Ab Rahman, Jamalludin (2026) Medical libraries in digital health transformation: towards a Knowledge Governance Framework. In: Asia Medical Library Seminar (AMLiS) 2026, 8-9 September 2026, Kuching, Sarawak.
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Abstract
Medical libraries were built to solve one problem: giving people access to medical knowledge they could not find on their own. That problem has largely been solved. Open-access publishing, preprint servers, and artificial intelligence (AI) tools now make biomedical information available to almost anyone. Yet healthcare professionals are still making poor decisions based on false or low-quality information. Access was never enough. What is needed is governance: institutions that take responsibility for the quality, accuracy, and ethical use of medical knowledge. This paper proposes a Knowledge Governance Framework (KGF) for medical libraries built around four areas: Evidence Integrity, AI Stewardship, Digital Scholarship Infrastructure, and Health Information Equity. The framework is grounded in an ethical principle that knowledge carries obligations and must be managed in service of those who depend on it. Medical libraries that adopt this framework will not simply help people find information. They will help ensure that the information found is worth trusting.
| Item Type: | Proceeding Paper (Invited Papers) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | medical libraries; digital health; knowledge governance; artificial intelligence; evidence integrity; infodemic; health information equity |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > Z719 Libraries (General) |
| Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button): | Kulliyyah of Medicine Kulliyyah of Medicine > Department of Community Medicine (Effective: 1st January 2011) |
| Depositing User: | Dr Jamalludin Ab Rahman |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Oct 2026 11:37 |
| Last Update: | 28 Oct 2026 11:37 |
| Queue Number: | 2026-10-Q5984 |
| URI: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/108179 |
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