Professional Practice Library

All documents on this page can be downloaded from the Professional Practice File Library.

Collection Development/Acquisitions

• Health Sciences Collection Development: An Overview of Fundamental Knowledge and Practices (2nd ed.) was created by Collection Development Caucus members to provide librarians with key concepts about health sciences collection development. The chapters provide an overview of the responsibilities and tasks involved in the development and management of health sciences collections; it is recommended that readers refer to the references and further reading sections in each chapter for a more detailed look at each topic.
• The Collection Development Caucus is also developing a list of collections-related Fairness, Representation, Belonging, and Accessibility (DEI&A) projects and resources in this Google Doc. If you require a PDF version, please contact gaukh@vcu.edu.

Management and Careers

Some older MLA DocKits and BibKits (dates noted) may still hold relevance for certain positions, roles, or areas of practice.

• Position Descriptions in Health Sciences Libraries (DocKit 15, 2006)
• Position Descriptions in Health Sciences Librarianship: Traditional and Emerging Roles (DocKit 16, 2012
• MLA salary surveys (1983-2017)
• Negotiating Your Salary
• Organization Charts of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (DocKit 13, 2005)
• Staff Development (DocKit 14, 2005)

Areas of Practice

• The Copyright Law and the Health Sciences Librarian (Revised edition, 2007)
• Communicating Health Information Literacy (2005)
• Consumer Health: A Guide to Internet Information Resources (BibKit 7, 2004)
• A Guide to Information Resources in Respiratory Care (BibKit 2, 1997)
• Informatics in Health Sciences Curricula, revised edition (DocKit 11, 2005)
• The Patient Safety Perspective: Health Information and Resources Online and in Print (BibKit, 2013)
• Role of Expert Searching in Health Sciences Libraries (MLA Policy Statement, 2003)