics Education and Research (pp. 1-17). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1871-6.ch001

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Nagarkar, Shubhada Prashant. "Biomedical Librarianship in the Post-Genomic Era." In Library and Information Services for Bioinformatics Education and Research, edited by Shri Ram, 1-17. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2017. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1871-6.ch001

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Abstract

Post genomic era is known for the explosive growth in biomedical information. Bibliographic and sequence databases are increasing continuously and have voluminous data sets. Biomedical librarians are facing challenges in retrieval of relevant information from these electronic databases and related sources of information. This chapter discusses the changing role of biomedical librarians in post genomic era. The chapter covers features of the biomedical librarianship including library collection development, users' information needs and strategies adopted to provide services. Moreover, it focuses on the competencies required by librarians to face the challenges of management of information and services needed by biomedical researchers in the post genomic era.

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