Domains of professional practice: analysis of publications in the Journal of the Medical Library Association from 2010 to 2019

Holly J. Thompson; Jill T. Boruff; Roy Brown; Alexander J. Carroll; John W. Cyrus; Melanie J. Norton; Katherine G. Akers

doi:10.5195/jmla.2023.1557

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Holly J. Thompson Head, Science and Engineering Library, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0795-2699
Jill T. Boruff Co-Editor in Chief, Journal of the Medical Library Association, Associate Librarian, Schulich Library of Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, and Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0338-7322
Roy Brown Associate Professor, Health Sciences Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0627-9132
Alexander J. Carroll Associate Director, Stevenson Science and Engineering Library, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0248-3811
John W. Cyrus Associate Professor, Health Sciences Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5331-5151
Melanie J. Norton Head, Access and Delivery Services, Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8741-9810
Katherine G. Akers Former Editor in Chief, Journal of the Medical Library Association, Senior Research Scientist, Precisionheor, Boston, MA, United States. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4578-6575

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https://doi.org/10.5195/jmla.2023.1557

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MLA domain hubs, content analysis

Abstract

The Medical Library Association (MLA) has defined 7 domain hubs aligning to different areas of information professional practice. To assess the extent to which content in the Journal of the Medical Library Association (JMLA) is reflective of these domains, we analyzed the magnitude of JMLA articles aligning to each domain hub over the last 10 years. Bibliographic records for 453 articles published in JMLA from 2010 to 2019 were downloaded from Web of Science and screened using Covidence software. Thirteen articles were excluded during the title and abstract review because they failed to meet the inclusion criteria, resulting in articles included in this review. The title and abstract of each article were screened by two reviewers, each of whom assigned the article up to two tags corresponding to MLA domain hubs (i.e., information services, information management, education, professionalism and leadership, innovation and research practice, clinical support, and health equity & global health). These results inform the MLA community about our strengths in health information professional practice as reflected by articles published in JMLA.

References

Medical Library Association. Transforming MLA Communities: Detailed Information [Internet]. Chicago, IL: The Association. Nov 2018 [rev. July 2019; cited 22 September 2022]. https://www.mlanet.org/p/cm/ld/fid=1469.

Medical Library Association. Domain Hub/Practice Area Projects, Visions and Teams [Internet]. Chicago, IL: The Association. [cited 22 September 2022]. https://www.mlanet.org/page/mla-domain-hubs_practice-areas.

Domains of professional practice: analysis of publications in the Journal of the Medical Library Association from 2010 to 2019

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