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Background : Medical Laboratory plays a critical role in maintaining and promoting health. Increasing wide applications of laboratory medicine in clinical practice have highlighted specific topics in the areas of social, professional and ethical issues in the laboratory. Despite the important role of clinical lab in health system, ethical issues have been rarely discussed for clinical labs. Con...

Library 2.0 is a change in the way libraries interact with their users. The technological developments on the Web have had a major influence on these changes. The change also places new requirements on librarians’ competencies and skills. This research investigates how librarians themselves see this change in terms of their work identity and working knowledge. The research shows what kinds of q...

For me, it’s all about the overlap – those characteristics of different information professions that remain consistently prominent whichever particular profession you are considering. The differences are important, too, and account for the fact that there are many titles and educational programs, but my primary interest lies in underscoring the similarities and through this bringing the informa...

3 In his editorial for the inaugural issue of this journal in 1939, A. F. Kuhlman explained the reasons behind the decision to launch College & Research Libraries and provided a pre-emptive response to anyone who might ask whether or not the profession really needed " another library journal. " Existing " general library journals, " he argued, could not meet the needs of " college, university, ...

In the library science field, there is no professionally accepted tiered list of journals in the United States to guide librarians, as there is in other academic disciplines. This situation creates a challenge for both new and experienced librarians who wish to make a serious contribution to librarianship by publishing articles. This article outlines a methodology used at the Libraries of Purdu...

The format of communicating scientific, technical, and medical (STM) information through professional journals has changed relatively little since the publication in 1665 of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, the world’s first journal devoted exclusively to science. Although advances in information technology have dramatically altered the search and discovery of scientific inf...