Impediments to Health Sciences Librarianship Progress

Health Sciences librarianship is one of the oldest and noblest of professions. It is a profession that is dedicated to serving the humanity. Providing timely and accurate information has a great impact to the development of a healthy society. Nevertheless, this profession does not share the respect of those other professions in our country.

Few impediments to their progress are:

Lack of academic recognition,
Institutional politics,
Lack of appropriate assessment,
Lack of appreciation,
Non-competitive librarian salaries,
Unable to retain the talented professionals.

This is in spite of the fact that librarians are the silent heroes behind the success stories of students, researchers, medical doctors, etc.