Journal Details
Journal of Hospital Librarianship
Aims & Scope
Improve services with cutting-edge developments in this fast-growing field!
The Journal of Hospital Librarianship focuses on the technical and administrative issues that most concern you. Medical librarians will find news and reviews of the latest technologies, as well as practical suggestions and innovative strategies that will improve the hospital/clinical work environment.
The cutting-edge ideas and solutions in the Journal of Hospital Librarianship address the challenges you face every day. In the era of managed care, it takes careful scrutiny to justify expenses at every level, including the hospital or medical practice library. This journal offers you the proven, practical information you need so you can provide the best services at a reasonable cost.
A rotating schedule of columns will address the urgent issues that concern you, including:
- Charting Consumer Health, which discusses patient education issues
- Technology
- Research
- International Libraries
- Specialty of the House, which focuses on specific types of libraries, including OPLs and federal libraries
- plus book and software reviews and a forthcoming column about the Internet!
Other topics for peer-reviewed articles include:
- research strategies
- administrative help
- managed care
- financing
- mergers
Peer Review Policy: All manuscripts submitted to Journal of Hospital Librarianship are peer reviewed using a double-blind process. Reviewers are assigned on the basis of subject expertise. The Editor accepts or rejects articles based on topic and/or the recommendation of two peer reviewers.
