Five Years Later

Abstract

In 2000, three groups of health sciences librarians—new library school graduates, those currently working at a medical library, and medical library directors—were interviewed about the status and future of medical reference librarianship. Five years later this follow-up article summarizes the responses from many of the same librarians about the biggest changes, newest trends, evolving roles, challenges, and hopes for the future.

Key Words:

• Health sciences reference librarianship
• trends
• future
• technology