Thursday, March 28, 2024
Created Date : Monday, November 2, 2020   Update Date : Tuesday, November 10, 2020   

Introducing the Department

Libraries and information centers, research centers, specialized journals, publishing centers and scientometrics centers in the field of health have important tasks that require trained people at different levels to perform them. The purpose of educating medical library and information students is:

- Familiarize students with the latest developments in libraries and information centers in the field of health sciences;

- Nurture experts with expertise and knowledge of techniques and skills of organizing and retrieving health science information resources;

- Empowering students to prepare and select the resources needed to meet the information needs of users;

- Empowering students to collaborate with research and treatment teams.

Kerman University of Medical Sciences has been accepting undergraduate students in the field of Medical Library and Information Sciences since 1992 in the Faculty of Medicine and Paramedical Sciences. In 1997, with the establishment of the School of Management and Medical Information, this field along with two other fields were transferred to this school. The Department of Medical Library and Information Sciences has been accepting students for master's degree since 2009. Also, since 2017, the admission of students in the specialized doctoral program in this field has been done.