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Evidence-based Librarianship (EBL): A Historical Perspective (2011)

Abd Manaf, Zuraidah and Ida Nadia Mohamad Bahtiar.

"Evidence-based librarianship is an approach to information science that promotes the collection, interpretation and integration of valid, important and applicable user-reported, librarian-observed and research-derived evidence. This paper provides a historical perspective on evidence-based librarianship (EBL) practices in general. It highlights the history of evidence-based librarianship (EBL) practices and its value to librarianship environment" (p.1)