Using the model developed by Huynen et al., together with an analysis by Pang and Guindon, 9 I have identified a number of ways in which globalization is likely to impinge on health information professionals. 8 Table 1 identifies what they see as the important elements of globalization. have proposed a conceptual framework to make sense of how globalization impacts on health. If we look at the impact of globalization on health, this should help us to tease out what globalization means for those who work in the field of health information. The Medical Library Association (MLA) website mentions the issue of globalization in various annual reports.Īs it is difficult to directly demonstrate the consequences of globalization for health information professionals, in this article a more indirect approach is adopted. 7 However, a search of the CILIP website produced no major reports or guidance on this topic. Margaret Watson pledged support for the international dimension of CILIP's work and referred to the consequences of globalization on the information market place. 6 A Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) workshop in 2003 touched on the topic of globalization. A medline search retrieved one article from 2005 by Madge and Plutchak relating to health librarians. There is a very limited literature dealing with the consequences of globalization for health information professionals. 5 Challenges of globalization for health information professionals
4 The Carnegie Endowment has an online course devoted to Health and Globalization. 3 The World Health Organization website has a variety of programmes and projects relating to globalization, one of which is Globalization, Trade and Health. There is a growing literature on the topic of ‘globalization and health’, including an Open Access journal ( Globalization and Health).