Abstract
Information has gained importance in every sector of societies and health sector is not an exception. Health science professionals need information for conducting their activities related to human care, academic and research pursuits, thus providing library and information support to the health professionals has gained importance. Different health science information systems are associated with health-related institutions like medical colleges, hospitals etc. For managing these information systems on professional and scientific lines, library professionals play an important role. Realising the importance of LIS professionals in health sector, departments of library and information science have introduced different specialised papers. Health science information system is one such specialisation introduced in the library and information science discipline with the aim to produce competent professionals with sufficient skills, knowledge and attitude for managing the libraries and information systems in the health sector. The different components of the curriculum of health science information system is the focus of the present paper. Challenges posed to health science information professionals by the changing information landscape are also highlighted.
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