FEATURE / MANCHETTE Embedded Health Librarianship: The Canadian

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Abstract: Introduction: Previous research has identified various types of embedded librarianship the clinical informationist, the academic liaison librarian, and the special librarian within a corporation. There is far less mention of librarians who are embedded in health research teams; however, the authors ’ personal experiences indicate these positions are not rare. The research-embedded health librarian (REHL) provides tailored, intensive information services to a health research team in which the REHL is integrated. This research study aims to describe the REHL workforce i